TV series
Salem's Lot
Overview
Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves.
Details
- First air date
- 1979-11-17
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 2 episodes
- Genres
- Mystery
- Network
- CBS
- Production
- Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- David Soul as Ben Mears
- James Mason as Richard K. Straker
- Lance Kerwin as Mark Petrie
- Bonnie Bedelia as Susan Norton
- Lew Ayres as Jason Burke
- Julie Cobb as Bonnie Sawyer
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
- George Dzundza as Cully Sawyer
- Ed Flanders as Dr. Bill Norton
- Clarissa Kaye-Mason as Majorie Glick
- Geoffrey Lewis as Mike Ryerson
- Barney McFadden as Ned Tibbets
Creators and crew
- Stephen King - Creator
- Paul Monash - Creator
- Stirling Silliphant - Executive Producer
- Richard Kobritz - Producer
- Tobe Hooper - Director
- Paul Monash - Screenplay
Episodes
Episode 1: Part One
Intent on writing a book on the notorious Marsten House, an old, rumor-filled property atop an alleged haunted hilltop, the successful novelist, Ben Mears, returns to his peaceful hometown of Salem's Lot, Maine, after years of absence. There, Mears discovers that a pair of new tenants already reside in the sinister house, the eerily cryptic newcomer, Richard Straker, and his elusive business partner, Kurt Barlow; an occurrence that coincides with unaccountable disappearances and a spate of unusual deaths. Before long, the worried townsfolk start pointing the finger at the newly arrived Mears, as well as Straker and Barlow, who, now, have become the main suspects in a peculiar and thorny case. Who is behind the veil of terror that shrouds Salem's Lot?
Episode 2: Part Two
More and more, as the unsuspecting inhabitants of Salem's Lot die one after another, Ben Mears, his former school teacher, Jason Burke, and Dr. Bill Norton come to realize that the curse that plagues the town is starting to spread. Now, under those grave circumstances, Ben must summon up every last ounce of courage to enter the Marsten House, the dark lair of the ancient vampire, for the final confrontation between the forces of good and the inexhaustible source of evil. However, the immortal army of darkness is unstoppable, and the archfiend's black coffin rests safely in the bowels of the unholy place. Can one man alone cleanse Salem's Lot, the bloodsuckers' sanctuary?
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