Stephen King's novel gets adapted again for TV by play writer Peter Filardi. Same story line of course, but most of the original characters in the 1979 version have taken on different personalities. Ben Mears(Rob Lowe)is a troubled man hounded by his memories. Mears is a Pulitzer Prize winner that comes back home to Jerusalem's Lot to garner fodder for another novel. His main interest is buying the old house on the hill that spawned horrid happenings causing his childhood nightmares. The house has been sold to a mysterious antique dealer(Donald Sutherland)who is believed to be using the haunting house as a vampire haven for his partner Kurt Barlow(Rutger Hauer). The top notch cast assembled includes: Andre Braugher, James Cromwell, Samantha Mathis and Robert Grubb. If King was not too fond of the earlier version starring David Soul; I wonder how he feels about this one? After all is said and done...the novel is a hell of a lot better than both TV adaptations.
Review of Salem's Lot
