Salem’s Lot director admits adapting the lengthy Stephen King novel was “more challenging” than he expected, leading to several characters being cut

Fans of legendary author Stephen King will know that his novels are no easy feat, and are often thick and packed full of stories. No one knows this better than director of the new Salem’s Lot adaptation Gary Dauberman, who says he found it difficult to fit all of King’s vampire tale into under two hours.

“It was more challenging than I anticipated,” Dauberman tells SFX magazine in the new issue, which features Terrifier 3 on the cover and hits newsstands on October 2. “And I anticipated it being really challenging! My initial goal was to try and stick to the book as much as I could, but when the first draft started to feel like it was going to be just as long as the book, I knew some changes would have to be made.”