"No wonder they didn't want to release it": "Salem's Lot" reboot generates negative reviews

A new adaptation of horror master Stephen King's 1975 novel, "Salem's Lot," debuted on Max on Thursday to largely mixed reviews, with many online arguing that the reboot doesn't hold a candle to its literary and cinematic predecessors. Given Dauberman's background writing for horror films, it comes as a surprise that the latest iteration of "Salem's Lot" was panned by a significant amount of King fans. Variety's chief film critic, Peter Debruge, affirmed the criticism percolating on social media with his review of "Salem's Lot," published on Thursday. While one viewer took to X/Twitter to credit "Salem's Lot"'s "effective moments" and sense of "camp," they ultimately concluded that "the story is simply too rushed and truncated to work well."