Miniseries · TNT
Salem's Lot
In a small town, evil spreads quickly.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Rob Lowe
Ben Mears
2 eps
Rutger Hauer
Kurt Barlow
2 eps
Donald Sutherland
Richard Straker
2 eps
James Cromwell
Donald Callahan
2 eps
Samantha Mathis
Susan Norton
2 eps
Andre Braugher
Matt Burke
2 eps
Robert Mammone
Dr. James Cody
2 eps
Dan Byrd
Mark Petrie
2 eps
Christopher Morris
Mike Ryerson
2 eps
Andy Anderson
Charlie Rhodes
2 eps
Robert Grubb
Larry Crockett
2 eps
Steven Vidler
Sheriff Perkins
2 eps
Penny McNamee
Ruth Crockett
2 eps
Brendan Cowell
Dud Rogers
2 eps
Todd MacDonald
Floyd Tibbits
2 eps
Bree Bain
Sandy McDougall
2 eps
Paul Ashcroft
Royce McDougall
2 eps
Elizabeth Alexander
Ann Norton
2 eps
Julia Blake
Eva Prunier
2 eps
Martin Vaughan
Ed 'Weasel' Craig
2 eps
André de Vanny
Danny Glick
2 eps
Zac Richmond
Ralphie Glick
2 eps
Rebecca Gibney
Marjorie Glick
2 eps
Joe Petruzzi
Tony Glick
2 eps
Tara Morice
Joyce Petrie
2 eps
Richard Young
Nolly
2 eps
Kym Lannin
Hubie Marsten
2 eps
Christopher Kirby
Nurse (uncredited)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Salem's Lot actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Salem's Lot reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A dark terror has come to the picture-perfect town of Jerusalem's Lot, and it's up to a writer with a haunted past to uncover the horror that has taken over the town.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 2 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
20042 episodes
7.0IMDbOn the surface, Jerusalem's Lot appears to be a picture-perfect small town, right out of a Norman Rockwell painting. But there is something evil festering in this Maine hamlet, and it seems to be emanating from the ominous Marsten House. Ben Mears returns to Salem's Lot to wrestle with the demons of his past by writing a book about the town and its inhabitants. As a child, Ben had a horrifying experience in the house that left him emotionally scarred. But Ben soon discovers that he is not the only newcomer to town. An antique dealer named Richard Straker has also arrived to open up a new shop with his silent partner, Kurt Barlow. Before long, strange things begin to happen. A series of mysterious deaths and disappearances eventually lead Ben, waitress Susan Norton, high school teacher Matt Burke and Father Donald Callahan on a quest to uncover the terrifying truth. What they find challenges their notions about the nature of evil, as horrors both human and inhuman threaten to destroy the town's way of life.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Mark WolperExecutive Producer
- Jeffrey M. HayesExecutive Producer
Writing
- Peter FilardiWriter
Direction
- Mikael SalomonDirector
Cinematography
- Ben NottDirector of Photography
Music
- Christopher GordonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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