this water down version of jerusalem lot be a far cry from the tense atmospheric town we grow to hate in salem lot . they make the mistake of bring in a non salem lot child and to endear this attempt to the young audience . larry cohen and who also write it alive and it live again and and maniac cop 1 and 2 and pen this screen play . cohen style of writing be mediocre at best and frankly . he have a couple of surprise hit and but they be surprise because the director and actor involve make the necessary change and add a quality to the work which lack in cohen writing . phone booth be one such surprise . unfortunately and he be also the director on this project and which explain the inability of the director to add a different perspective on the write work and and a 3. positive rating here at imdb would seem to support the fact that something do and indeed and go wrong . i have heart and but lack substance and therefore rate a 3. positive from . the fiend represent .