I slept with a crossbow my cousin gave me as a kid because of this scene 😂 damn the memory is vivid.

Traumatized me for most of my 5th grade year.

.....then u read a short story called Jerusalems' Lot and i was completely traumatized...

This scared the crap out of me when I was a kid

Reading the comments below makes me feel slightly better. For some reason, my parents let me watch this when I was 11 and this scene, along with the dude in the effing rocking chair, scared the living shit out of me. I mean, it had an effect on me literally for years. Appears I'm far from alone....

Is this the one with David Soul?

Jezzz I remember this scene when I saw this on tv scared the hell out of me

This guy (the older one) in real life later became a convicted paedophile. Why are we still using him for our entertainment?

Instant nightmares when I was a kid, had my window blinds consistently closed tight every night, with a night light on.

There's another scene where he's outside floating around in the fog...

This scene freaked me out so much I think it altered my DNA right down to th my chromosomes and molecules...😮

I read 'Salem's Lot' one time when I was staying at a hotel in Singapore. I was deep into reading a scene like this when my phone rang and the shock jumped me right off the bed. Thank you Mr King.

I still remember watching this for the first time as a kid in the 1970s and it remains an outstanding scene today.

One of the scariest scenes in Salem's Lot!

Made in a time, when laughter weren't a crime 😅

The Stripper is played by Carolyn Seymour who went on to appear as 3 different characters in Star Trek Next Generation and 1 in StarTrek Voyager

Terrifying when I was a kid. Shit now though.

You'll enjoy mr.barlow and he'll enjoy you 😊

I think the bampire couldve easily broke through that glass lol

JAMES AT 15. Some will know.

I thought it was Jeremy Corbyn.🧐

The vampire kid should really just close its eyes when the cross comes out, no need to do all that hand waving.

The funniest bit is, Albert - Wilford Bramble played the part beautifully as a dirty old man always looking for “crumpet” as the English slang for “it” was! Fact is he was as gay as could be at a time when it was not only frowned upon but actually illegal - in fact he got arrested propositioning a young man in a restroom in the very early days of the program , Shows what an amazing actor he was two show a persona of a rampant dirty old heterosexual man LOL

Looks like one of the teachers ftom my high school. .

Terror incarnate for an 8yo. Many thanks!!

Thats one of those hinge or bracket guys.

I still think this is one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever made... and it was a two-part, made for television movie!

Anyone know the name of the actor playing Harold's girlfriend here? I thought it was Barbara Flynn at first but now it's driving me crazy trying to place her.

I was a kid when this came out and that scared me for years

This show scared the shit out of me when I was a kid

All the CGI in the world can't hold a candle to some smoke in reverse with dramatic orchestral music. Can I get a Hell Ya from all my fellow GenX-ers?

Idk why but as a kid this freaked me out.

Love this show

I remember watching this year's ago 😮 Thanks for sharing this 👍

as a kid i was soooo scared, now it looks so naff! shows how our demands for horror have exceeded

I cannot come up with the words to describe what this film did to me when I was a kid. I am now a 55 year old man and have not kept the drapes, or blinds, open when I go to bed for as long as I can remember, and I suspect I never will. Absolutely terrifying scene, and well acted.

You dir-ty old man !😂

That's a scary image. Especially because it's his friend. Stephen King knows how to create imagery that sticks with you for a long while.

Only scene I remember.

All that power and they need permission to open a window. 😮

When I was younger this picture scared me to death 😂

I remember when this aired on television. It was an amazing show.

Of course, in real life he wasn't acting here...

They did homage of this in Buffy the Vampire slayer

I remember seeing this in the movie theatre. I thought this moment was so cool! The villain got his!

Dark beer, no doubt.

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That gurning grimace at 2:17 was a classic!

My parents let me stay up for this when I was 13! never forgave them

Classic scene!