Talk:Salem's Lot (1979 miniseries)

message: In what way was Salem's Lot "largely faithful to the book"? Very few aspects of the novel were accurately incorporated in the screen adaptation, with many of the main characters and details being completely changed. Even the title itself was inaccurate: Stephen King's 1975 novel, the source of the TV adaptation, was entitled "'Salem's Lot", due to "'Salem" being an abbreviation of "Jerusalem".
− Shinigami Kamenzi 14:19, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questionable adaptation accuracy 

message: There are two versions of this page: A (film) version and a (TV mini-series) version. One needs to be merged into the other, and I believe the (film) version needs to come here.   BIGNOLE    (Question?)  (What I do)  20:41, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Performed the merger.   BIGNOLE    (Question?)  (What I do)  13:15, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: I would like to move to have this cleaned up, the plot summary is almost a wall of text. CharlieP216 22:10, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean up

message: On Google Earth there's a placemarker for a house on the south edge of the town. Its placement (on a hillside with lots of trees) is basically identical to the Marsten House in the movie. But the house in the movie wasn't really, right? It was just a shell constructed for the movie, right? --Ragemanchoo (talk) 08:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Marsten House in Ferndale?

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:TheMasterKurtBarlow1979.jpg

message: Is there any information on the 'alternative' material in the European theatrical release ?
Was it released on VHS or DVD ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Excelis4 (talk • contribs) 07:19, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different 'Cuts' of Salem's Lot (1979), the European Version, and the initial CBS Broadcast 

message: Below information was tagged for needing sources long-term. Feel free to reinsert with appropriate references. DonIago (talk) 13:55, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: There is also a 183 minute streaming release that DonIago apparently steadfastly does not want to be included on this page. I have included his reasoning for excluding this information from Wikipedia below. Mikecap (talk) 8:07, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced material 

message: People have written here of the influences of the German film Nosferatu...  Yet another film should be looked into also: Plan Nine From Outer Space.  This film is incorrectly appraised as one of the worst films of all time, whereas in truth it is among the more unusual.  In it beings come from outer space to wreck havoc on Earth by creating a colony of hostile vampires that can multiply.  This recalls not only Salem's Lot, but also Tobe Hooper's later film Lifeforce (which was in turn directly based on the novel "The Space Vampires" by Colin Wilson).  Yet Plan Nine... includes many eerie moments reminiscent of Hooper's later Salem's Lot.  (John G. Lewis (talk) 15:54, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Not totally sure what you have in mind, but we can't claim that other films were a source for this one without having a reliable source. To do so would be original research. Cheers. DonIago (talk) 04:31, 14 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Historical Influences 

message: Looking over this article, I've noticed that the production section relies mostly on a single source for its information, and not only that, the citation style is all wrong and the section is poorly written. If there is more information out there on the film's production then it should be added to the article with the proper citation. I've also noticed that the article is missing information on the legacy and influence that the miniseries has had post-release and really needs to be added to the article, via with proper citations from reliable sources. This article has potential if enough work is done on it, so hopefully, someone comes along and gives it the proper attention that it deserves.--Paleface Jack (talk) 16:28, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion and Citation 

message: Salem's Lot is NOT about a haunted house!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.241.240.42 (talk) 03:21, 17 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Um, what?