Stairs (TV Movie 1986)
Clip shown.The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (TV Movie 2003)
Clips shown.A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King (TV Movie 2011)
film clip"Stars of the Silver Screen" James Mason (TV Episode 2014)
Clips shown and performance discussed."WatchMojo" Top 10 Stephen King Movie Characters (TV Episode 2016)
Kurt Barlow gets an honorable mention.
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
"The Dick Cavett Show" Episode dated 15 November 1980 (TV Episode 1980)
George A. Romero mentions the film.Fright Night (1985)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Floating vampire outside window, also references impaling someone on mounted antlers."Father Ted" Grant Unto Him Eternal Rest (TV Episode 1995)
Dougal guesses this when playing charades with Ted.Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series 1997–2003)
Cited by Joss Whedon as an influence.
- Barlow's physical appearance references Count Orlock
Frankenstein (1931)
poster and picture of Frankenstein in Mark's roomBride of Frankenstein (1935)
still of Boris Karloff with singed hair in Lance Kerwin's roomThe Wolf Man (1941)
Picture of The Wolf Man in Mark's roomHouse of Frankenstein (1944)
still of Glenn Strange as monster in Kerwin's room.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Luke Perry's dead friend knocks on his second story window at night, like in the Stephen King movie."The Simpsons" Treehouse of Horror IV (TV Episode 1993)
Bart, as a vampire, floats outside Lisa's window, asking to be let in, just as Danny Glick does."South Park" The Ungroundable (TV Episode 2008)
when Butters comes through Cartman's window to 'feed'
Salem's Lot (TV Mini Series 2004)