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Kurt Barlow is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Stephen King's 1975 horror novel 'Salem's Lot. The character is a powerful vampire who moves to the Maine town of Jerusalem's Lot with the intent to form a vampire colony of its residents. [1]
Kurt Barlow is a major antagonist of the Stephen King multiverse. Serving as the main antagonist of Salem's Lot, its two miniseries adaptions, an unseen antagonist of Jerusalem's Lot, and a posthumous antagonist of One for the Road and Wolves of the Calla, the fifth volume in The Dark Tower series.
Kurt Barlow is the main antagonist of Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot and its 2004 adaptation. He will return as the main antagonist of the 2024 movie 'Salem's Lot, the third adaptation of the novel. He is an ancient and highly intelligent vampire who seeks to turn the town of Jerusalem's Lot into his own personal vampire colony.
Mears and Straker are the main suspects as they are both new in town, but it eventually becomes clear that the crate contained Straker's business partner, Kurt Barlow — an ancient vampire who has come to Salem's Lot after sending Straker to make way for his arrival.
Character Analysis. Barlow's basically Dracula. You sort of wonder why King didn't just name him "Dracula" and get it over with. Maybe he felt that'd be silly. Or maybe the townsfolk would have been put off. Anyway, Barlow's pretty nifty, as far as supervillains go.
The story involves a writer named Ben Mears who returns to the town of Jerusalem's Lot (or 'Salem's Lot for short) in Maine, where he lived from the age of five through nine, only to discover that the residents are becoming vampires.
Kurt Barlow Timeline & Summary. Barlow becomes a vampire, possibly long before the birth of Christ. He may, of course, be exaggerating, as bad guys are wont to do. Barlow takes the name "Barlow," probably in Austria sometime in the early 20th century.
Oct 17, 1975 · Author Ben Mears returns to ‘Salem's Lot to write a book about a house that has haunted him since childhood only to find his isolated hometown infested with vampires. While the vampires claim more victims, Mears convinces a small group of believers to combat the undead.
Kurt Barlow is a fictional character and main antagonist of Stephen King's 1975 horror novel, 'Salem's Lot. The character is a master vampire, who terrorizes the small Maine town of Jerusalem's Lot.
Mark Petrie : It's Barlow! Kurt Barlow : There's enough here for two, why would you run, boy? [Mark flees out of a window and out of the Marsten House]
