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Oct 10, 2010 - 4:47 AM
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Francis
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The original. Sometimes it's better that these adaptations aren't that close to what King wrote and aren't page for page recitals (the latest children of the corn remake a perfect example of how a literal word for word adaptation sucks). The Tobe Hooper version of Salem's Lot has the meat of the story and really gets the town feel right. Bonnie Bedelia, David Saul, James Mason,... make for a great ensemble. Horror-wise, less is better, and keeping Barlow out of sight for the majority of the movie is more effective.
The remake wasn't that bad, but it had redundant characters and sidebar storylines (the James Cromwell priest and that minion of Barlow), weird casting choices (Sutherland isn't used at all and Rutger Hauer is too prolific as Barlow) and a lack of chemistry between the actors. It's almost as if they set out to make an adaptation that was the opposite of the original Hooper version and by doing so, proved why the original was more effective.
Rob Lowe as the lead... I started to cringe from the moment you heard those tedious voice overs (something that didn't work). Now I see why they cast him as a deaf mute in The Stand.
The new version also has the graphic novel feel to it in the horror scenes involving the Marsten house and the pacing is just too high. It wants to cram too much into its running time and it's here where the bad scenes start to pile up (the wedding scene with the Eva character... ugh)
What I did like about the new version is the score by Gordon, very strong on its own and a nice addition next to Sukman's, and the Andre Braugher and Dan Byrd characters. Braugher was also strong in The Mist.
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Which mini-series do you like better, the original or the remake, and how come?
Richard
The remake wasn´t as effective as the 70´s miniserie but was closer to the book King wrote.
Tobe Hooper´s Salem´s Lot is the better...
I loved the vampire look both from Barlow and the other vampires.
Masons Straker was more eerie than Sutherlands portrail of him.
David Soul nailed the Mears character which Lowe didn´t and the rest of the supporting cast was also better.
The creepy Marsten´s house and even the town of Salem´s Lot, the music by Sukeman...
best scene: "Look at me teacher...look at me"
what do you people think about the 1987 sequel Return to Salems Lot??
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I've not seen the remake, but I quite disliked the original, which I saw for the first time just a couple of years ago. I posted my views then, in this thread:
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=54459&forumID=1&archive=0
Little did I know that it was some sort of Holy Cow (a la Goldsmith or SPARTACUS) which apparently everyone and their mother held as an untouchable nostalgia favourite.
Yes and we better not go that route again *LOL*
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