1979. Mark Petri woke up. He lay in the ticking dark looking at the ceiling.

He could hear something, a scratching. He turned over in bed and looked through the window.

And Danny Glick was staring in at him through the glass. His skin, grave pale, his eyes

red and feral. Some dark substance was smeared about his lips and chin, and when he saw Mark looking

at him, he smiled and showed teeth grown hideously long and sharp.

Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of the vampire, and we discuss Toby Hooper and

Stephen King's Salem's lot. Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munster,

and as ever, I am your host. If you're tuning in for the first time, then welcome. In this podcast,

we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre by looking at

a particular sub genre's one series at a time. We are currently in the middle of our eighth

season exploring the evolution of the vampire, and this is part 13. This week's episode is sponsored

by $20 Patreon subscriber Bash. And in this week's episode, as that intro suggested, we are going

to be discussing Salem's lot, specifically the 1979 Toby Hooper TV adaptation. As I know,

for so many of you, it is one of the scariest and most nightmare-ish vampire movies in the history

of the sub genre. So, we will be talking about Salem's lot in spoiler-rific detail. I would urge

everybody to go and give it a watch, all three hours of it, before listening to our discussion.

So, joining me to discuss all things Salem's lot, I've got two guests with me, two very good

friends of mine, and long-time friends of the pod. She is a writer, podcaster, BBC broadcast

journalist, host of the Sound of Gaming on Radio 3. He is an actor, producer, and creator and host

of the Brilliant Brainrock podcast. It's Louise Blaine and Stevie Webb. Hi guys. Hi, my.

So, lovely to have you both here. Now, first of all, how are you both? You've both been doing

super exciting things. Louise, earlier this week, you presented the BBC Proms, right? Tell us

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