Salem's Lot is a 2004 American television mini-series which first aired on TNT from June 20 to June 21, 2004. It is the second television adaptation of Stephen King's 1975 vampire novel of the same name , though this version updates the story to take place in modern times rather than the 1970s. Though the story is set in a small Maine town, the mini-series was shot on location at Creswick and Woodend, in Central Victoria, Australia. Samantha Mathis, Christopher Morris and Martin Vaughan also appeared in Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, written by Peter Filardi.... Rob Lowe played Nick Andros in the TV adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand. Andre Braugher appeared as Brent Norton in the film adaptation of Stephen King's The Mist. James Cromwell played Warden Hal Moores in The Green Mile. The story opens with Ben Mears attacking the priest Donald Callahan in a homeless shelter. They fall together from a high window into the street. In the hospital, Ben Mears tells his story and the reasons behind his fight with the priest to an orderly.
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| Release date: | 2004 |
| Directed by: | Mikael Salomon |
| Runtime: | 181 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jeffrey M. Hayes, Brett Popplewell, Marc van Buuren, Mark Wolper |
| Screenplay by: | Stephen King, Peter Filardi |
| Adapted from: | ’Salem's Lot |
| Genre: | Thriller |