Children of the Vampire: Horror’s Many Returns to ‘Salem’s Lot’ Over the Years

WARNING: The following contains minor spoilers for various adaptations of Salem’s Lot. In addition to character-driven novels and disturbing horror, Stephen King is known for writing folksy stories set in the rural Northeast. His bestselling It takes place in Derry, a close approximation to Bangor, Maine, and he’s been returning to Castle Rock, a town […]

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“Chapelwaite” Season 2 – EPIX Developing a New Season of Stephen King Horror Series

Will EPIX‘s “Chapelwaite” be returning for Season 2? Last year’s series adapted Stephen King‘s prequel story “Jerusalem’s Lot,” published in 1978 and featuring the fictional town King introduced a few years prior in the novel Salem’s Lot, and we’ve learned this week that the network is indeed developing a second season of the King-based horror series! […]

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[Review] “Chapelwaite” Expands Stephen King Story and Sinks Its Teeth into Classic Gothic Tradition

The fictional town of Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine, gets mentioned frequently in author Stephen King‘s works. Most famously, it’s the setting for his vampire novel ‘Salem’s Lot and, to a lesser extent, a stand-alone prequel short story “Jerusalem’s Lot.” The latter channeled Bram Stoker’s The Lair of the White Worm, with an 1850’s tale of terror told in the […]

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Sink Your Teeth Into the Bloody Red Band Trailer for “Chapelwaite”, Based on the Stephen King Story “Jerusalem’s Lot”! [Video]

“I’d rather die than risk hurting my family.” EPIX‘s new series “Chapelwaite” adapts Stephen King‘s prequel story “Jerusalem’s Lot,” published in 1978 and featuring the fictional town King introduced a few years prior in the novel Salem’s Lot. “The series is set in the 1850s. It follows Captain Charles Boone, who relocates his family of three children to his […]

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