Salem's Lot Movie Barcode

1979 · dir. Tobe Hooper · 112 min · 1.33:1 · horror

Amber / Green palette · Very dark · 330 stripes

This movie barcode compresses all 112 minutes of Salem's Lot into a single image: every shot is averaged to one colour and laid down as a vertical stripe, left to right, opening frame to end credits. Directed by Tobe Hooper in 1979 and framed at 1.33:1, the horror palette shows up as bands of colour you can read at a glance.