A Return to Salem's Lot
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Excellent Sequel
I saw this movie for the first time about 20 years ago when I was a young teenager. I thought it was great. Of course I liked everything then. I still like it today, though. What I remember from years ago was it had a cool old guy in it and it took place partly in a church. I knew the old guy as the director of one of my favorite war movies: The Big Red One. Years later, the old guy is still pretty cool and ads a little life into a movie that has a lot going for it. Director Larry Cohen teams up with actor Michael Moriarty for the fourth time in their careers. Larry Cohen has contributed quite a bit to horror as a writer and director. His best known movies are the It's Alive series. I would have to say that this movie is one of the better teamings of Cohen and Moriarty. They first worked on the cult classic The Stuff and then went on to be participants in It's Alive 3: Island of The Alive which was an entertaining sequel. Then they made this movie and finally the last teaming...
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A Satire on Horror Films
A Return to Salem's LotThe credits list some actors who were well-known in the 1940s. This story is based on the Stephen King novel. Are some savages about to sacrifice a human? It's a cultural thing. There are gunshots to announce messengers with news from the States. [Is that Newark airport?] There is a funny scene at the used car lot! They arrive at the old house. "Thanks a lot Aunt Clara." The welcome wagon greets them. Then night falls. Teenagers learn to respect the residents. Children take care of the homeless. "Tell it to the judge." Is their welcome too good to be true? Where is Jeremy going?They raise cows for milk and other products. Human blood can be infected with hepatitis, drugs, AIDS, etc. They want an anthropologist to record their society for the future. The children attend school at night. Kathy waited for Joey all these years. "Good Day, Dear." The people love their cows very much. An old geezer rolls up in his old jalopy asking for...
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a worthy sequel
Nice tip of the hat to the first Sandlot, but not on the same level.