

Salem's Lot
Be careful what you invite inside.
Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.
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5.9/10
768 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $851.2K
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- vampire
- remake
- priest
- religious conflict
- literary adaptation
- supernatural horror
- clinical
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereRBeyond Fest25 Sept 2024
- Digital / OTTRMax3 Oct 2024
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1511 Oct 2024
AustraliaAU
- Digital / OTTMA 15+BINGE3 Oct 2024
CanadaCA
- Digital / OTTMax3 Oct 2024
American SamoaAS
- Digital / OTTMax3 Oct 2024
AndorraAD
- Digital / OTTMax3 Oct 2024
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT16Max3 Oct 2024
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1631 Oct 2024
GuamGU
- Digital / OTTMax3 Oct 2024
HungaryHU
- Theatrical163 Oct 2024
IrelandIE
- Theatrical15A11 Oct 2024
ItalyIT
- Digital / OTTMax3 Oct 2024
Frequently asked questions
Salem's Lot was released on 3 October 2024.
Audience reviews
5- K5/10
kevin2019
10/11/2024
"Salem's Lot" is a well paced and perfectly watchable film that often manages to strike out on its own with a considerable degree of success. However, it proves to be a different matter entirely when it tackles the more spooky scenes which had the hallucinatory quality of a fever dream and made the original such a compulsive and memorable viewing experience. It recreates each one of these scenes, but with considerabl…
- R7/10
r96sk
10/11/2024
Overstays its welcome and isn't as interesting as it could've been, but what's there is still serviceable. I really enjoyed the cast, I think every member does a neat job - without that being the case, I'd probably be rating this film a touch lower. Lewis Pullman leads events well, while Makenzie Leigh, Alfre Woodard and Bill Camp are able supports. The kid actors are solid as well, the standout evidently being Jo…
- M5/10
MovieGuys
10/14/2024
For anyone old enough to remember, Coles Notes offered students an accessible summary of famous works, by the likes of Dickens, Shakespeare or Tolstoy. Something similar can be said of the latest cinematic iteration of Stephen Kings book, Salem's Lot. This is an abridged version of Kings vampiric tale. It plays out in broad, somewhat hurried, expository strokes, absent the deeper essence of the work. Things happe…
- C5/10
CinemaSerf
10/16/2024
Celebrated author "Ben" (Lewis Pullman) returns to his childhood home looking to do some investigations into his own youth when he discovers that there's something distinctly unsavoury going on in the "Lot". That all seems to centre around the long abandoned "Marsten" house that’s basement has recently received a strange package before a local urchin goes missing. Luckily for our intrepid writer, he has hooked up wit…
- D8/10
Dean
3/22/2026
Salem's Lot (2024) is a sleek and refreshing return to classic vampire horror that successfully captures the eerie atmosphere of Stephen King’s small-town Maine. Unlike many modern adaptations, this version maintains a brisk, engaging pace that keeps the tension high from start to finish. The 1970s aesthetic is visually striking, using shadows and cold tones to create a genuine sense of dread as the vampire threat sl…
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