The Vampires Are Hungry in the New Trailer For ‘Salem’s Lot’

The 1975 Stephen King horror classic Salem’s Lot is coming back to life, with a new feature-length adaptation heading to Max on October 3.

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A new trailer, set against the backdrop of Gordon Light’s 1974 song “Sundown,” gives a peak of what happens when killer vampires descend on the sleepy Maine town of Jerusalem’s Lot.

This new adaptation of King’s novel – starring Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, Pilou Asbæk, Alfre Woodard, and William Sadler – was written and directed Gary Dauberman, the co-writer on the 2017 adaptation of It and the 2018 sequel It Chapter Two . Those films grossed a combined $1.1 billion, making them two most successful Stephen King movies in Hollywood history, outgrossing even The Green Mile, Pet Cemetery, Misery , and Stand By Me .

Salem’s Lot was Stephen King’s second book following Carrie . It was turned into a two-part CBS miniseries in 1979 starring David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Lance Kern, and Fred Willard. In 2004, Rob Lowe starred in another Salem’s Lot miniseries for TNT alongside Donald Sutherland, Samantha Mathis, James Cromwell, and Luther Hauer.

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This new version of Salem’s Lot was originally slated for a theatrical release in 2023, but was bumped to the following year due to Covid-related delays and the SAG-AFTRA strike. Earlier this year, Max announced that it would premiere on its streaming service.

It’s one of many Stephen King novels and short stores, including The Long Walk, Christine, Fairy Tale, From a Buck 8 , and, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon , that are in various stages of development for big screen and TV adaptations. King’s most recent novel was 2023’s Holly , which is also being turned into a TV series.

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