- Network: TNT
- Series Premiere Date: Jun 20, 2004
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Gross and engrossing, TNT’s two-parter that begins Sunday night is downright spooky. It’s also more than a little hokey. Be prepared to wince at lines like “literature has become elitist, like black-light photography” and “she’s dead, or undead.” But fine performances from Rob Lowe as the tortured writer, Andre Braugher as the high school teacher with secrets, and Donald Sutherland as the creepy antique dealer in the big mansion serve up a heap of horror. In lesser hands “Salem’s Lot” could quickly get campy.
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Salem's Lot is hardly bad. It's just that certain unpersuasive special effects, unruly performances and subplots undermine the best of intentions, a fate with which fans of King's oeuvre are no doubt familiar. [19 June 2004]
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Die-hards may be disappointed that some subplots are relegated to a tossed-off line of conversation; others may approve of the streamlining of the at-times wordy novel.
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The new, two-part movie is definitely worse than the original. It's just not particularly scary. Which is a problem for what's supposed to be a horror film.
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