OFTR is set in 'Salem's Lot...the people who get stuck in the car -- out-of-towners -- during a snow storm, and get turned into vampires. Three or four old timers debate on helping them, but it's too late.

read by Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone

Ear-gasm ....

After I read Salem's Lot, every closet in my apartment was open for days, just so I'd know nothing was hiding in there.

edit: I would love to know what happened to the priest.

I think some of King's later works had the priest in them, I don't know which ones.

EDIT: Apparently, he appears in The Dark Tower.

Heh. We were just talking about this over in the Angel Meet Market thread on TWoP. Apparently the priest (and I don't even remember what happened to him in the book, it was a few years ago) appears in one of the Dark Tower books. The fifth one, Wolves of the Calla.

I knew there was a reason to read Dark Tower.

Damn, the library's already closed.

I don't even remember what happened to him in the book,

He tries to hold off the vampires, then falls for the "If you really had faith, you wouldn't need that cross" thing. And the vampires don't kill him.

I love the exchange with his housekeeper: "Was he strong when last you saw him?" "Yes, ma'am."

According to darktower.net, The Dark Tower has connections to almost every one of King's books. It's ridiculous and supercool. There are some major ones, though, and it looks like I've read most of them, though some too long ago to appreciate the connections. I need to do some of the required reading first and then tackle the whole series, because it sounds like a worthwhile endeavor.

the people who get stuck in the car -- out-of-towners -- during a snow storm, and get turned into vampires.

Ah yes, the little girl...whose feet weren't touching the snow.

I loved those old men. I liked how all the stories sort of touched base with them around the stove in the store. My favorite from that collection is still Grey Matter. Brrrr.

Yes, I love Grey Matter!

King based The Shining on Hill House; he even quotes that opening paragraph - which I recited, from memory, at my last booksigning - somewhere in the book. In my eyes, he doesn't come within spitting distance of Jackson. Then again, he likes shock; she preferred fear. Different beast entirely. There are, in fact, no modern ghost or horror writers I know of who are qualified to carry Shirley Jackson's luggage, although Peter Straub has come close.

I love Sheridan le Fanu. Erin, ever see the Vadim movie based on the lesbian vampire theme from Le Fanu? Blood and Roses? Gotta love it - the heroine's name is Millarca (as opposed to Carmilla) and the vampire? Wins.

First movie that ever scared me into being awake for a good long time still has the capacity to leave me shuddering and tight-spined. Carnival of Souls. Hoo, boy.