A batch of first look images have arrived to promote the newest adaptation of Salem’s Lot, coming to Max in October

Warner Bros. has been protecting director Gary Dauberman‘s adaptation of the Stephen King novel Salem’s Lot (purchase a duplicate of the novel HERE) on the shelf for a very long time – however they gained’t be for for much longer. The film, which was alleged to be given a theatrical release again in September of 2022, is now set to be launched by way of the Max streaming service this October (we’ll have to attend some time longer to listen to the precise date), and to mark the event, Vanity Fair has unveiled a batch of first look images! One might be seen above, and you may test the others out on the backside of this text.

This is the third adaptation of Salem’s Lot. The earlier two had been each mini-series, which aired in 1979 and 2004. This new tackle the idea is claimed to be set in 1975, the identical yr King’s novel was first revealed. Here’s the synopsis: Haunted by an incident from his childhood, creator Ben Mears returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in the hunt for inspiration for his subsequent ebook, solely to find the city is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire and his loyal servant.

The movie stars Lewis Pullman as creator Ben Mears; Makenzie Leigh as Ben’s love curiosity Susan Norton; Spencer Treat Clark as Mike Ryerson, “one of the town’s simple folk”; Bill Camp as Matthew Burke, “a former high school English teacher who knows about the Marsten House’s evil past and helps out Ben”; Alfre Woodard as Dr. Cody; Pilou Asbæk because the vampire’s acquainted Richard Straker, whose model this time round features a purple cloak, feathered Homburg hat, and push broom mustache; Nicholas Crovetti and Cade Woodward as Danny and Ralphie Glick; Jordan Preston Carter as horror fanatic Mark Petrie; William Sadler as Constable Parkins Gillespie; and John Benjamin Hickey as Father Callahan. Alexander Ward (American Horror Story) may be taking part in the vampire Kurt Barlow.

Speaking with Vanity Fair, Dauberman reveals that his tackle Salem’s Lot was impressed by “the lurid humor and macabre extremism of late-night grindhouse thrillers.” He stated, “You could do a very dry version of this movie, but that’s just not my personality. It’s trying to ride that wave’s ups and downs. You’re having fun with it, and then you can have a scare, and then you’re having fun again. Hopefully it feels like a complete ride at the end.” There are even some grindhouse / drive-in period tributes, like a poster for the 1974 blaxploitation basic Sugar Hill hanging on Mark Petrie’s wall and a sequence the place the vampire looking heroes tackle vampires which are rising from the trunks of vehicles parked at a drive-in. Dauberman defined, “It’s this crazy sugar-high of a scene. I thought, ‘Yeah, this is what this is. This is a drive-in movie.’” To learn extra quotes from Dauberman, click on over to the Vanity Fair article.

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