Since Stephen King published Carrie in 1974, the horror author has written about 65 novels alongside several collected works and screenplays. Dozens of big and small screen adaptations of King’s work have popped up since Carrie shocked filmgoers in 1976. Some talented filmmakers have worked on the Master of Horror’s material including Rob Reiner, Stanley […]
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Vampires are a horror staple. They have been since Bela Lugosi brought Dracula to life in the Universal Monsters classic. So of course horror’s undisputed master would have to pen a vampire story, right? In fact, Salem’s Lot was Stephen King’s second major novel. Four years after King published it, horror maverick Tobe Hooper adapted […]
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In one of Stephen King’s earliest novels, Salem’s Lot, the master vampire, Barlow, confronts the small-town priest, Father Callahan, challenging him to a duel of “faith against faith”. Salem’s Lot was adapted as a 1970s television movie by Texas Chainsaw Massacre director, Tobe Hooper, and while some aspects of the confrontation are altered, both versions […]
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