From our interview with Salem's Lot director Gary Dauberman. SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains light spoilers for the new Salem’s Lot adaptation, Stephen King ’s novel, and the Dark Tower series. If you haven’t watched/read one or all of them and don’t wish to know anything about them, proceed at your own risk!

It' screenwriter Gary Dauberman's aggressively average take on King's second novel could’ve been worse. In fact, it could’ve never come out at all.

I’ve been very excited about finally being able to watch the new film adaptation of Stephen King ’s vampire novel Salem’s Lot . The movie has been met with mixed reviews, but I can’t wait to watch it for myself.

A boy’s dead friend scratching at his first-floor window, Nosferatu-like vampire Barlow rearing up with heart attack shock…The Texas Chain Saw Massacre director Tobe Hooper’s 1979 TV take on Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot scared a teen generation out of their skins.

The short story ‘One for the Road’ returned to Salem's Lot, but the Hollywood studios don’t seem interested in making a sequel to the Stephen King classic.

Salem's Lot has been released on Max to mixed responses, and there are more Stephen King book adaptations on the way. Here's what we know.

It's hard to imagine a year going by without one of Stephen King's horror stories being adapted for the big or small screen. Some of those adaptations have gone on to be some of the most recognizable movies around - films like "The Shining,

Mark Petrie is one of King's most beloved protagonists, and the new Salem's Lot does him justice. It connects him to another set of King's heroes.

Stephen King's Salem's Lot is his quintessential vampire story, and has so far been adapted into multiple films and shows of varying quality.