Well, not at first. Mears discovers that two mysterious figures have bought a legendary creepy house on the hill in ‘Salem’s Lot: Richard Straker (Pilou Asbæk) and Kurt Barlow (Alexander Ward). Before long, it’s revealed that Barlow is a Nosferatu-esque creature of the night, and Straker is his Renfield, a human familiar who gets him food and supplies.