Significantly distorted from its original form by modernization and the questioning of the Western world's belief system, Stephan King's Salem's Lot is a version modern take on classic vampire horror. “As if Dracula arrived in the 20th century” as the author of the work says. The elements of a gothic-vampire work remain present throughout the work, there is a vampire, a pure being - in this case, a picturesque town with little or no access to the outside world, and the series events that allow the vampire to gain power over the townspeople. Religion has been practically removed from this work, and is no longer bound by puritanical morality, the work is noticeably more sensual than its predecessors. Just like Joseph Le Faunu, Stephan King wrote this book to oppose a form of corruption. But rather than writing about a religious corruption that, due to its diminishing influence on the modern world, was nonexistent, King focused on government corruption. The characters and events of Salem's Lot have a lot to do with King's fear for the future of the United States, as does Le Faunu's motivation for writing Carmilla. The work revolves around the same themes as those of Carmilla, including: good versus evil, deception.,