Salem's Lot - the new film

I reread the book because the trailer looked so cool, but I wound up having to watch the film in chunks to get through it. I'd heard that early reviews were good, so I was pretty disappointed. The film is gorgeous, and it makes for a great trailer, but that is about it. The book does not translate to movie format, you need to completely rework it, make fundamental changes. The book is very slow build and you just cannot do that in a film. But, you still need to rework it into something that, well, works.

( Talk of both book and film, some book spoilers. )