When two young boys venture into the woods, and only one returns alive, Mears begins to realize that something sinister is at work. In fact, his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his imagination. And only he, with a small group of allies, can hope to contain the evil that is growing within the borders of this small New England town.
With this, his second novel, Stephen King established himself as an indisputable master of American horror, able to transform the old conceits of the genre into something fresh and all the more frightening for taking place in a familiar, idyllic locale.
I have been reading horror, and other things, for as long as I can remember. I have only ever once been scared because of what I read. This was far from my first encounter with the master of horror. It was however in my mind his best. I may actually review the worst next week…This book is visceral in the details. I was in the story. None of the movies have ever done it justice.
Pattimouse 
Salem’s Lot was my first Steven King book. I read it alone in one sitting in an old house with windows that rattled in the wind of a “dark and stormy night”, and could not put it down unfinished. It made me a fan.
I have to agree that although many of the movies from King’s books are very good, the real power of great horror is in the reader’s imagination.
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I remember reading ‘Salem’s Lot years ago and enjoying it. I loved the relationship between Ben and Susan.
It’s amazing to think the idea came from when he pondered what would happen if Dracula came into a Maine town and took it over.
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