Salem’s Lot Star Explains Why Adapting Stephen King’s Story is So Scary
The star of the upcoming horror film Salem's Lot explains why adapting the Stephen King story for the screen is so scary. King's novel of the same name was first released in 1975 and has since become one of King's most notable works, alongside works like The Shining, IT, and Carrie. While Salem's Lot has been adapted into several TV shows and miniseries in the past, it was announced in April of 2019 that New Line Cinema would be releasing Salem's Lot as a feature film.
Salem's Lot follows Ben Mears, a writer who returns to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot in Maine to try and write his next novel — only for Ben to realize that the town is being preyed upon by a vampire, who has begun to turn the residents into vampires themselves. In April of 2020, it was announced that Gary Dauberman, writer for the Annabelle and It films, would be the film adaptation's director. One year later, actor Lewis Pullman was cast to portray the lead role of Ben Mears. Pullman most recently starred in the romantic drama film Press Play.
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In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Pullman discussed why adapting Stephen King's horror story is so scary. Pullman says that, aside from how terrifying King's horror writing is, it's intimidating to adapt the work of an author with such a strong legacy — and to faithfully adapt such a lengthy story. Like many of King's books, Salem's Lot is very long, which is why so many adaptations of the story were formatted as miniseries or two-part series — and Pullman says that having to condense the book into a single feature film is extremely difficult. Read Pullman's full comment below:
Talk about scary for two reasons! Because it's Stephen King,
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