This was a great movie for fans of vampire films who are sick of the recent trend of Gothic tragedy films inspired by Anne Rice. I like Anne Rice but every now and then I want to see a movie where the vampires are evil and frightening. The interesting thing about this movie was that it actually succeeds in making vampires scary and ominous. Modern cinema has become so obsessed with the idea of vampires as a sexual metaphor that they've forgotten that they were originally meant to be figures of fear. This movie goes back to that in a great way. It's hard to think of vampires as being scary when you consider all the weaknesses they have and the fact that everyone knows what those weaknesses are, but this film takes that into account and still keeps them more frightening than any other vampire film ever has. This isn't a perfect movie though. It's incredibly long and the small town it's set in is filled with every depressing small town cliché you could think of. And although it makes vampires scary that doesn't mean it's a really terrifying movie, it's just as scary as a vampire movie can get. So if you want to see a movie that shows how frightening vampires can be check this one out.
Review of Salem's Lot
