Digging into Salem's Lot: Gen X & Gen Z Reactions
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🔴 The Stephen King Book Club Presents: Spooky Time with Bradford & Bradford | Salem's Lot Review 📽️
Welcome to The Stephen King Book Club channel, your ultimate destination for all things Stephen King! This week, we dive into the dark and eerie world of Salem's Lot as part of our inter-generational movie review series: Spooky Time with Bradford & Bradford.
Join our dynamic duo-one from Gen X and the other from Gen Z-as they explore the chilling depths of this Stephen King classic. Whether you're a lifelong fan or new to King's terrifying tales, our reviews are packed with insights and fun for every horror aficionado!
🎃 In This Episode:
Story Concept: Discover what makes the plot of Salem's Lot so spine-tingling.
Soundtrack: We'll analyze how the eerie music score amplifies the fear factor.
Visual FX: Dive into the special effects that bring the horror to life.
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Haha you guys are hilarious to listen to! I’ve only read the books so I can’t say for sure about the films, but what you’ve shown me here in these two episodes, I think Salems Lot would have scared me more as a younger person. And Bradford, the older, that dream of yours would have scared the life out of me 😅
Good evening, Constant Readers!
Crocketts clothes were in the car at the lake. Cully and Bonnie drove Crockett. Crockett left his clothes in the Sawyers house, runs outside and Barlow kills him and leaves.
Are you saying Barlow then went into Sawyers house and got the clothes then drove Crockett? Does not make sense. lulz were had
Salem's Lot is my favorite Stephen King adaptation. The Stand and It are close seconds. Back in time when network TV did amazing work on miniseries.
As the Ramones sang in their song Endless Vacation: "like taking Carrie to the highschool prom, something's always going wrong."
I always love a good Ramones/King connection!
One of the greatest horror movie classics of all time. I have Salem's Lot on DVD a must have for Halloween season.
LOL Barlow can drive a car, he just can't see himself in the rearview mirror.
I think Weasel (Elisha Cook Jr.) was also in "Messiah of Evil" which is a terrific '70s horror flick.
Geoffrey Lewis (the gravedigger) was a great character actor.
To me, the scariest part of the miniseries was the vampire kid at the window. Scariest scene in the book is when the mean school bus driver hears the bus horn blowing in the middle of the night and goes out to find it full of undead school kids who get their revenge.
GenX here. I expect very little agreement between the generations...
Anyway, this is going to be a fiendishly interesting ride...!
I was born in 1977 and my mother took me and my older brother to watch Poltergeist and The Thing in theaters when they first come out I was only about 4 or 5 years old then, so my mom was all for scaring me young. Personally I think Cujo was the scariest for me because it could really happen getting attacked by a dog or any animal with rabies.
I saw this movie when it came out in 1979. I was almost 5 and it scared me so bad. I still can’t hear snoring without hearing the Glick mother in the morgue. Absolutely terrifying. It’s also my favorite SK book. I have read it the most of them all.
The mom in Carrie creeped me out and scared me, but Salem's Lot terrified me. The mini series came out when I was 10 and my whole family watched it together. I loved it even though I was super scared and literally had nightmares for a few years about once a month. I could never get myself to re-watch it. I read the book years and years later and wasn't scared at all. Goes to show what a little growing up can do. LOL
I too was 10 and this movie still creeps me out , even as a grandad
Carrie never scared me, probably because I identified with her so much as a teenager. I just listened to the audiobook of Salem's Lot and there were some times when I had to walk away from it because of the tension.
Eva Miller was not married to Weasel in the book. (I can't remember now in the movies.)
Same here. I was bullied so Carrie was more of a revenge movie for me. I was like “yesssss get them all!”
Same...if I could have released rage and chaos it would have been way more graphic.
I haven't seen the movie in a very long time, so I'm not sure how much of the backstory was shown... but there is a good reason why Ben is worried about the house and it's new occupants. It has an extremely dark history and he had a horribly traumatic experience inside of it as a kid which has haunted him his entire life. The reason he came back to the Lot was to write a book about it and try to get it out of his system.
Kind of wish you had done a similar format as your pilot for this series. Comparing the old Salem's Lot that you remember, and having your son review the "new" version with Rob Lowe. Really hope you do a series on The Stand in this style. Thanks for the video!
I first saw Salems Lot, tv mini series, when it was first broadcast in 1979. I was 10 and it blew me away. Since then ive went from Betamax tape, VHS tape, DVD and Blu Ray. Ive read the book about 20 times and finally got my hands on an original limited edition of the book. While the mini series strays a bit from the book it carrys the feel of the story with it. Switching the look of Barlow and Straker worked on screen for visual weight but id love to see a faithful adaptation by an accomplished director. Would be a great project for a streaming service who value great storytelling.
Enjoyed this so much. Can't wait to see more !!!! This film scared the crap out of me when I was little. I was a little younger than the boys playing the Glicks when it came out. Even though it's an old film, and truly vintage now, it's really effective at being scary !!!! Such a fun thing to hear your thoughts on it ! THE FONZY FREEZE FRAME MOMENT WAS PRICELESS...... INSERT JUMP SCARE MUSIC 🎶
I remember reading Carrie when my parents bought it, once it was released in paperback- I was both mesmerized and horrified! Then came the movie! I read Salem's Lot a couple years later, but unlike Carrie, I've no recollection of ever seeing the movie version.
Consider myself a Stephen King fan, but he's so very prolific, and there's only so much time in a day!
If you like the idea of vampires being a plague on a city, I suggest reading/watching 'The Strain' by Guillermo del Toro!
The Strain, The Fall and The Night Eternal are brilliantly told. Three parts of the one story, a beginning, a middle and an end. If you love good storytelling, intrigue, politics, motivation to do bad things, good old fashioned horror blended with real historical events. its well worth the read. The TV series is quite good but suffers just a little from pacing issues. Think I'll read them again
Good evening! This is King's scariest movie, IMO.
Loved the book, seen the film prior at a young age.
Awesome that the priest tried to commit suicide from the vampires chasing him in The Dark Tower Wolves, to only travel into another world and help Roland and the gang of slingers.
Yes, I love Callahan's story arc!
I loved the short story One for the Road, an after story to Salem's Lot, I have watched 3 different short films based off it, my favorite you can't find it anymore.
did you do Jerusalems lot..its the prequel...sooo goood
@@lemermalone9386 I did read the story and loved it, if I remember right the series Chapelwaite is based off it, but I have not seen it yet.
How cool is this. I’m currently reading this for the first time
Stephen King made us scared of everything 😂
Definitely taught me not to pick on the quiet kid.
Been watching/reading him since I was like 7😂
Being a sheltered Gen-Xer for many years, I would only find out about Stephen King books from my dad taking me to the mall Waldenbooks and seeing copies of Pet Semetary🙀on the new release table. The ‘80s movies I had to wait until they were on network TV. 🥺
I was old enough to see IT when it was broadcast. 🤗 And I did my best to see as many ‘90s adaptations as I could.
I finally saw ’Salem’s Lot on Amazon Prime a while back. I enjoyed what they were going for, even though they combined characters due to limits of time and budget.
Enjoyed the video! Looking forward to more!
I saw It on TV when it first came out. I was 8. Guess who’s still terrified of clowns to this day? Tim Curry, man.
The jump scare at the end🤣
Nothing in Carrie will ever outdo creepy vampire kid window-tapping in the middle of the night.... sorry.
Use your blinker!
I like Salem's Lot much more, but Carrie is scarier... certainly more disturbing too.
The Salem's Lot score is great, though a portion of it was used the previous year in John Carpenter's TV movie "Someone's Watching Me."
I was 12 when it came out and it terrified me, i think more than any other SK film!
I am right now re-reading Salem's Lot. I live alone. It is terrifying.
Pet Sematary is the one that always gives me nightmares.
The book is so much worse than the movie could ever dream of being. The description of the grief when Louis digs up Gage made me physically ill when I listened to the audiobook. My son was three at the time so it really gut-punched me. I’d read it several times before that but becoming a mom did something to me. Nothing scarier than losing a child.
Pet Sematary reaches a height of fear, dread and claustrophobic storytelling so many writers could only dream of. When he goes to dig up his child from the cemetery is one of the greatest, sweat inducing reads I've ever had. The original movie circa 1992 with Dale Midkiff and Denise Crosby wasn't bad and it was small budget. The recent adaptation wasn't bad but it lacked weight but I quite liked the ending....
Carrie was more real scary, Salem's Lot was comic book scarier imo. Both great horror gems in their own right
I think straker is more scary than the master but the regular vamps are creepy as hell especially the scene in the house and chair
Loved this format for the video! It’s a fun discussion! Looking forward to more!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching / listening to us ramble!
I thought Needful Things movie wasn't bad.
Not a patch on the 1979 TV movie/ mini series.
Back priest, back Shaman,
Faith against faith, your faith against the masters...
I don't believe
That Straker and Barlow drove the car and moved the body. It was the guy with the shotgun who moved the body with his wife. They then leave town.
Ohhhh... That's a pretty good theory. So, Larry drops dead in their front yard. Then the Sawyers find the body... park it out by the lake... Yeah, that makes sense as to why they are headed out of town so quickly!
I watched Salem’s Lot with my dad when I was younger and I fell asleep twice…not sure what that says about me
I’ve also never seen the entirety of the IT movies because I also kept falling asleep…
Again, not sure what this says about me
I didn't find the book all that scary... maybe I should watch the movie?
The book is a great read, read it 20 times. The 1979 tv mini series with David Soul and Bonnie Bedelia, Mrs John McLane in Die Hard, is excellent. Scary, claustrophobic and well shot. If you are going to watch it, it was shaped into a movie, get the right version. One version is a little back to front. The other makes much more sense.... Faith against faith, your faith against the masters...
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Sexy vampires is a lame Hollywood invention. In folklore vampires are decomposed living corpses.
I like Bradford a lot more than Bradford.
Twilight was pretty damn awful 😖
🤣🤣🤣The hot vampire thing isn't for me.
@@stephaniewilson4164I agree vampires should always cold or at least room temperature 😊
Crocketts clothes were in the car at the lake. Cully and Bonnie drove Crockett. Crockett left his clothes in the Sawyers house, runs outside and Barlow kills him and leaves.
Are you saying Barlow then went into Sawyers house and got the clothes? Your version does not make sense.
I think you're right... But it's a strange plot point to omit... I wonder if the original script showed Bonnie and Cully discovering the body outside their house?
@@stephenkingbookclub1054 Thanks for responding. I've thought about that scene for a long time and recently watched a Boogeyman Ben video on the subject that reinforced my thoughts on it.