Silver Bullet
1985
Based on Stephen King's novella CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF, SILVER BULLET concerns a small mountain community terrorized by a half-man/ half-beast of folklore. Young, wheelchair-bound Marty Coslaw (Corey Haim), after an encounter with the murderous lycanthrope, becomes saddled with the unfortunate knowledge of the beast's human .. Read more
| Starring | Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Everett McGill, Megan Follows |
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| Director | Daniel Attias |
| Genres | Horror |
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Silver Bullet
Based on Stephen King's novella CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF, SILVER BULLET concerns a small mountain community terrorized by a half-man/ half-beast of folklore. Young, wheelchair-bound Marty Coslaw (Corey Haim), after an encounter with the murderous lycanthrope, becomes saddled with the unfortunate knowledge of the beast's human alter ego. With some help from his sister (Megan Follows), his good hearted alcoholic uncle (Gary Busey), and his turbo-charged wheelchair, he sets out to rid the town of the murderous scourge. King also wrote the screenplay.
| Starring | Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Everett McGill, Megan Follows, Robin Groves, Terry O'Quinn, Leon Russom, Lawrence Tierney, Bill Smitrovich, David Hart |
|---|---|
| Director | Daniel Attias |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | Dutch, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1985 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Scripted by Stephen King from his own story Cycle of the Werewolf, this half-hearted lycanthropic horror is a tired sheep in werewolf's clothing. Disabled Corey Haim (his wheelchair is the silver bullet of the title) knows there's a werewolf on the prowl in his small town and convinces his sister (Megan Fellows) and their alcoholic uncle (Gary Busey) to help him unmask its human identity. First-time director Daniel Attias draws credible performances from his able cast but the deliberately irony-rich murders misguidedly draw more laughter than terror. ET creator Carlo Rambaldi's embarrassingly artificial werewolf doesn't help matters either.
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As elsewhere with Stephen King, the splatter 'n' gore (decapitations, something akin to in-the-woods shark damage)... read more on Time Out
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Better Than Remebered.
This was better on DVD than I remember it on video, better sound and picture. The blood scenes were as gruesome as before and as always with stephen king films the suspense was smoothly done, an excellent story line with a nice twist in the tale....
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Not bad!!!
I watched this film when I was a LOT younger and a big Corey Haim fan thought I would give it another go and still enjoyed it! Give it a go if you feel like a bit of brainless fun. Suprised it's an 18. Quite tame by todays standards.
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