David Soul
as Ben Mears
Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves.
David Soul
as Ben Mears
James Mason
as Richard K. Straker
Lance Kerwin
as Mark Petrie
Bonnie Bedelia
as Susan Norton
Lew Ayres
as Jason Burke
Julie Cobb
as Bonnie Sawyer
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips
George Dzundza
as Cully Sawyer
Ed Flanders
as Dr. Bill Norton
Clarissa Kaye-Mason
as Majorie Glick
Geoffrey Lewis
as Mike Ryerson
Barney McFadden
as Ned Tibbets
Kenneth McMillan
as Parkins Gillespie
Fred Willard
as Larry Crockett
Marie Windsor
as Eva Miller
Reggie Nalder
as Kurt Barlow
Barbara Babcock
as June Petrie
Bonnie Bartlett
as Ann Norton
Joshua Bryant
as Ted Petrie
James Gallery
as Donald Callahan
Robert Lussier
as Nolly Gardner
Brad Savage
as Danny Glick
Ronnie Scribner
as Ralphie Glick
Ned Wilson
as Henry Glick
Intent on writing a book on the notorious Marsten House, an old, rumor-filled property atop an alleged haunted hilltop, the successful novelist, Ben Mears, returns to his peaceful hometown of Salem's Lot, Maine, after years of absence. There, Mears discovers that a pair of new tenants already reside in the sinister house, the eerily cryptic newcomer, Richard Straker, and his elusive business partner, Kurt Barlow; an occurrence that coincides with unaccountable disappearances and a spate of unusual deaths. Before long, the worried townsfolk start pointing the finger at the newly arrived Mears, as well as Straker and Barlow, who, now, have become the main suspects in a peculiar and thorny case. Who is behind the veil of terror that shrouds Salem's Lot?
More and more, as the unsuspecting inhabitants of Salem's Lot die one after another, Ben Mears, his former school teacher, Jason Burke, and Dr. Bill Norton come to realize that the curse that plagues the town is starting to spread. Now, under those grave circumstances, Ben must summon up every last ounce of courage to enter the Marsten House, the dark lair of the ancient vampire, for the final confrontation between the forces of good and the inexhaustible source of evil. However, the immortal army of darkness is unstoppable, and the archfiend's black coffin rests safely in the bowels of the unholy place. Can one man alone cleanse Salem's Lot, the bloodsuckers' sanctuary?