Dracula by Bram Stoker

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Dana Jean

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It's striking that the remake of Nosferatu from Werner Herzog came out in the same year as Salem's Lot, 1979. It came out in October in the US, but already in January in Europe. It's possible the producers of Salem's Lot or Tobe Hooper saw it and decided to base the look of Barlow on Orlok. It just seems too much of a coincidence.

Does anyone here have the book by Tony Earnshaw about the making of Salem's Lot? Is it mentioned in that?
Okay, just read Earnshaw's book and yes, Barlow is based on Orlok. He didn't want to make this vampire the suave lover that movies were turning to. He wanted Barlow to embody evil. And he felt going back to Orlok was the way to do it. Stephen King was not happy with this.
 

Dana Jean

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Okay, just read Earnshaw's book and yes, Barlow is based on Orlok. He didn't want to make this vampire the suave lover that movies were turning to. He wanted Barlow to embody evil. And he felt going back to Orlok was the way to do it. Stephen King was not happy with this.
Seeing some interviews Steve has done, he seems to really like the idea of the "twisted" old, ugly vampire. So, I'm going to go with Stephen WAS happy with this take. Not sure now where Earnshaw is coming from in his assessment. I need to pull the book out again and read that section over. Perhaps I misunderstood.
 

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Seeing some interviews Steve has done, he seems to really like the idea of the "twisted" old, ugly vampire. So, I'm going to go with Stephen WAS happy with this take. Not sure now where Earnshaw is coming from in his assessment. I need to pull the book out again and read that section over. Perhaps I misunderstood.
I prefer vampires that look more monstrous. There’s something way more compelling about the looks of Nosferatu and the Barlow in the original adaptation because they make more sense. I personally imagined the Salem’s Lot vampires to look like distorted and fiendish versions of the people they were.
 

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I prefer vampires that look more monstrous. There’s something way more compelling about the looks of Nosferatu and the Barlow in the original adaptation because they make more sense. I personally imagined the Salem’s Lot vampires to look like distorted and fiendish versions of the people they were.
You might like "The Strain", haven't read the book (or books?) by Guillermo Del Toro, but saw the FX series. All around pretty good, with some very interesting main characters. Really liked that.
Lol, I think vampyre preferences are like zombie preferences......some like the crazy frantic faaassst zomboids, and some prefer the more classic slow sneeak up on yore azz type. :)
 

Wayoftheredpanda

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You might like "The Strain", haven't read the book (or books?) by Guillermo Del Toro, but saw the FX series. All around pretty good, with some very interesting main characters. Really liked that.
Lol, I think vampyre preferences are like zombie preferences......some like the crazy frantic faaassst zomboids, and some prefer the more classic slow sneeak up on yore azz type. :)
I think people debate too much over the hypotheticals of a zombie apocalypse, are they Romero zombies or 28 days later zombies? Why debate on whether axes or guns are better? You’d be a fool to not bring both if zombies really did become a nationwide threat. Best be to instead figure out places to go and where to make pit stops. I think libraries are very overlooked in the debate, they contain allot of nessecary information on stuff you’re going to have to learn to do yourself. Might as well raid a glasses store and loot as many of your prescription as you can find, cause if you wear glasses, you probably won’t be able to get them repaired when they’ll eventually break.