This includes protagonists like Susan (Mackenzie Leigh) and Matthew Burke (Bill Camp).
When they refuse, he resorts to kidnapping Ralphie.
This is a crucial detail for later on.
Ralph is the first to be infected; he then goes to feed on Danny.
The two then begin moving around Jerusalem’s Lot, turning its inhabitants into vampires on behalf of Barlow.
However, beneath that mirage isa town destroying itself through corruption.
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Barlow chose Jerusalem’s Lot because it was highly susceptible to him.
There are manybook-to-movie differences inSalem’s Lot, including the nature of the town being haunted to begin with.
Because of an evil entity in the town, Barlow has to sacrifice Ralph to appease it.
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Only after that does he really begin his operation.
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