RIP David Soul. Thanks for all the amazing TV memories of my childhood.

One of the best vampire movies that was made superb acting by David Soul.

They really don't make movies like this anymore. No special effects... no gore... no blood... Just good acting and good writing. This scene scared the shit out of me when I was 9 years old.

Even in a public restaurant with sufficient lighting, this was a tense, thought provoking scene. That takes great screenwriting and actors who can bring the script to life.

David Soul is just fantastic in this role. He has the character down perfectly. Curious, nostalgic, and tortured all at the same time.

R.I.P. David Soul(1943-2024)😭

Just a simple conversation can carry so much weight, a testament to the talent involved.

Even the Hammer Horror films with Sir Christopher Lee as Dracula 1958-73 did not make my skin crawl as much as this movie did in the fall of 1979. Best vampire film ever.

I remember being terrified of this as a teen , watching this on the TV 1979. David Soul was a very underrated actor. He is excellent in this

one of the best vampire movies in movie history

One of my favorite little details is right before David Soul decides to tell the story he starts fiddling with his glass and his face looks as if he isn't sure he wants to tell it. Brilliant and subtle acting

David Soul's performance in this is perfect. He plays it just right.

The score in this Film was incredible, Nathan Barr did an incredible job,it brought out the eeriness in these scenes👍

"Salem's Lot" was the first and only movie to give me nightmares as a kid. RIP Mr. Soul. Always a fan.

R.I.P. David Soul. So great on this role.

I remember this 1979 film as a 2 parter which was shown over here in N. Ireland on 2 Thursdays.. I would NOT let my parents go upstairs til this film was over, i'd walk in between mam and dad up the stairs. Even now as a 52 year old woman this CLASSIC still scares me. The Rob Lowe version i just couldn't take too. I HOPE that the new remake Will do both the novel and the 1979 film justice.

“What did you see?” Typically the answer would be vague to elevate the mystery, but Ben just lays it out. He saw ghosts, hanging corpses, and everything in between. I love the way this scene is written.

David Soul was an underrated and underused actor,he plays this just right.

This is one of the best scenes ever filmed. David soul is such an underrated actor.

Story, casting, music...all perfect. Scared the hell outta me when I was a kid. When that broad came off the mortuary table...oh man!!!

I wish the still made movies like this but sadly those days are over salems lot is my favorite movie of all time

I watched this in the late 70's and it scared the hell out of me. No big names celebrities but just simply scary to haunt you in your sleep.

David Soul was perfectly cast. Salem's one of my all time favourite horror movies, but then I am a Stephen King fan.

VERY INTENSE SCENE,WITH TWO GREAT ICONIC ACTORS!

TWO GREAT ICONIC LEGENDARY ACTORS,IN AN INTENSE SCENE!...I ALWAYS WAS CURIOUS ON HOW MANY TAKES IT TOOK TO FILM!

I remember watching this as a child. We were all in the living room with all the lights off and only the TV going. During the window scene with Danny Glick, our smoke alarm went off as my grandmother was cleaning the stove/oven in the kitchen. Needless to say, we all went 5 feet in the air when that alarm went off.

My wife doesn't like scary films but she loves Salem's Lot because of the realistic characters. They're all great in this but I love David Soul. Awesome singer too

David's acting was magnificent he never over played it in any movie or tv program so sad what's happening to him now damn cigarettes.

Ive seen this movie and re-watched it fo many times, yet, chiils stil ran down my spine, as the first time watched it. The best horror movie ever.

BEST VAMPIRE MOVIE EVER,HANDS DOWN,PERIOD. EVEN BETTER THAN HAMMER FILMS,LONDON. DURING THE HAYDAY OF CHRISTOPHER LEE,AND THAT IS HARD TO BEAT!

"Salem's lot" (1979) is the best vampire horror movie ever made! Hello from Athens Greece!

This movie and Darren McGavin in The Night Stalker are great vampire movies!!!!!

This is a vampire movie. Vampires don't sparkle or go to high school.

The hand gestures Dave uses when describing his having seen Hubey Marston, "hanging by his neck", as if it were an event just as rarefied as it was inexplicable. Something not to be excused.

The best Stephen King book, the best Stephen King movie !

the way this scene was acted was awesome, the way David told the story alone scared the fck outta me as a kid nevermind the rest of the series LOL

was a great horror movie of its time. David soul was an awesome actor. R.I.P David.

To this day, at 32 years old even back when I was a kid in early 2000s after getting this on DVD, I still can't watch this movie at night alone, I can watch it in the daytime alone no problem, but never alone at night. Even just seeing this scene hearing Ben tell the story with this eerie music and thinking about the scenes with Ralphie and Danny Glick, Mike Ryerson, Marjorie Glick and Ned as vampires..still scares the hell out of me. Any other vampire films I have no problem watching alone at night, even the remake of Stephen kings story that starred Rob Lowe, but this version..I can never watch alone at night unless I'm in the comfort and safety of my bed under my blanket with the shades down on my windows.

Great actors Great scene

I love his singing "Don't Give Up on Us" to this day! Since '78! I can only imagine seeing "Hubie Marsten" I read the book, saw the movie. That was sufficient!

Probably David's best Work!

When I was 8 and first saw this, I had a hard time going to sleep, especially if it was a foggy night.

Fantastic horror movie for its time...Reggie Nalder was sooo chilling as Mr Barlow

One of the best vampire series of all time.

One of the best horror film serie,s ever for me.

Best Steven King movie ever. IT was probably my 2nd favorite. Ironically his best works were made for TV.

When someone ask me did I have a favorite book writer I always an forever will say Steven King for writing horror books there is no other person that can measure up to him. The man his classic love love his work an him Salem,s Lot his one of my favorites.

My applause to the person who wrote this dialogue, and David Soul's handling of it.

My absolute favourite horror film ever!!! A masterpiece, .....nobody can make something like this anymore.....this scene is just amazing....a big inspiration for my artwork.

I watched this movie years ago I would like to see it again. I loved everything that David soul done 😵

SALEMS LOT IS A MASTERPIECE ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIES THANK YOU DAVID AND MR KING R I P DAVID 🙏❤

"Why did it attract me?" ...... Nice little cliffhanger there

This film still scares the hell out of me especially the part in the jailhouse when you first see Mr Barlow. Remember seeing it for the first time when I was a kid absolutely brilliant film 👍

Salems lot scared the beegeebez out of me when i was a kid. After seeing this movie I had to look both ways walking home in the dark going through the woods. Seeing the full moon in the sky and hearing the rustling of the wind through my ears. And hearing something walking through the woods behind me constantly. As I look behind me with my flashlight pointed at the the object it was just deer moving about.

love this film,i seen David soul round Marylebone going pub I went oww owww saloms lot and he nodded ,lol lol

The music plays in to his story perfectly

I'd love to know how much Stephen King was influenced by Shirley Jackson's magnificent classic "The Haunting of Hill House" when he wrote "Salem's Lot". It was definitely on his mind; he used a passage from Jackson's novel as the epigraph for one of his chapters. In both books, there is a strong suggestion that evil is a force that resides in places, independently of human agency, and then draws certain types of people to it, whose faults and weaknesses it then exploits to create yet more evil. Eleanor Vance in "The Haunting of Hill House" is a bitter, resentful, sexually frustrated woman whose life the Crain house twists into a parody of all the people who have ever lived there. Father Callahan, and many of the townspeople in King's book, see their flaws -- alcoholism, gossip, lost love, adultery, cruelty -- providing the entryway for the evil of Barlow's vampirism. They may be victims; but they're not wholly innocent victims in many cases. (Some, admittedly, are). It's almost as though the Master Vampire says, "You had already chosen to separate yourselves from the community of man, with your assorted pettinesses and jealousies. I'm just taking that process to its logical conclusion. Now you can REALLY prey on each other -- forever." THAT, as a proposition, is a hell of a lot scarier than a count with an indeterminate accent, in a top hat and opera cape, declining a drink with: "No, thank you. I never drink -- wine."

The creepy earie music in the back ground really brings out the terror he saw that night in the way he describes it. . starts here. 1:04

Man this is what a real vampire movie is all about I like the movie better than the book ............ Mr.Hopper made a great horror director and was perfect for this film .................

Fantastic book adaptation. It was done in an understated, quiet way, EXCEPT the vampire scenes. Holy gee.

The scene that scared me most in this film when I was young was the scene were Marjorie Glick wakes up in the mortuary. Marjorie starts to move and shake under the sheet when Ben is praying and reading "The Lord is my Shepherd" loud. Brilliant scene. They totally destroyed that one in the 2004 movie.

Great David Saul, was perfect for this movie 👍👍

This is a classic and it was on tv scariest movie possible of all time

🗣 "Why did it attract me?" Awesome question/point that I've heard people asking about to get a clearer understanding. This is my synopsis of the meaning and I think it's pretty spot on. So, my thoughts are below: 👇🏿👇🏻👇🏾👇🏼👇🏽 Evil attracts the purest of lights to turn into the darkness. Remember, if a light can shine for miles and miles and miles upon miles of distance, if you turn it to evil light turns to darkness including the same DISTANCE!!

I'm 53 years old and to this day I still dream about vampires. Watching this movie when it came out is the reason why. It's still hard to watch the window scenes after all these years. It actually makes me angry. :D

David Soul was Outstanding in Salem s Lot Love This Vampire Movie

Wow this would be a great prequel movie about hubey Marsden . Great movie the vampire kid at the window freaked me out as a kid .

Along with “The Night Stalker”, perhaps the scariest movie ever shown on network tv !

Dammit will someone please post this classic again PLEASE

One of my all time favorite movies,love David Soul .

One of my fav parts.

My family and friends loves to watch this doing month of October hollaween times!!"

The music is so creepy and sets the mood. Excellent acting and soundtrack makes this movie so scary.

Rest in peace, David.

Read the book while working at the Maine Medical Center back in the mid-70s. Saw the movie but was old enough not to be scared but really liked it. Steven King wrote some great books then.

This was just fantastic remember being really scared watching this.The younger Glick boy scratching at the window, with the mist still sends shivers down my spine terrifying. RIP wonderful David Soul x

There are lots of big name, old Hollywood talent in this movie along with great character actors too.

Rip David thanks for slaying The Master!

I always used to think he was about to say: “Jason do you believe a thing…I’m saying here?””

One of my favorite scenes!

This Movie 🎥 was Really Scary Love ❤️ it David Soul Played It Great The whole Cast was Great !

A great piece of story telling that is subtle and draws you in. A credit to the script writers.

This movie scared me to an death as a kid...any scratch or strange noise at night i damn near pissed myself for a verrry long time

Bought it on Amazon about three years ago for $20 or so. Now it's about double that!

One of the best scenes of the movie

I Love David Soul❣

Just finished reading the book and I can't wait to watch the whole film 😍😍

I wish they did a really good remake. No cgi, good acting, good direction

These made for TV adaptations of Steven Kings stories were good....this one and the Stand in particular....and IT...

Thee greatest Vampire film to exist.

RIP David Soul.

"Put down your cross! You can do nothing against the MASTER!" 🙂

Audiences have changed, this is a classic but is probably far too tame for today’s audiences, who want instant gratification.

Watched with Dad - if I recall, we had to wait until the next week to watch the next part -

Creepy music in the film!

Best film full stop

I just read the book for the first time … I loved this adaptation the first time I saw it as a kid . When I say I loved it , it scared the sh£t outta me

i've seen trees that look liked tortured spirits.

I have always remembered the name Danny Glick!

It would be cool to check out the Straker & Barlow Fine Antiques shop.