New Episode-Salem's Lot (2004)

Stephen Kingcast

Constant Reader

Tv & Film, Arts, Arts:books, Books

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

I can't believe I actually did it! I went back and rewatched the 2004 Rob Lowe-starring TNT television movie adaptation of Salem's Lot. I have strong memories of watching it back in the day, and they were not positive memories. I had told myself that I wouldn't revisit it, but as the decades rolled on, heading into my time machine and checking out the early 2000s was an interesting proposition. I mean, with a cast that includes Rob Lowe, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Andre Braugher and James Cromwell, this deserves a second look. What could go wrong? To find out what went wrong (and what went right--there's some good stuff here, too), tune in this week to the Stephen Kingcast!

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast, One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.
0:04.3	Each week I'll review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King and the chronological order
0:08.4	of publication. And this week, I at long last am reviewing a television adaptation that I didn't
0:19.5	think I would ever revisit again. It's one that I had never planned on
0:24.3	doing on this show, but as I have been interrogating and analyzing, reviewing, and thinking about,
0:33.2	talking about the televised works of Stephen King, me not touching this would be a glaring omission.
0:40.8	So I am diving back into my time machine and heading to the year 2004, the location Salem's
0:51.6	lot.
0:52.2	That's right.
0:52.7	I am talking about the 2004 TNT airing Rob Loe starring
0:59.1	remake of the classic Stephen King vampire story, Salem's Lot. So before I get into it, I just
1:08.3	wanted to say thank you everyone for listening to the Stephen Kingcast,
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