RIP: SALEM’S LOT & IDLE HANDS Actor Fred Willard
Idle Hands and Salem’s Lot actor Fred Willard passed away on Friday night in Los Angeles of natural causes at the age of 86. His daughter, Hope, told THR he passed “very peacefully … He kept moving, working, and making us happy until the very end. We loved him so very much! We will miss him forever.”
Jamie Lee Curtis took to Twitter to write:
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Willard starred as Larry Crockett in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre director Tobe Hooper’s adaptation of The Shining author Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot.
The TV movie begins when Ben (David Soul) returns to his hometown to work on his novel, he discovers a series of strange events that lead him to suspect that a vampire is stalking the community. It’s something to do with the mysterious antique dealer, Mr. Straker (James Mason). This two-part, TV movie is one of the better adaptations of a Steven King story, and Marie Windsor admirers will like seeing her again in a good role. But King or Windsor fans should be sure to rent the three-hour, 2-tape version, rather than the butchered 112-minute digest.
The film sports an 88% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: Director Tobe Hooper and a devilishly charismatic James Mason elevate this television adaptation of the Stephen King novel, injecting the vampiric tradition with fresh blood and lingering scares.
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