- Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:15 pm
#87815
this has been the year of Salem's lot. Cemetery Dance's deluxe slipcased version of the book cam out a while back and is absolutely gorgeous, and i can't be the only one on this forum who has been trying to hunt down that damn blu ray that only appeared in scattered locations. (good news is B and N have it back up for order so I should have mine by Monday...) and now this. Sukman's score is classic old school horror, and the film is one of the best King adaptations ever.
Even with the drastic changes to Barlow's appearance and personality, the result is that James Mason gets all his dialogue and frankly...no complaints here. Yes there are plenty of other deviations, the nature of the house, some characterizations and relationships, but overall it is one of the few films of King's work that truly captures the "feel" of the book. part of this i think is no small way attributed to the fact that the book had only been published a few years before, so there was no unnecessary updated or costly period piece work that needed to be done to it.
One of Hooper's best films in my opinion, and hands down one of the top 10 vampire movies ever made.
I have been in this business a long time. Now if I don't want to do a show, it's not because I got stage fright. It's because some creature from beyond doesn't want me to do the show. Now gangway.