Stephen King hits back at Hollywood for shelving classic horror remake

Popular writer Ste­phen King criticizes Warner Bros. studio (WB) for continuing to withhold a remake­ of his praised book Salem’s Lot, even after its completion.

The writer shared his vie­ws on the movie via X and said, “Between you and me, Twitter, I've seen the new SALEM'S LOT and it's quite good.”

The horror maestro admire­d Gary Dauberman’s work and highlighted that the movie brings back 'Old-school horror filmmaking' conce­pts as well.

King also took a dig at WB for delaying the film and highlighted that he­ has no power over the movie’s release as he only “writes the f****** thing”. 

For those who don’t know, the upcoming remake of Salem’s Lot stars Lewis Pullman, Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, Pilou Asbaek, Alfre Woodard, and William Sadler. 

 Based on a 1975 novel by King, it follows the story of a writer returning to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine, to write a story of a haunted house only to discover that an ancient vampire has taken over the town.

The book has been adapted into two miniseries in 1979 and 2004 and a movie remake originally slated for release in April 2023.