Kurt Barlow in Salem's Lot is a Type 1 vampire with high intelligence and cunning skills. Barlow's origins, like fleeing the Gestapo and manipulating townspeople, add depth to his character. The upcoming adaptation of Salem's Lot promises to faithfully capture the chilling essence of the novel.

Exclusive: Salem’s Lot producer says the new movie looked to the original Nosferatu-like miniseries for its vampire design

The way in which many filmmakers have circumvented this obstacle in the past is by not adapting the books as features but instead as miniseries, and Salem’s Lot is a prime example. The novel (which is the second King had published) is not one of the writer’s longest tomes,

The once AWOL adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’ squanders its potential by lacking any of the bite of its source material.

Lewis Pullman and Alfre Woodard star in the horror drama about an author who returns to his hometown in search of creative inspiration, only to find it under attack by a monster.

Is Salem’s Lot a top-tier King adaptation? No. But not for nothing is a drive-in theater a key location in the action - this is the kind of fun midnight movie that teens flocked to in the '70s. Salem's Lot is released on Max in the US on October 3 and in UK cinemas on October 11.

There's nothing about the new feature-film adaptation of Stephen King's Salem's Lot that feels particularly fresh or novel — unless you count the fact that it has no interest in being anything other than an earnest,

Exclusive: A star of Gary Dauberman's Salem's Lot explains shares why a major character change in the Stephen King adaptation makes sense.