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There was a lot of hype surroundingSalem ’s Lotheading into its long - awaited cyclosis premiere in former October . The Gary Dauberman - direct adjustment ofStephen King‘s beloved 1975 novel originallyfinished filmingin the summer of 2022 , but then it was seemingly put on the shelf for an indefinite amount of prison term by Warner Bros. Pictures . King himself , however , help bring attention back to the project in February when hetweetedhis positive thoughts about it and expressed his confusedness over its behind - the - scenes delays . curtly afterward , WBannouncedit would be releasingSalem ’s Lotas a Max scoop .
King ’s backup of the picture show did a lot to bolster up the other tidings - of - mouth surround it , but that did n’t stopSalem ’s Lotfrom being welcomed with mostly mixed reviews when it premiere on October 3 . The film was notably criticized for its speed retelling of King ’s iconic lamia story and its inability to fully flesh out its characters . Some , consequently , speculatedthat the movie ’s biggest problems may have been due to studio apartment preventive and corporate - mandate cuts .
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Whether that ’s true or not is ill-defined . In an interview withDen of Geek , though , Dauberman did confirm that his original cut ofSalem ’s Lotwas much , much longer than the 113 - minute version that was secrete . “ My first cut was about three hours , ” the movie maker reveal . “ There ’s a muckle depart out . My first draft of the script is 180 - odd pages or something . ”
While utter with Den of Geek , Dauberman offer some perceptiveness into what specifically from his original , 3 - 60 minutes rendering ofSalem ’s Lotended up being go away on the cutting room floor . He singled out one scene , in particular , from King ’s original novel in which Ben Mears ( play as an adult in Dauberman ’s film by Lewis Pullman ) has a ghostly brush in a obsessed planetary house . “ In the book , Ben sneaks into the Marsten House and he sees the specter of Hubert Marsten , ” Dauberman noted . “ I shoot that and it used to launch the movie , but it seemed to muddy up the pee for audiences … That was the hardest affair to cut because I love the sequence . ”
Knowing that a longer and likely more fleshed - out variant ofSalem ’s Lotdid be at some level may only make watching the disappointingly fragile cut that was actually released all the more frustrating for rooter of its 1975 seed material . For his part , though , Dauberman seems to have — for the metre being , at least — come to terms with the track he had to make to getSalem ’s Lotin front of the world .
Salem ’s Lotis cyclosis now entirely on Max .
