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Some of that equipment seems - as tractors in New England often do - spiritually tired out from trying to till such ungenerous and stony land.

The chiaroscuro tableaus, both indoors and out, are appointed with evidence of decay, including cinder-dusted antiques and rusty farm machines. ''Salem's Lot'' represents the abundant vision of Mikael Salomon, the Danish director and cinematographer, who has evidently lavished attention on his storyboards. King's vampire novel of the same title, Maine's fearsome qualities are in full, dark bloom, despite the film's having been shot in Melbourne, Australia. Sunday night, on the first installment of ''Salem's Lot,'' a TNT mini-series based on Mr. In the years since Stephen King of Maine came to preside over horror in fiction and film, it has become difficult to imagine that any other region of the United States could frighten us so profoundly. New England is an ideal setting for horror stories, offering, among its many macabre charms, creaky houses, churchyards, shotguns, three dismal seasons and the periodically uneasy coexistence of Protestants, Roman Catholics and skeptics.