The 2022 movie version of Carrie.
Salem's Lot tells the tale of Ben Mears, a troubled writer who heads back to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot in order to both mine material for his latest book, and try to exorcise his various childhood demons. Unfortunately, Ben's psychological demons quickly give way to real ones of a sort, as Salem's Lot is being insidiously taken over by a powerful vampire called Kurt Barlow, who recently moved into an old house that Ben believes might be haunted.
In the eyes of some, Salem's Lot is up there with Bram Stoker's ties Carrie as King's most adapted to date, with three adaptations.
Salem's Lot 2022 will actually be the fourth movie or miniseries to sport the Salem's Lot brand though, thanks to the existence of 1987's A Return to Salem's Lot. Directed by maverick director Larry Cohen, the man behind cult classics like The Stuff and It's Alive, A Return to Salem's Lot is a truly bizarre sequel that has little to do with King's story outside of the name and location. Carrie was of course first adapted as a 1976 film from director Brian De Palma, then turned into a TV miniseries in 2002, and another feature film in 2013. Carrie also has an odd, loosely related sequel called The Rage: Carrie 2, released in 1999.
Produced by Annabelle Comes Home. Little is known about how much this Salem's Lot will differ from King's book, although Dauberman's IT scripts certainly took major departures from the prose. Salem's Lot hits theaters on September 9, 2022, with Lewis Pullman set to play Ben Mears, and character actor extraordinaire William Sadler playing Barlow.
