The original version of "Salem's Lot" is can be rented on Prime TV and Apple TV and is available with a subscription on HBO Max, according to Roku. This article originally appeared on wickedlocal.com: How to watch 'Salem's Lot' Both the new version and the original

Long before "True Blood" or "Twilight" brought vampires to small-town America, horror writer Stephen King imagined the creatures invading his backyard in rural Maine (technically, a fictional place called Jerusalem's Lot).

"Shouldn’t we all stay together?" says 11-year-old vampire hunter (and comfortably the best character) Mark Petrie (Jordan Preston Carter). The response he gets — "There’s no time. Half an hour until sunset!" — is nonsensical enough to be almost enraging.