About

Tony Earnshaw has been active as a writer specialising in film for almost 30 years. He has contributed interviews, features and reviews to magazines in the US, the UK and around the world including Fangoria, Little Shoppe of Horrors, Sight & Sound, and Cinema Retro, among others. N 2002 he founded the Fantastic Films Weekend, leading it through ten editions, and as a programmer he has curated seasons for the National Film Theatre in London. He is a columnist and film critic for the Yorkshire Post and guests on the Movie Monday show for BBC Radio. E is married with two daughters and lives in Yorkshire, England.

Tony Earnshaw has been active as a writer specialising in film for almost 30 years. He is a columnist and film critic for the Yorkshire Post and guests on the Movie Monday show for BBC Radio. He has contributed interviews, features and reviews to magazines in the US, the UK and around the world including Fangoria, Little Shoppe of Horrors, Sight & Sound, and Cinema Retro, among others. In 2002 he founded the Fantastic Films Weekend, leading it through ten editions, and as a programmer he has curated seasons for the National Film Theatre in London.

Few horror films in the history of television can boast the deadly seriousness, inspired casting, indelible images and lingering impact of Salem's Lot Tobe Hooper's adaptation of Stephen King's 1975 novel about vampires that infest a small Maine town was first broadcast in November 1979 he three-hour film featured unforgettable performances by an array of stars, James Mason, David Soul, Lew Ayres, Bonnie Bedelia, along with one of the most truly terrifying monsters in the history of movies: the feral vampire Mr Barlow played by Reggie Nalder.

This book documents the gestation and production of the film here are reminiscences from cast and crew, including new and exclusive interviews with Tobe Hooper, David Soul, cinematographer Jules Brenner and producer Richard Kobritz; dozens of images, including many never before published behind-the-scenes production stills; deleted scenes from the original teleplay; foreign posters and artwork inspired by the film; photographs of Ferndale, California, where the exteriors of Salem's Lot were filmed; and much, much more The paperback will be shipping around March 15.

He hardcover edition will ship around June 15 Note : neither edition is signed, but the hardcover has a numbered limitation page n addition, the hardcover has a larger size of approximately 8 × 12 inches, and a higher page count, with a special 176-page scene-by-scene retelling of the film, with frame grabs reproduced in full color.

Edition Details

• Four color printing throughout on coated stock.
• Gallery of poster and artwork.
• Pictures of Ferndale, California, today, contrasted with similar views from the film.
• New interviews with Tobe Hooper, David Soul, Richard Kobritz, and others.
• Loaded with color stills.

External Links

• Salem's Lot: Studies in the Horror Film. Centipede Press page for Salem's Lot: Studies in the Horror Film
• Edited by Tony Earnshaw (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Edited by Tony Earnshaw