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Benjamin "Ben" Mears (1948-2003) is an author and one-time resident of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine. Seeking a break from his career after the death of his wife, Miranda, and a current case of writer's block, he returns to the Lot. He decides to write about the Marsten House, at the same time developing a passionate romance with college graduate and town resident Susan Norton. He soon finds himself ...
LC Class. PS3561.I483. 'Salem's Lot is a 1975 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It was his second published novel. The story involves a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot (or 'Salem's Lot for short) in Maine, where he lived from the age of five through nine, only to discover that the residents are ...
- Stephen King, Marta I. Guastavino
- 1975
Pity poor Ben Mears. He has a lousy time of it in 'Salem's Lot. As the book opens, he's recovering from the loss of his first wife, who died in an accident when Ben's motorcycle slipped and ran into a truck. Then he gets to Jerusalem's Lot, meets Susan Norton, falls in love, and shortly after they have sex for the first time and declare their ...
Oct 3, 2024 · Lewis Pullman leads the Salem's Lot cast, and he's joined by Makenzie Leigh, Pilou Asbæk, Alfre Woodard, and more, putting together a small-town ensemble that's vital for the narrative. Pullman plays Ben Mears, a man who returns to Jerusalem's Lot, the town of his childhood, to find it simultaneously being invaded by a vampire named Kurt Barlow.
- Charles Papadopoulos
Oct 3, 2024 · Please verify your email address. Ben Mears is still the driving force behind 2024's Salem's Lot, with Lewis Pullman portraying the movie's main protagonist. That said, a few aspects of Ben's story differ from the Max adaptation and Stephen King's 1975 book. For one, the book states that Ben lived ...
- Gary Dauberman
- Senior Editor
- Lewis Pullman
Feb 28, 2023 · Salem’s Lot is a horror novel first published in 1975. The book tells the story of a small town called Jerusalem’s Lot, or Salem’s Lot for short, in Maine, which becomes overrun by vampires. The plot follows Ben Mears, a writer who returns to the town, where he spent some of his childhood, to write a book about the local Marsten House, an ...
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Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot chronicles the return of writer Ben Mears to his childhood home in Jerusalem's Lot, Maine (abbreviated as ‘Salem’s Lot). Ben returns, after twenty-five years, to ...
