Donald Sutherland in Salem's Lot
The Big Picture Few names in Hollywood have both the longevity and consistency as Donald Sutherland. The Canadian actor worked in the industry for the better part of a century until his recent death in 2024. Over that time, he was best known for his roles in the original M*A*S*H film, Klute, the 2005 Pride & Prejudice, and as President Snow in The Hunger Games franchise.
Ben works together alongside his new girlfriend Susan Norton , local teacher Matt Burke , Catholic priest Father Callahan , and the young survivor Mark Petrie to uncover the lot and, eventually, kill the vampire at the center of it: Barlow. In the process, Straker, Barlow's human familiar and longtime slave, is killed by his master after failing to keep his prey under lock and key. This is before Barlow turns nearly the whole town into blood-sucking monsters.
Sutherland gives Straker a sort of over-the-top quality to him that makes him feel otherworldly from the get-go. Though this sometimes comes across as almost silly , it mostly acts to 'Salem's Lot's advantage. After all, you would be a bit batty and Renfield-ish if you served a vampire, and Sutherland masters this element of the character.
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