Salem's Lot Blu-ray Movie 
Warner Bros. | 1979 | 183 min | Rated PG | Oct 02, 2018
Movie rating
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| 7 | / 10 |
Blu-ray rating
| Users |  | 0.0 |
| Reviewer |  | 3.5 |
| Overall | | 3.5 |
Overview click to collapse contents
Salem's Lot (1979)
Vampires are invading a small New England town. It's up to a novelist and a young horror fan to save it.
Starring: David Soul, James Mason (I), Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew AyresDirector: Tobe Hooper
| Horror | Uncertain |
| Thriller | Uncertain |
| Mystery | Uncertain |
Specifications click to expand contents
Video
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Portuguese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles
English SDH, French, German SDH, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Thai
Discs
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Playback
Region A (B, C untested)
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Rating summary
| Movie | | 3.5 |
| Video |  | 4.5 |
| Audio | | 3.5 |
| Extras |  | 1.5 |
| Overall | | 3.5 |
Salem's Lot Blu-ray Movie Review
Reviewed by Martin Liebman March 25, 2021Warner Brothers and Best Buy have collaborated on a store exclusive SteelBook release for Director Tobe Hooper's 1975 Stephen King adaptation 'Salem's Lot.' The disc is identical to that found in the wide release. This is the first of two 'Salem's Lot' SteelBooks released in consecutive years. See the 'Special Features and Extras' section of the review below for more on the SteelBook's look and feel.
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Salem's Lot Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality
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Salem's Lot Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality
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Salem's Lot Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras
Note that the inner print image could be construed as a major spoiler for the film.
Warner Brothers' Salem's Lot SteelBook is of a matte finish. It's lightly textured and will not show basic handling fingerprints. The design is
simple and elegant. The front panel simply features the vampire Barlow, fangs out, eyes glowing, facing forward, hands outstretched to the side and
above his head. He is clad in a black robe. His gray face and long-nailed fingers are the only undead flesh visible. He fills much of the frame; an
ominous gray sky appears behind him. The film's title in blood red lettering appears center atop his garment. The rear panel features a similarly bleak
design cue. A dark gray sky settles above an eerie exterior shot of the Marsten house, the vampire's home in Jerusalem's Lot and a key locale in the
story. The spine features the film's title in white slightly above center. A Blu-ray logo has been placed at the top and a Warner Brothers logo at the
bottom.
Inside, the single Blu-ray disc sits on its own right-hand-side hub. The inner print is a two-panel spread which is, again, bleak and gray depicting the
Vampire Barlow lying in his coffin, eyes wide open, fangs showing, hands shielding him from a stake to the heart; the hand delivering the
killing blow can be seen at the top. On the bottom left is a white billing block.
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Salem's Lot Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation
This is a nice SteelBook: dark, brooding, bleak, and a focus on the evil in the movie. It's simple, it looks good, it feels good in the hand, and it's well worthy of any film library and SteelBook collection. Highly recommended.
