Salem's Lot

The newest adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot hit streaming on MAX early last month. Unfortunately, I missed it during spooky season, but finally got a chance to watch it today. Written and directed by Gary Dauberman, this film serves as the 3rd adaptation of King's classic novel about the small town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine that gets overrun by vampires.

One of the reasons why this movie was not on the top of my watch list was because it was not very well received when it first released. Overall, I felt like the negative reviews were a little harsh. Admittedly, this movie was nothing special and I will likely never think about it again after finishing this review, but I did enjoy it. It was a fun horror film from the great mind of Stephen King that featured some badass kids and scary monsters. My favorite aspect to the movie was how the only character who knew what to do, was the young new kid, Mark. He was the only one who was willing to do what was necessary to defeat the vampires. Sometimes, it is the ones you least expect to become heroes that do exactly that. 

If you are in the mood for an easy to watch yet spooky vampire story, I recommend checking out Salem's Lot on MAX. Just because spooky season is over, does not mean that you can't watch spooky movies!