Salem's Lot

[reading from Ben Mear's typewritten page] The house was a monument to evil sitting there all these years holding the essence of evil in its smoldering bones.

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Jason Burke: [at a restaurant, asking Ben about his new novel] Marsten House still the center of the story? Ben Mears: Yep. Jason Burke: How about the Glick boys? You connect them with the house? Ben Mears: Everything in Salem's Lot is connected to that house. You can see it from every part of the town. It's like a beacon throwing off an energy force. Jason Burke: Mike! Mike Ryerson: [weakly] Hello, Mister Burke. Jason Burke: Mike... are you on something? Mike Ryerson: No. Jason Burke: Drugs? Mike Ryerson: Sick. I feel sick. Jason Burke: Since when? Ben Mears: This was after Danny Glick's funeral? Mike Ryerson: Ayuh. I went back to finish... Royal wasn't there. Started to feel... sick. [looks around for a waitress revealing bite marks on his neck as he turns his head] Can I have a drink? Ben Mears: [to waitress] Miss? Whiskey? Jason Burke: What do you remember, Mike? Mike Ryerson: Singing. Jason Burke: Singing? Mike Ryerson: Sweetest singing I ever heard. And a feeling like drowning. A

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Mike Ryerson: [Mike is describing his nightmarish dreams after falling asleep at Harmony Hill Cemetery] I dreamed... Ben Mears: You slept there all night? Mike Ryerson: Yeah... All night. Jason Burke: What about last night? Mike Ryerson: I remember... a dream. [gestures with his hand] Somebody... out there. And I... let him in. Ben Mears: Who? Mike Ryerson: I don't know. Jason Burke: Listen to me, Mike. Mike? [Mike focuses and listens] Mike, I want you to stay at my house tonight. Will you do that for me? We'll arrange to see Doctor Norton tomorrow. Mike Ryerson: [weakly] All right. I don't care.

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Jason Burke: [brings some pajamas in for Mike] I hope these will be all right. [notices Mike's neck] Mike, turn your head... this way. Where did you get these marks? Mike Ryerson: Hmmm. I don't know. Jason Burke: [goes and shuts window, locking it] Now, call me in the night if you want anything. Anything. Even if you have a bad dream. Will you be sure to do that? Mike Ryerson: [whispers] Yes. Jason Burke: Now anything... I mean it! I'll be right down the hall. Mike Ryerson: [absently] I will.

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Jason Burke: [holding crucifix in front of vampire Mike] I revoke my invitation. Get out. Mike Ryerson: [raises hands in defense] You'll sleep with the dead, teacher.

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Eva Miller: [knocking on Ben's door in the middle of the night] Mister Mears? Telephone! Ben Mears: [sleepily]Oh, uh, ah, all right... Just a minute. [opens door] What is it? Long distance? Eva Miller: No. It's Jason Burke. Ben Mears: Oh... what time is it? Eva Miller: It's a little after four, and Mister Burke sounds very upset. Ben Mears: [still groggy] Oh, uh, hold on. [comes out in his robe and Eve leads him to the phone. He picks up the receiver] Yeah, Jason? What's the matter? [listens] Well, give me about ten minutes. [listens] Well, hell, no, I'm a... I was a Baptist... Jason? [hangs up phone and turns to Eva] Do you have a... a rosary? Or a crucifix? Eva Miller: In my bedroom. Mister Burke ask for it? Ben Mears: Yes, please. Eva Miller: Well, he's not Catholic. I don't even think he goes to church. Ben Mears: [tries to hurry her although he doesn't understand the request himself] Please?

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