 Salem s Lot is loosely based on the great Stephen King novel of the same title. Salem s Lot is a town which a new member, Mr. Straker, has taken as his new "home", and has a mysterious partner, namely Mr. Barlow. Not too long after Straker arrives in Salem s Lot, people start disappearing from sight and dying from odd causes, and no one is sure why, including Ben Mears(played by David Soul)who is in town to write a new book on the town s rumored haunted house called the Marsten House, which overlooks the town and hides a terrible secret about to be unleashed.