SALEM'S LOT - Bland or Exciting? My Thoughts on the Trailer
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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The Salem's Lot trailer is out and the film arrives on October 3rd on HBO MAX. Stephen King is a master of his craft and yet, I cringe every time another of his works is adapted to the screen. Half of the time we never truly get a great film worthy of the novelist himself. Hopefully Salem's Lot turns out good enough, we shall see.
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I find myself in a bookstore every now and then saying "Oh look. Another Stephen King novel, I was unaware of." I think I read his first 400 books but can't even keep up anymore. Lol Prolific output would be a huge understatement. Salem's Lot of course, was among his first efforts. I agree this one, based on the trailer might not be anything special. Interesting that he doesn't seem overly concerned about changes to his story, whereas he so famously claims he's not a fan of Kubrick's The Shining. Fingers crossed, this will be worth a look.
Apparently he's also been in the headlines for making some far left comments on X. I'll be honest with you though, I care very little about all that rubbish haha! I never really understood the criticisms he had regarding The Shining as I always loved that film. I can understand that it must feel a little personal when a director or screen writer decides to meddle with your baby but The Shining is gold standard film making compared to the rest of his adaptions ;)
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Great video and it's great that you're giving it a chance and an element of positivity tho remaining somewhat skeptical. I think it will be fun and possibly tighter being movie length. But this will never surpass the original in its ability to terrify. I'm nearly 50 now, saw it when I was 6 and I love it. 1979's Mr Barlow has to be one of the best if not the best movie vampires ever.
@@paulkelly5974 well said sir. 6 is a great age to be scarred by these amazing films haha! I think I also started my journey into horror around 6-7. Sadly there is too much mollycudling these days and children are sheltered from these fantastic films 😉
Back when Salem's Lot (the book) first came out I read it cover to cover. Though, I stopped reading it late at night in bed when I became so creeped out by the sheer horror in those pages I actually only finished it during the day. LOL. So when the TV version came out of course I was drooling for it. As far as I am concerned, I have yet to see one King adaptation in any form better than the original Salem's Lot production with David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin and Bonnie Bedelia. It was so close to the book it was indeed frightening. I am not entirely sure that I am quite so convinced about The Shining, or other shows. I would like to see this one though my hopes cannot grow very much as I have not seen its like so far in the last century. Cheers mate :)
I can understand how you feel. Although I have not read many Stephen King books, just a few and after watching the films. I did get manage to read A Song of Ice and Fire before HBO turned it into Game of Thrones. The show was fun enough and was even thrilling at times, but compared to the books... They kinda butchered it imo.
Thanks Dude.
Yes I hope it's not too bad, I love the original obviously.
You mentioned From and I'm loving that since it began.
Also mabye you seen the Program Chapelwaite Stephen king short story with Adrian Brody set at Saloms lot .
I really enjoyed that I have to say.
Cheers dude.
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Yes, From is definitely interesting. The cliff hanger at the end of series 2 was quite something. I did watch Chapelwaite and thought it had loads of promise but the second half was not as good for me. Something diminished sadly but it has some great moments all the way through.
@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE yes the first half of Chapelwaite was better for sure.
And absolutely what a cliffhanger at end of from , definitely was shocked.
Ps not too long to Nosferatu, can't wait .
A bit worried after seeing the Crow but that was director . I think nosferatu will be something special.
Cheers Dude.
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@@garydowdall1762 I might avoid the crow haha! I honestly believe that Nosferatu will be extremely unnerving and that is how it will scare us rather than typical Hollywood jump scares. Very excited for it.
I love the 79 miniseries.
So, i think it's only fair that i give this a shot.
@@TheRetroManRandySavage of course. I think it will have some things I like, even if on the whole, it isn't great and doesn't creep me out.
@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE Yeah, hopefully.
I'm not going to get too excited though.
But, as I say, I'm a fan of the original (and king's novels, and adaptations of said novels) so I'm willing to give it a shot.
I recently bought the Pet Sematary prequel, Pet Sematary Bloodlines. It was pretty lame.
The cast was decent enough. It starred, Henry Thomas, David Duchovny and Pam Grier, but even they couldn't save it.
@@TheRetroManRandySavage I take it the prequel was not written by King perhaps? Was it a screen play for a film or series?
@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE King approved of the story, but that's about it. He wasn't involved in it.
I remember reading that it was based on a lost chapter of king's (or something to that effect) but that was just BS.😂
It's not ' avoiding ' any theatrical release. Far from it! It's actually getting a theatrical release in the UK and Ireland from 11th of October, and also in some other countries. Sadly, for whatever reason, the US is only getting it on Max from October 3rd. 🙂✌️
Ok, good to know, thanks. It's hard to keep up with every country and their film rights sometimes hehe!
@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE Indeed! 🙂✌️
Let's be real - and NOT be false, just because we have the capability to easily b.s. about things anonymously online: most ALL Stephen King adaptations deserve neither a theatrical nor any other release. This has been clear to me since his "authorized"/chosen version of The Shining, in like, '97 or whenever. I was finally done not filtering his content, at that point. And THIS one will be like 99% of the rest.
(And yes, Shawshank was one of the best films ever made. Never to be forgotten.)
@@justinklenk I get what you mean. Not to be critical of Kings writing in any way but I do have to then wonder why this is the case? Is there something inherently wrong with the way he writes that ultimately produces elements of cheesiness in the film adaptations? I find this hard to believe personally so maybe he's just been the unluckiest person alive when it comes to his work being made into films. I never read The Shining but I love the film, therefore I have no knowledge on the differences sadly. I have read books like Carrie and although it was still better than the films, I do remember thinking it's fun but nothing too special at the time. But all that said, if Hollywood could pull their finger out and apply their best talent to his adapting his work like they are capable of then the world would be a better place 😉👌
@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE
I think you just nailed it, at the end of your comment - _if (someone) applied all their talent..._ - and there's our problem: King was such a mercilessly specific dredger of the macabre details and the emotionally scarring thoughts that terrified his mind/soul, as a child who was living a shitty, poor existence - and he learned the dramatic value of dispensing that on the page - which, with luck, was finally, _finally_ noticed, after trying forever.
Only a filmmaker/scriptwriter who can very skillfully PORTRAY on film the dramatically disturbing portrayals (that King has already accomplished, on paper) could actually disturb/enthrall us in a _properly_ analogous fashion.
King is nothing if not a superb dramatist - I've always found it his core capability, if I'm being honest... and for that sense of disturbing terror to grip us, it MUST be dramatically delivered, with the _absolute height_ of one's communicative skill. Therefore, piss-poor 'adaptations' have become _nothing_ to me; an insult to human intelligence, at best, and such things are best avoided by humanity. So that's easy for me, now, having seen the pattern (by around the early 90s).
He seems (unbelievably, to me, like watching a brain surgeon who can't calculate a tip) to not even understand this, in its most basic sense... which I learned to accept about this issue (if not detest). It's frustrating if you haven't gotten clear that it will never change, except by coincidence or him beginning to _actually_ pay attention. But his ego seems not to allow it - I don't really know, for sure - but there's indeed a certain patheticness to it... very unfortunately for the world of horror films.
Even though he hated Kubrick's adaptation, he couldn't admit that Kubrick KNEW how to capture, in The Shining, the fear of isolation and the terrifyingly lonely pathos of being, _yourself,_ the danger to the ones you love most, through your self-poisoning habits, which you cling to. In a big chasm of a house you have extended access to, and frightening freedom in, to just... keep on going. (Alcohol... Cocaine... Writers' hardcore vices.) The hotel was the main character, of course, along with Jack - he could actually do _whatever_ the hell his poisonous mind conceived and was tempted to act out. What a cruelly effective _enabler_ for him to fully become the piece of shit who he feared most.
Yeah - most directors/writers have no stomach for that. They're pussies, compared to who they need to temporarily be to go where they need to temporarily go, in order to really bring something like "The Shining" or "It" to truly frightening life. To depict the (our!) unspeakable "things."
As Alan Watts once said, "the artist is the one who shows what can't be shown, the poet is the one who says what can't be said." True emotion (the drama of horror, comedy, romance, etc.) must be exceedingly brilliant in its _art of suggestion_ - we can only point at the thing; our pointing finger is _not_ the thing itself. Yet all amateurs try to force-feed us with their amateur ideations. But we need TRULY in-touch persons - of ANY age, background, or experience - to 'light' the way for us, so that we can get _ONE_ TRUE, REAL GLIMPSE of what THEY actually see.
I could maybe, for instance, see Guillermo del Toro _actually capturing_ some insanely disturbing thought of King's - that's a wild guess, of course!
Thanks for your great, intelligent response - and ALL your intelligent video essays, brother. 👍
I hope it's good, too.
@@geoffjoffy 🤞🤞🤞
Other than 'The Mist' most of the Stephen King adaptations are rather bland but I'm actually looking forward to this new version having seen the previous films. I don't have access to the Max Channel. I am concerned the current reviews are not very encouraging. I hope this film isn't a disappointment when I am able.
@@raymondstpaul4913 supposedly there will be theatrical releases only in certain countries but no America. Usually there are other ways to download if there is no other way to see it 😉. If this one is bad, I may just stick to reading books 😆
I bet it's going to be made for a "modern audience"...
@@Noctes0 hehe! Maybe the Critical Drinker is too right sometimes 🍷
I like the surrealism they used. Many of King's adaptions have a flat "made for TV" look. Not sure if it looks scary, but probably worth a watch.
@@Grogeous_Maximus the only "made for TV" look I absolutely loved and I think worked so well was both parts of IT, back in the 90s. The scariest King adaptation I ever saw but made more so because it didn't have the usual movie filters or high production. It felt so real that it got under my skin. As a big fan of horror, I miss those horrific nightmares it gave me when I was young 😆
Sick😄The Entity scared the everliving sh!t out of me as a 9 year old. I only rewatched it recently. Have you thought about that as a format? "Childhood Nightmare fuel"
@@Grogeous_Maximus the Entity was a very realistic film that had a sort of documentary vibe to it. It really felt real. I watched that for the first time in my 20s, so I wasn't traumatised by it but remember the shocking message moment at the end when they freeze it for a brief moment. Epic 👍. I was going to make a video on why audiences generally aren't scared anymore. I would delve into pop culture then and now and try to formulate reasons as to why movies experiences back then were more emotionally effective in the horror genre. I've just finished writing my next theory video based on the Predator film, explaining an ability the creature may have that nobody ever knew about 🤔. Hopefully it will have a positive response 🙏
5:40 Agreed, it looks Bland & uninspired.
@@margaretwood152 annoyingly 😞
I thought the trailer looked great, maybe showed too much,but I think this is a lot closer to the book.
You could be right and I don't mind being wrong when it means we get a great film 😉. The trailer looked a bit cheesy for me overall but perhaps the actual film will deliver.
No it isn't in fact Dauberman has taken more than few liberties with the source material, it's definitely not a faithful adaptation which is fine it's his gig.
Showed too much? They didnt show Barlow for starters, they showed just enough without spoiling the entire film.
How about watching the movie before you bash it.
@@markanderson-hc1tz the movie isn't out yet my dude 😎
Nope.
Bad early reviews? I wasn't aware that this film had been reviewed yet. There's no critical response section on its Wikipedia page.
@@josebro352 the usual word of mouth from early screenings etc. typical internet and social media rumours I tend to ignore but sometimes turns out to be true.
@@ENTERTAINtheDUDE I get it. Great video. I enjoyed your content. Stephen King himself has seen it and praised it saying it had the feel of 'old Hollywood'. Fingers crossed.