Salem's Lot (1979) DVD Re-Release - April 29th, 2014

[the blob]

Somewhere along the lines, the DVD runtime has got mixed up. I have the UK PAL DVD and I imagine it's the same source as the US DVD as they're both Warner. It has prologues and all credits intact and a full runtime of 183'57" which would give an NTSC runtime of approx 191 - 192 mins. If the US DVD is 183 mins then the only thing I can imagine is that Warner used a PAL source and it wasn't properly converted, which would be very bizarre!

It's a long long while since I saw the original UK TV airing which was in two parts as well but I can't recall anything cut for this DVD so I'm mystified by the additional runtime discrepancy. I'm guessing there may have been cuts to the UK version possibly? I've never seen them mentioned anywhere before. The impaling scene always looked like it could have been cut for one. Now, if there are cuts, then that could lean even more to Warner using a cut PAL source for the DVD.