Exclusive: Salem's Lot director Gary Dauberman explains how he made Stephen King's vampy novel fit into a movie

Every Constant Reader has their own special Stephen King origin story. For example, my personal fascination with the author dates back to watching director Mary Lambert’s Pet Se

Gary Dauberman’s remake of “Salem’s Lot,” however, raises the bar. It may be the only Stephen King remake that gets it right. Tobe Hooper’s classic mini-series adaptation from 1979 is still scary, and it’s a heck of a lot more insidious than Dauberman’s,

Lewis Pullman and Alfre Woodard star in the horror drama about an author who returns to his hometown in search of creative inspiration, only to find it under attack by a monster.

There's nothing about the new feature-film adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot that feels particularly fresh or novel — unless you count the fact that it has no interest in being anything other than an earnest,

The way in which many filmmakers have circumvented this obstacle in the past is by not adapting the books as features but instead as miniseries, and Salem’s Lot is a prime example. The novel (which is the second King had published) is not one of the writer’s longest tomes,

The long-awaited Salem's Lot lands an early score on Rotten Tomatoes, though it's unfortunately the lowest of the 3 Stephen King adaptations.