Directed by Tobe Hooper   Written by Stephen King   Paul Monash   Cast David Soul ... Ben Mears James Mason ... Richard K. Straker Lance Kerwin ... Mark Petrie Bonnie Bedelia ... Susan Norton Lew Ayres ... Jason Burke Julie Cobb ... Bonnie Sawyer Elisha Cook Jr. ... Gordon 'Weasel' Phillips (as Elisha Cook) George Dzundza ... Cully Sawyer Ed Flanders ... Dr. Bill Norton Clarissa Kaye-Mason ... Majorie Glick (as Clarissa Kaye) Geoffrey Lewis ... Mike Ryerson Barney McFadden ... Ned Tebbets Kenneth McMillan ... Constable Parkins Gillespie Fred Willard ... Larry Crockett Marie Windsor ... Eva Miller Barbara Babcock ... June Petrie Bonnie Bartlett ... Ann Norton Joshua Bryant ... Ted Petrie James Gallery ... Father Donald Callahan Robert Lussier ... Deputy Constable Nolly Gardner Brad Savage ... Danny Glick Ronnie Scribner ... Ralphie Glick Ned Wilson ... Henry Glick Uncredited Cast Mara Cook ... Nurse Reggie Nalder ... Kurt Barlow Ernest Phillips ... Royal Snow Produced by Anna Cottle   Richard Kobritz   Stirling Silliphant   Original Music by Harry Sukman

Additional Info Premiere: November 17, 1979 DVD Release: October 26, 1999 Blu-ray Release: October 18, 2016 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Alternate Titles Blood Thirst Production Companies Warner Bros. Television Distributors CBS   (1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing) On Line Cinema   (USA) (VHS) (as "Blood Thirst") Warner Bros.   (USA) (TV) Warner Home Video   (2016) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (USA) (DVD) (also as "Salem's Lot: The Movie") Warner Home Video   (USA) (VHS) (also as "Salem's Lot: The Movie") Warner Home Video   (USA) (all media) (laserdisc) (also as "Salem's Lot: The Movie") Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,207 / 20,920 Site Ranking