CBS | Release Date: November 17, 1979
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
90
Season 1 Review: Its eerie atmosphere and Nosferatu-inspired special effects (all glowing contact lenses and levitating ghouls) chilled a generation. [5 July 2016]
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasApr 17, 2021
Season 1 Review: One of those stomach-churning, white-knuckle fright films that masterfully sets us up, shakes us around and leaves us jumping at our own shadows. David Soul and James Mason star. [13 March 1988, p.2]
80
Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakApr 17, 2021
Season 1 Review: It changed the look of King’s lead vampire from a cultured villain to a ghoulish beast recalling Max Schreck’s makeup in “Nosferatu” (1922). [22 June 2013, p.E4]
80
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Donn DowneyApr 17, 2021
Season 1 Review: It certainly delivered its share of scares. [19 Nov 1979]
60
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteMaria SciulloApr 17, 2021
Season 1 Review: If you're going to have a great actor play the vampire's human familiar, you could do worse than James Mason. [10 Sept 1917, p.F-7]