Stephen King's Other Vampire Story

In today's video we are going to look at how Stephen King's second novel Salem's Lot changed the future of vampire fiction, and how he uses vampires in other works such as his short story The Night Flier. Thank you for watching.
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[@InPraiseofShadows]

Hey everyone, hope you are doing well! Just out of curiosity, how many saw this movie before? I've always wondered about how well known it is because I don't see it mentioned a ton online. It has always been one of my favorite King films, and I feel like there were a good amount of fun ones in this period. Anyways, thanks for watching, I hope you have a good weekend and I'll see you next time!

[@RVCBard]

I have! Rented it from Movie Gallery once.

[@martincann5052]

I've seen it once, on VHS, about 17 years ago when I was in hospital being treated for mental illness. ... Don't worry, I got better.

[@jack0lantrn]

never seen it, never even knew it existed but I've read the story before. excited to watch this later, love miguel ferrer

[@MasbyzeAllTopicsFiction]

I love everything Stephen King and have seen most adaptations of his work but this one never. I haven’t even heard from it. Thanks for the great analysis and recommendation dude :)

[@sottosopravoce]

I've never seen it, but I want to, now.

[@shoesncheese]

This movie forever changed how I thought about vampires. I suddenly realized how monstrous and terrifying they would be in real life and I have never forgotten it.

[@Laneous14]

Yeah, the casual extreme violence and just the dirt and grime beneath the veneer of Anne Rice fanciness is what I liked.

[@dualleh]

True. The vampire felt really cursed and gritty, instead of powerful and romanticized. The final encounter and when he revealed his true form. Reminded me of Aphix twin come to daddy. Didnt expect that. Gave me nightmares.

[@The_Custos]

Yes, larger than the biggest, blackest, nastiest spider you ever saw, but smarter than a man, with very sharp teeth, and coming for you!

[@k.morningstar7983]

Peter the Vampire from *What We Do in the Shadows* kind of... ruined my terror of the Nosferatu type. i mean, he is pretty scary, even if he is funny, but all i can think of is the other vampires feeding the poor guy

[@TheThinkingMansTemplar]

I had a dream about this.. weird this video was suggested

[@williamarnold9821]

For me, The Night Flier is the most underrated King adaptation there is.

[@JuanRios-kh8sq]

I never even heard of it and I'm a pretty big fan of SK. He's like 70% of my audible library.

[@oWarlock360o]

Check it out. We'll worth it.

[@chanelhenderson8460]

@@JuanRios-kh8sq you can watch it on KZbin for free its great

[@Chef_Alpo]

@@JuanRios-kh8sq Same!

[@magallanesagustin4952]

@@JuanRios-kh8sq it's in the Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection.

[@Donnelly19508]

To me, reading Salem's Lot really shows how well Stephen King creates a scene. Growing up in New England, his descriptions of a townie bar or just a rural northeastern road made me go, "oh I've been here before."

[@Laudanum-gq3bl]

Agreed. I read Salem’s Lot as a kid. When I moved to Maine, I felt that I knew the place already.

[@rolanddeschain6089]

Even though I live and grew up thousands of miles away in Europe, have never been to New England, and even though King's stories are unmistakably American, I often have the same feeling when I read his books. Maybe because his stories are mainly about people, maybe because I grew up in a rural area too or maybe because the climate and culture are not that different. No idea. In any case, I always feel "at home" very quickly, especially in his small town stories.

[@JohnSmith_1331]

I always felt that Salem's Lot was a great novel about life in a small New England town - that just happened to have vampires.

[@CorbCorbin]

@@JohnSmith_1331 Well, that’s how small towns are. Some of us just happen to have vampires in ours.

[@Laneous14]

When I visited Bangor and met the locals there I truly understood exactly where his characters come from.

[@christianlowman2698]

The Dark Tower series is my absolute favorite story in all of fiction. I found it during a very low time in my life and it helped me to escape from my ever growing heroin addiction and helped me during my eventual recovery from that life. Without those books I truly believe I would have completely lost myself to that lifestyle.

[@greenmann1217]

I could have written this comment.

[@capttrips1523]

It must have broke your heart when Eddie Dean died then too huh. Yeah, I can relate. I love stories of redemption. Both fiction and nonfiction.

[@christianlowman2698]

@@capttrips1523 yeah it did because for obvious reasons I connected with his character the most but I always had a feeling that Roland was always gonna be the only member of the ka-tet to reach the tower.

[@champ8605]

much respect for you turning your life around bud!

[@christianlowman2698]

@@champ8605 Thank you that's very kind of you to say

[@jello4835]

This is so well made. You didn't just talk about the Night Flier, you covered a brief history of King's work, vampire fiction, tabloids, true crime exploitation, all in under half an hour. Loved it.

[@jammin2575]

Thank you! I love his short stories collection books. Nightmares and Dreamscapes which includes Night Flier is an incredible book.

[@LibraryMacabre]

“...when he was only 28.” 28-year-old me: Shit, I need to get busy.

[@JuanRios-kh8sq]

37 year old me -same

[@qiff6667]

Same, also 28.

[@9WEAVER9]

Yeah, two years past the age at which Einstein gave us relativity...

[@Xander_P.G.K]

17 year old me: Looks like I have 11 years to get working.

[@siouxsiexymox6594]

I just turned 28 and i hate myself idk 😐 🙃

[@lynnbowers4722]

I don't think King's success with his first 4 novels can be compared to Rowling, Martin or Meyers because all of their books were in a series. It's much easier to get someone to buy the following books in an established series than to get them to buy 4 disparate stories. In that case you are banking on the strength of the author alone.

[@Hektols]

Agree, King has more merit.

[@katevgrady]

Also agree

[@winniethepoodle]

Yes, I hadnt thought of that and had originally agreed with the OP comparison but now I see you are right.

[@kronos1794]

Beat me to it, and by 5 months. Someone has the shine

[@theConquerersMama]

Agreed. Buying the books at the time, some people were thrown that they seemed so different in subject to each other. Many of us just loved King's voice. The way he has in telling a story and trusted the process.

[@fullfiledprophecies]

fun fact: Miguel Ferrer was also a huge King fan. So much so that he was the one who got Jamie Sheridan the job as Randall Flagg in The Stand.

[@shaddonon]

Cool! Do tell!

[@fullfiledprophecies]

shaddonon on the stand commentary track Miguel and Jaime are two of the guests and Miguel talks about how desperate he was to be in the stand as it was one of his favorite king stories. If I remember correctly he really wanted to be Flagg but thwy were looking for something different. He ended up getting Lloyd (which he KILLED IT AS let’s be real). So when they were talking about what they wanted for Flagg he suggested Jaime. Bonus fact: Jaime hadn’t read the stand at all and wasn’t sure about taking on the character and Miguel basically said if he didn’t take it he was going to go over to his house and kick his ass!

[@Laneous14]

And he was in The Stand himself as Llyod.

[@cocharles563]

Is it me? Or does the flag and loyd friendship parallel the Dees and Flyer?

[@winniethepoodle]

@@cocharles563 No, I dont think so. Dees is obsessed about getting the truth. Lloyd feels an obligation to Flagg because he saved his life.

[@CaptainColdyron222]

Popsy is another good short vampire story by King.

[@allisonshaw9341]

I remember watching this, and loved it. Great story and the whole movie was well shot and acted. I've been a Stephen King fan for ages, and have all of his books in the family library.

[@jaimilabonte6245]

The scene in the book where the mom slaps her toddler and the baby gives her a bloody “gummy smile” has made my stomach turn in on itself every time I read it or even think about it

[@eonsislept207]

It's actually worse than that. Her baby is more baby than toddler and she *punches* him in the face.

[@bmlgordon]

The later scene where she finds him dead and tries frantically to deny it is a gut-punch too.

[@richardlahan7068]

Salem's Lot (in the book) isn't picturesque perfection. The people in the book are as screwed up as the rest of us. Some even more so.

[@averagejoe455]

@@eonsislept207 That's hilarious

[@krsc1506]

'Salem's Lot has some of the most poignant moments. The grieving parents of the first child killed, they have like a page, a page that he uses perfectly to describe how the marriage, and family, most likely would have completely crumbled in the face of their child's death, had they not been doomed. The gossipy moments about Kurt and Richard, even Ben himself, seem to resonate more with us super small townies, but they could really resonate with anyone who feels outside. And that shattering moment when Callahan loses faith, and the little metal cross is crushed right along with him... he's wrong about it being "pulp trash". I wish he had a better opinion about himself. Have you read Poppy? The prequel to Night Flier. It's an interesting take on child trafficking. With vampires, lol

[@winniethepoodle]

I dont think Popsy is a prequel to The Night Flier. I don't see NF as a 'grandfatherly' type. Perhaps there is a tie in though that I dont know of?

[@danielrowan4716]

I read Salem’s Lot for the first time when I was 19-20. The part where the main character recounts going in to the Marsden House as a boy and seeing the bloated corpse of Hubble hanging and it opens its eyes is still the most viscerally terrifying passage of any book I’ve ever read.

[@Frogs2500]

Totally

[@tosin_davidson]

I wish I have a link to download it

[@ctgslayer]

For me it’s probably the morgue scene

[@nicholasjones3207]

Haha melt. Just revisited it and I’d forgotten that king was so tame

[@nintendianajones64]

Night Flyer is one of my favorite King stories.

[@iyona14granturismogt6gtspo7]

Someone please do a video about how every actor who does at least 2 Stephen King adaptations...Miguel Ferrera the Stand and Night Flier, Bonnie Bedelia,Salem's Lot and Needful Things,some do 3! Ed Harris ,Creep Show,the Stand and Needful Things and of course Kathy Bates ,Dolores Claiborne, Misery and the Stand, but also the guard who ran with his family at the beginning of the Stand is Ed Harris Deputy in Needful Things!! I could go on...😅

[@TheStardustConspiracy]

I really like how King goes building the tension in his stories particularly in Salem’s Lot, starting with a personal drama, having a little romance story only to become a tragedy and finally a full apocalyptic scenario it’s just amazing.

[@winniethepoodle]

He did the same in Needful Things

[@Bobojanglesbo]

@@winniethepoodle god damn such a solid book & ending

[@nolanscherzer1911]

At 23:31 he says “Which is really on the nose” and the video shows the vampire touching Dees on the nose. Top tier editing!

[@blueeyes6852]

When Mr. King's book came out, I was 15. After reading it, I brought a cross to bed with me. You see, I was on the 2nd floor...

[@jimballard1186]

Yeah, I don't know why, but Salem's Lot is one of three King stories that ever scared me.

[@cosmic_pursuit]

terrifying lol

[@lynnbowers4722]

When the novel "The Shining" first came out I was living in Apt# 217.

[@aodhmacraynall8932]

1:56 quite the f****t!

[@judeevans8303]

say no more lol

[@MRptwrench]

As an adolescent I read countless Stephen King novels, anthologies and novellas. I cut my teeth on the genre. Without King i never would have read Clive Barker, Anne Rice and Neil Gaiman along with many older "classics". King is like my first motorcycle. It wasn't the fastest or the best looking, but I loved it, identified with it, and it really took me places.

[@DethklokMinion]

Nightflyer is like a proto Nightcrawler with Jake Gylenhal

[@conalcochranh3274]

The Night Flier is an underrated movie, somewhat original in its plot-line with a highly effective twist at the end.

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

Didn't even know it was a movie

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

Yep, better than I'd expected, even with Stephen King's name attached to it. There's been a few tragically awful movies that attached his name, and they paled in comparison to Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes. Good cast as well. Miguel Ferrar has always been one of my favorite thespians. His work spans at least 3 decades and can be found on television & film.

[@deejames6844]

I watched the night flyer as a kid with my mom and loved it. I spent years after looking for it and I love to read to imagine my excitement to find out it was a book made by none other than the great Stephen king.

[@spankynater4242]

I wouldn't call it original, maybe updated. Even the original Dracula book combined the ancient taboos with modern techniques of that day.

[@themedia1271]

King's work is something that has always fascinated me because so much of his work is great on paper but doesn't translate well to film. So much always has to be changed so it will be better on a screen.

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

Lovecraftian

[@Bobojanglesbo]

Personally I think it’s because we are in the interior of each characters thoughts & feelings which is hard to translate to film

[@jackmulvey--CY]

"May you find your Tower...And breach it, and may you climb to the top! Father Callahan

[@labeolder6152]

19th like lmao

[@cullenarthur8879]

​@@labeolder6152two true Constant Readers, I see.

[@NickWard-f6l]

Tobe hooper wanted a more animalistic noferatu type vampire ...rather than a more human like one .And boy did it work for the 79 mini series version .The jail house jump scare is one if the greatest ever ....😮

[@theotormon]

So so happy to see Night Flier getting some love. Truly a great gem in the horror film genre.

[@KrishnaSingh-ow1ie]

Exactly. I saw night flier. I love that movie. I was surprised Rotten tomato gave it a low rating. It doesn't get the recognition it deserve

[@micahclawrence]

It’s terribly cheesy

[@robertebert3641]

I feel the night flier was a great idea and love that film.

[@DemonWarp65]

Stephen King knows his stuff when it comes to making vampires scary. The book, and the original miniseries scared the crap out of me, and I have re-read the book several times.

[@Chronoplague]

I think a common mistake modern vampire stories make is to humanize the vampire. While this certainly makes for more romantic and relatable characters, it misses the mark that vampires are monsters in the guise of humans; their humanity an illusion meant to lure us in. The classic vampire is an abuser who drains its victims physically and emotionally. Vampires aren’t scary because they are immortal badasses, but because they are the things we find attractive, and ultimately take advantage of us. I guess in a way, modern vampire media is itself a vampire: it makes us fall in love with monsters, then bleeds our wallets.

[@winniethepoodle]

Fascinating comment. I wouldn't say its a mistake to humanize them, its only a different approach. I'm sure Stephanie Meyer and her wallet would agree with me. ... Now, that being said, I do see what your saying about the vampire as a monster. For me, a sympathetic/romantic vampire waters down the genre and that is probably what you were trying to say. As far as the fear we have of vampires, they beguile us because they are so savage and they are scary as hell and that is the lure.

[@cauzie8281]

Op I need you to write an essay well said

[@havareriksen1004]

It depends on what you see as classic vampire tales. Early vampire beliefs, which in some places have survived into our modern age, describe vampires more as ghouls, their bodies bloated or rotting away, either praying on their living relatives or just random villagers living nearby. Rather like the modern movie versions of zombies. And more often than not, they didn't suck their victims blood, but either ate people's flesh like zombies or drained the life force out of them. Diseases like plagues were also thought to be spread by vampires. But reading the pre Bram Stoker romantic tales, such as Christabel or Carmila, the theme was young women being prayed upon by slightly older women (or at least appearing to be not very old) in a rather sexual manner, sucking the life force out of them. Those vampires seemed very human in the tales, living in people's houses for long periods without anyone suspecting something foul. So those kind of romantic pre Stoker tales does lend themselves to portray vampires more in the way they do in modern tales.

[@LoboKhan1]

@@winniethepoodle Twilight is a vampire "soap opera", and more of a cheap romance swill designed to entertain swooning teens. The films are laughable, and "Bella" is one of the most unlikeable protagonists ever.

[@chrisparker5796]

I think you are being a bit unfair on the average vampire 🦇

[@tylerskiss]

I forget the name of the short story, but the best SK vampire story is the one where a guy’s car gets stuck near ‘Salem’s Lot and he leaves his wife and child to find help. When they return, things don’t go well at all.

[@MrBjanders]

One for the Road. Totally agree, it's a very well written short story, extremely unnerving.

[@mattshuey1]

the woodchucks thing is because King has massive front teeth, like a woodchuck. He probably got called that growing up or something similar and it stuck with him.

[@carterslade8771]

"This would be the first time that King used an author as the main character of his story" Of course we all know, that it would also be his last. *cough*

[@Laneous14]

'This was the first time King set his story in New England with an author as a main character and included weird little nicknames for his characters.'

[@JuanRios-kh8sq]

I wanna become a writer because apparently they go on a lot of crazy adventures.

[@olddoggeleventy2718]

What about "Tommyknockers?". The main character was an alcoholic author struggling to maintain his sobriety (somewhat mirroring King's own struggle) while witnessing and battling seemingly supernatural powers. Maybe not vampires but pretty gruesome nonetheless.

[@jmarshmellowman]

@@olddoggeleventy2718 tommyknockers is one of my favorites!!! Very underrated

[@olddoggeleventy2718]

@@jmarshmellowman I agree. It hardly gets any coverage. I think critics panned it and didn't think too well of it.

[@muzunomi]

"Never believe what you publish, and never publish what you believe" -Dees What a memorable quote that I'll never forget from The night flier.

[@coffintears5821]

News media outlets in a nutshell

[@Deniii4000]

I just wrote a comment about this very same line. It seems it didn't make an impression just on me. There's something special about it, like a sudden truth you never realized it was there but applies to everything in your life.

[@renatocorvaro6924]

"This isn't really a video about Salem's Lot." But... we've been talking about it for nearly ten minutes! NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK

[@Jeff4theRaid]

im there right now

[@spankynater4242]

It's a mixed up world all turned upside-down.

[@amandabarrett7945]

Thanks for bringing up the woodchuck thing

[@thetruth1862]

The Tommy Knockers was a great book.

[@TheValleygirl1981]

My favorite Stephen King Vampire story is ONE FOR THE ROAD. I never get tired of reading it.

[@tanyakasim3988]

I think I've read that short story.

[@rado3880]

The novel Salem’s Lot, and the two short stories titled Jerusalem’s Lot and One For The Road are all connected or related.

[@Tenabrum]

Is this absolute legend gonna single handedly get this film a blue ray release.

[@k.morningstar7983]

dude, i just learned that *The Auctioneer* was re-released due to the attention *Paperbacks from Hell* got; thank you Grady Hendrix!

[@kristavaillancourt6313]

My mom expressed fear for me when I read it. I was 14. She thought it would actually hurt me. Asked me to let her know if there was anything in there that I couldn't handle and begged me to promise I would stop reading if that was the case. Kinda funny to hear you say people were afraid of it. My mom was. She was also greatly disturbed by the Carrie film that she saw in theaters as a teen.

[@TheWipal]

I've never been afraid of books but have been of movies, i am legend and jeeper creepers in particular. one gave me depression for like, a week over a dog and a dude and the other instilled fear in me, and gave me a few bad dreams then again i was like, 8 or something, but by 14 you can totally hold you own 😆

[@TheWipal]

@*xokireiキレイ* so trueee that's why every mom like 10, 20 years ago didn't want their kid playing shooter games but really 99.9% of people/adolescents todat are taught to let not media effect them so much

[@deathsplat8620]

It is SO cool to see people share such specific experiences as you. Salem's Lot was my first ever King novel that I picked up far too young (I was 9, voracious reader, rapidly outgrowing Goosebumps). Swiped it from my dad and he was horrified to find me reading it. Loved it, changed my life forever.

[@kristavaillancourt6313]

@@TheWipal jeepers creepers that first one is known to trigger me. I saw it once and given that I'm so into horror my family was surprised I reacted so strongly to it.

[@kristavaillancourt6313]

@@TheWipal my niece played a game the other day where the object of the video game is to bomb and slice open a teddy bear. I was a little creeped, especially cause she's 5, NGL made her play something else.

[@dfailsthemost]

Dude, Albert is very different. Albert is a warrior on the side of love.

[@Kalleesto]

Right?! I love Albert. Like he loved Sheriff Truman. xD

[@dfailsthemost]

@@Kalleesto absolutely

[@acewingate6993]

SPOT ON about The Sun. The Britney Spears situation made me realize how sick they are. That and when they had whole stories and theories about Beyoncé’s miscarriage

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

Not surprisingly, it's a British paper.

[@acewingate6993]

@@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319 it was seriously evil the way they treated those two women

[@fellinuxvi3541]

This is so weird to read out of context.

[@acewingate6993]

@@fellinuxvi3541 they followed Britney Spears around and wrote articles about her mental health and made conspiracy theories about why Beyoncé had a miscarriage.

[@fellinuxvi3541]

@@acewingate6993You're right, that is awful.

[@rickstevenson8249]

Hey man I just wanted to say I’ll always be a fan because of those particular video it really helped me through some dark times I’ve watched it more times than I watched or read the night flyer. Hope you find happier times soon and truly hope you find your passion for content creating. Stay positive bro 💪🏻

[@binkbonkbones3402]

This guy really tried to silence wendigoon because "the vibe was off" and made up a bunch of accusations Can we all just recognize that this guy is basically a fascist tyrant

[@thecoolerrats7144]

As someone currently reading The Dark Tower series, I now feel like I have to read Salem’s Lot.

[@yarnandwienerdogs]

In one of the later Dark Tower books, there is actually a character from Salem's Lot. :D

[@ometta7]

@Mus Musculus And may you have twice the number.

[@Laneous14]

Be sure to read The Wind Thru the Keyhole, too. That and Wizard and Glass are probably my favorite in the whole series. And if you haven't read The Stand you need to. By far the best depiction of Randall Flag (I'm of the opinion that the Dark Tower ruined his character).

[@wtfsamusidk7574]

@@Laneous14 I'm reading the stand now. Great read

[@mattjindrak]

@@Laneous14 The Dark Tower ruined a lot of things. Itself most of all.

[@MosHighChadro]

There are vampires in "Black House" too. Which mentions "the Little Sisters" and Roland and the "Dark Tower".

[@thetruth1862]

I remember Nightmares And Dreamscapes what great book , I had forgotten about that one.

[@ender26]

I seem to remember reading King's description of Salem's Lot as Peyton Place with vampires. You can definitely see his influences in this one. There are shades of Shirley Jackson, Richard Matheson, even Ray Bradbury. It's certainly among his best. I have read Night Flyer but haven't seen the adaptation. Looks great though...

[@racheldoesacrylic4089]

The kid floating towards the window always gets me. anything floating makes me shiver

[@kaizarcantu8240]

Salem's Lot is the first "big book" I ever read. One of my uncles bought it for me when I was about 12... Holy shit, it was spooky. I can barely remember the overall plot, but some of the scenes and the general sense of dread in the book still lingers.

[@mollylong3571]

Salem's Lot came out when my mom was about 15 years old and she always tells me that reading it scared her so bad that she not only insisted on sleeping in the same room as her mother for a couple nights, but would get up periodically and hold her hand over her mother's face to see if she was still breathing lol.

[@philius6759]

"really on the nose" edits to where it shows the vampire touching the guy's nose.

[@KipIngram]

Those other authors you compare to King around two minutes in... don't. In each case their huge success was one work. One crank that they just turned over and over. None of them came close to doing what King did. He created four completely separate MAJOR works of fiction, and all of them were unparalleled.

[@noneed4me2n7]

The follow up to Salem’s lot in one of Mr Kings short story compilations I found really enjoyable. A really great late night scary story especially the audiobook read is excellent.

[@blueeyes6852]

Thanks! I forgot about Audio!

[@Laneous14]

All King audio books are just fantastic traveling companions.

[@emriesq3096]

I listened to Salem's Lot on a 7 hour drive up to Vermont. When I got to my destination it was pitch black in the middle of the night at a barn. I was so scared.

[@TheFreddyK22]

Holy shit lol

[@OrchestrationOnline]

I love the other story that King tells about the genesis of 'Salem's Lot: that he and a friend were driving through a small town in Maine that appeared to be deserted. Block after block, there was nobody out on the streets. Finally King exclaimed, "Where the hell IS everyone?!?" His friend replied "They're all sleeping in their basements."

[@josebro352]

That's not the story I heard. What I heard was that he was having dinner and drinks with friends and they started wondering what would happen if Dracula were to exist in America in modern times. King thought that instead of living in a big city like New York or somewhere, Dracula would probably choose to hide out in a small town where he could easily hide and infiltrate his terror.

[@OrchestrationOnline]

@@josebro352 All I can tell you is this what he said in an interview and I think it's also touched on in one of his writings about writing.

[@doctorfeinstone6524]

It was probably a combination of the two

[@trishtv8310]

His friend is funny.

[@jbsouthpaw2009]

The deserted town scene you described is also a large part of the opening scene of dr8ving into a desertes town King did in a short Story from 1977 Called Children Of The Corn which later would be a an highly underrated movie in 1984 starring a young pre Terminator star Linda Hamilton.

[@Devilsfan_1]

I started reading horror books when I was 14. Borrowed them from a friend’s brother. Couldn’t read SL at that point. Picked it back up again when I was 19. What a great read!

[@thetalkingbear]

I saw an anime that reminded me of Salem's Lot. It's called Shiki.

[@madamvaudelune3298]

Mega under-rated film with a mega underated actor. Miguel Ferrer RIP. You were every bit as fine an actor as your father but you found your own voice. Amazing talent, consumate professional.

[@sohamdas7314]

Its unbelievable the quality of content that this channel has

[@slanigrad]

Agreed. This was such e well made video.

[@RedSpade37]

In Praise of Shadows is 100% within the Top 5 of "these kinds of channels". Not sure what you would call this particular genre of content-creators, but if you are on this channel, you probably know what I mean.

[@Ragnarok26]

The Night Flier bathroom scene traumatized me as a child.

[@Laneous14]

It's a really well done scene. Probably my favorite representation of a vampire and it's weird, creepy powers. It's a bummer the movie is not more widely known. I downloaded it years ago, but I didn't know it wasn't released on bluray.

[@hdervish2497]

They didn't have to go so hard, but they did that for us.

[@desireecoad7557]

It traumatized me as an adult! In the bathroom of all places...

[@thestraydog]

My mother and aunt still talk about how it horrified them to this day haha, so I KNEW it had to be good

[@oliviav.3565]

The vamp peeing blood was awesome!

[@marcandre8832]

Salem's Lot is likely my favorite work of Mr. King's because of how eerily accurate his descriptions of the town are to my own hometown. The dump manager in particular I could clearly visualize in my own town down to every frustration that he has.

[@nm8023]

Your description of this film reminds me of Nightcrawler, another one of my favorites

[@TheBassManBoy]

"King and Rice reanimating the [Vampire] genre" I see what you did there.

[@Evehawk87]

Salem’s Lot is the only move that ever scared me so bad I couldn’t finish it and still haven’t finished the original. 1:22 is the scene that got me years ago. Still freaks me out when I see it in passing.

[@musicalmagpie741]

I’ll never forget the VHS cover on the shelves at the back of the Video rental place in Edinburgh. My friends and I were always drawn to it but were far too young to rent it so had to leave with SpaceJam or Flubber. At eight years old, all we wanted were vampires. Thanks for bringing back good memories!

[@tronjavolta]

the scene where the kid scratches and floats around ill never forget.

[@BottomBunkArt]

Having the vampire go after the larger airport at the end actually makes sense. It can be viewed as the vampire showing the tabloid man that he’s capable of much worse violence, and it also can serve as a test by the vampire to see if Dees really had a thirst for carnage like the vampire’s own. Dees hallucinating and being shot and killed actually lessens the impact of the story because it humanized an otherwise inhuman being.

[@vixtex]

A vampire in “present day”-Dan Curtis did it before Salem’s Lot with The Night Stalker.

[@babababuck]

And before that, "Count Yorga, Vampire" and "The Return of Count Yorga", "Blacula" and "Scream Blacula, Scream", and "Dracula AD 1972". And that's just off the top of my head with a Sunday morning hangover.

[@ourdictatorship]

Just as a total aside, the last stand of Father Callahan (in Dark Tower 7) gets the feels going every time.

[@crysispersists9972]

Dude, this is one of my favorite Stephen King adaptations, and nobody talks about it enough. You are officially my favorite KZbinr 💛.

[@TheGosslings]

King was obsessed with woodchucks because someone said he looked like one when he was younger. It has become his spirit animal.

[@JCW5713]

6:50 One night, over supper, I wondered aloud what would happen if Dracula came back to the twentieth century. To America. "He'd probably be run over by a yellow cab on Park Avenue and killed." my wife said. That closed the discussion. But in the following days, my mind kept returning to the idea. The idea of Dracula getting killed by a cab, over and over. And that's how I came up with Christine.

[@SkittleWolf]

My mother constantly talks about Salem's Lot and how it terrified her.

[@feltongailey8987]

My mother was wanting to open a antique store and was looking for a name. I suggested Needful Things. That closed that discussion as well.

[@Knifegash]

Sneedful Things?

[@BlondeMcGuinn]

Lol, how awesome! I have little interest in antique shops but I absolutely would visit one called Needful Things.

[@StopFear]

I read The Salem’s Lot book without seeing the film. I was very impressed by it. It had many creepy scenes and descriptions to actually make me feel and imagine fear to whatever extent a written text could scare or creep out a reader.

[@lauriemarie6902]

Awesome thanks for sharing this one. Philadelphia USA

[@dfwjac]

It was basically Dracula updated and americanized.

[@tskmaster3837]

I love Salem's Lot, especially the TV movie as directed by Tobe "What do you mean Texas Chainsaw Massacre's not PG?" Hooper. Salem's Lot bleeds the 70s from its polyester core but I think it is the only "You better believe its the 70s!" film that manages to overcome its brown aesthetics.

[@ryandamato2526]

I saw Stephen King at my gym, I said “hey you look a lot like Stephen King,” he said “yeah I get that a lot”. hail gillead, hail the tower.

[@peepnox7747]

Gotta love Stephen King

[@jasonpbass]

Don't forget about King's contribution to the excellent comic "American Vampire".

[@cathycastaneda2671]

Salem's lit was the scariest novel I ever read. From then, I decided that Stephen King was my favorite author and have read all his books!

[@wayoftheredpanda2898]

Salem's Lot is one of my personal favorite King stories, always thought it was an underrated book of his.

[@isabelfox5509]

I’ve been reading King since I was a teenager ( I’m 56) and prefer the classics to his recent works. Salem’s Lot, Carrie and the Night Shift collection were some of the first works I read. I added The Stand, The Shining and Dreamworks and others in short order. I was happy to see you include Poppy in the vampire collection, as it is a little gem!

[@ladyluna457]

I didn't know there was a movie about The Night Flyer, i've only read the short story. Imma look it up, thanks 👍

[@Ruthlesss86]

This movie was so underrated, I rented it as a kid on video... loved it.

[@robertshank9778]

This was one of my favorite movies when I was a teenager... I really need to go back as an adult and rewatch it... Maybe share it with my kiddos...

[@joeflynn3497]

Hard to compare the talent it takes to release four iconic, stand-alone novels in the span of four years with three other authors who wrote a series of novels that didn't require the same level of inception and world building, as they just built upon their previous works. I would say this makes King, well, king.

[@pharaoh2537]

Blacula and Salem's lot were the two main movies that scared the h€££ out of me in the 70s when I was a kid... I could watch all kind of horror movies but those two. It took me well into my adulthood to be able to look at them..lol.. And yes that movie is very very underrated!!

[@mind-of-neo]

I knew from the title this had to be about the night flier, and i'm glad it was. The night flier was a wonderful story and highly underrated. This is super off topic, but I always remembered the poster for The Sleepwalkers as the one for Pet Semetary, probably because of the cats lol

[@flutfuk]

About fuckin' time somebody did a vid on Night Flier. Thanks boss man.

[@200camels2]

I remember reading Salems Lot in 10th grade and thinking about how I wanted to go home that day and look up information about the town. After about five minutes I realized I was reading a novel about vampires, and none of it was real.

[@yourmomgagsmenut]

The first book by King I read in 8th grade, I enjoyed the “overwritten” details. Really made me feel like I was in the town, and knew the schedule of the ppl there.

[@gonzobtrappin1911]

The nightfligher is one of my favorite king movies. I would love to see a proper modern version, but I'm sure the ball would get dropped.

[@garyhall7867]

Popsy was in the same book and is also a vampire story, although much shorter

[@christinabryant1899]

That's why King is such an incredible storyteller......he makes you understand that this weird, horrible stuff DOES occur in the real world.....it could happen to you.

[@arklowrockz]

The Night Flier was such an awesome short story. Magnificently weird and creepy. There was another fantastic short story in "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" Home Delivery. One of the best zombie apocalypse stories I have ever read.

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

“Home Delivery?”

[@arklowrockz]

@@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607 Yes. "Home Delivery"

[@lacrimatorium]

My one major complaint about the Nightflier is that they put the vampire on the cover. When it really works to meet the creature at the end. I totally agree , one of the better King adaptations. I actually prefer it to the Shining. (Heresy I know.) Miguel Ferrer works perfectly. Interestingly both this vampire and 'Salems Lot are Nosferatu vampires.

[@zeldapinwheel7043]

I think cover art is the publishers thing. So, when it goes into reprint, next version probably has different cover art.

[@maxasaurus3008]

I can almost believe it when you say your pops never read another book. Imagine that: a book so brutal and terrifying that you forever turn your back on the entire universe that is reading a story. 😖🤯 wow man

[@tomvoelkening6287]

Thanks for the video. I loved NightFlyer. Miguel Ferrer did such an awesome job. RIP Miguel.

[@sulibreaks]

You were already one of my favourite channels, and now you make a video about my favourite author!!

[@dr.decker3623]

He writes to the lowest common denominator, King is to literature as Buffets are to Fine Dining, lol..

[@k.morningstar7983]

@@dr.decker3623 ok doctor

[@k.morningstar7983]

King was one of my first loves for reading, especially primarily the "weird" or horror genres. i think he's still a great gateway further in, but so much of his work is still more than worthy to read and i would recommend. i happen to think his novels that are from the pov of women are some of his most underrated and truly great works; *Rose Madder*, *Lisey's Story* and *Dolores Claibourne* go to some really interesting places that his "straight horror" doesn't go. i also think that the bigger you are (and the more of lesser quality you sometimes make to add to your body of work) the easier the target you make and sometimes his greatest works get buried. and when King is at his worst (*Maximum Overdrive*) he's still fucking ENTERTAINING!

[@orwellianson]

@@dr.decker3623 honey- no, just stop while you’re behind.

[@dannydethanos6994]

I love his work I’m just about through with the shinning.

[@thechallange7227]

I saw night flyer in the 90s on tv when was maybe 8 or 9 alone and it scared the crap out of me!!! I always had it in the back of my mind but I could never find this movie again! For almost 20 years I've been scared of that movie and I always imagined monsters looked like this!

[@johnetherington7799]

My wife and I stumbled across this video during a vampire movie rabbithole on 6/29/24 and we remember having watched it before your... incident.... Man, you should've stayed in your lane instead of branching out into crapping on other KZbin creators because this isn't bad work

[@Yndratdnable]

I mean he can do what he wants Wendigoon and Oompa didn't deserve to be crapped on but literally everyone else on that list was a shithead so...

[@rogalcorn734]

​@@YndratdnableHe can do what he wants. For sure, doesn't mean it wasn't stupid.