A writer's homecoming unearths a chilling mystery as a town slowly succumbs to an ancient evil.
Suspenseful. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
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Real scares, several jump scares and light gore, which is more than most TV-PG titles carry. Beyond that, mild language and some violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 10. Rated TV-PG.
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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.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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Twin Peaks (1990)Dry wit · suspenseful · late-night trip · emotionally heavyAn FBI agent investigates a surreal small-town mystery, uncovering darkly comic secrets and dreamlike suspense.
Evil (2019)Properly scary · light gore · emotionally heavy · measuredA skeptical psychologist, a priest, and a tech expert investigate chilling supernatural phenomena with measured dread.
Stranger Things (2016)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA small town grapples with a chilling supernatural mystery, secret experiments, and a peculiar young girl.
True Detective (2014)Gritty · full attention · strong violence · emotionally devastatingBleak, atmospheric dread slowly builds as detectives pursue a case that unravels their own dark secrets.Salem's Lot is on our Vampires, Limited series and 1970s lists.
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