American Vampires as only Stephen King could create them.
Anthropologist Joe Weber takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot, unaware of its vampire population. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they seek Weber to write a bible for them.
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- kevin2019on TMDB · Jan 20241/10
"A Return to 'Salem's Lot" is a risible low budget washout, especially when compared to the superior spookiness of the original 1979 television production. This ill advised return is hampered throughout by a cast that possesses a persistent streak of amateurishness running through it and a pitifully obvious lack of budget. A dogged and grim weariness seems to overshadow the lacklustre production and it is almost as if everyone involved in front and behind the cameras have belatedly come to realise the folly of this insipid and generally unenthusiastic production after only a matter of days. What we are lumbered with is watchable enough and fortunately the vast majority of it has its tongue firmly in its cheek as the filmmakers have endeavoured to inject some dry black humour into the proceedings, although for the most part such business only raises a half smile at best and instead of producing a film skilfully imbued with genuine horror and some deft comedic touches they have delivered a joke instead.
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Cast
- Michael MoriartyJoe Weber
- Samuel FullerVan Meer
- Andrew DugganJudge Axel
- Ricky Addison ReedJeremy
- June HavocAunt Clara
- Evelyn KeyesMrs. Axel
- Tara ReidAmanda
- James DixonRains
- Jill GatsbySherry
- Ronee BlakleySally
Crew
- Larry CohenDirector
- James DixonScreenplay
- Larry CohenScreenplay
- Daniel PearlDirector of Photography
- Michael D. MinardOriginal Music Composer
- Armond LebowitzEditor
- Paul KurtaProducer
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