Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim

Werewolf terrorizes small city where lives Marty Coslaw, - a paralytic boy - his uncle and his sister - the narrator of the story.

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R, 95 min.

Directed by: Daniel Attias

Release Date: October 11, 1985

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DVD Release Date: May 28, 2002

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  • July 28, 2009
    Silver Bullet reaks with cheese, and not the enjoybaly stinky cheese. This is the rancid kind that leaves a sour odour in the room even after it's been disposed of.
    Based on Stephen King's great novella, Cycle of the Werewolf, Silver Bullet takes place not over the course of a...( read more) year, but seemingly a few days, where every night seems to be a full moon. The werewolf effects are really bad, even for a 1980s movie. But then again, when has a werewolf movie ever had good effects.
    The movie also opens and closes like a family drama. Wtf? Is this supposed to be a coming of age story where siblings learn to cope with one another, or a movie about a werwolf terrorizing the small town of Tarker Mills?
    The concept isn't bad, but instead of playing the film for the straight up horror flick that it is, the movie decides to ham everything up. It doesn't want to work to invoke fear in its audience. But then again, how scary can a puppet werewolf be?
  • May 8, 2009
    Corey Haim plays the same character that he would later perfect in The Lost Boys. He's the boy in a town of strange goings on, but nobody believes him when he says something supernatural is about. Only this time he is crippled. Putting him in a wheelchair seems fairly pointless t...( read more)o me. It may add to sympathy and should probably add to the tension, but it doesn't. Haim has such super powered wheelchairs that he is almost at an advantage when facing the werewolf. I've got to say, the transformation effects were still quite impressive, but the wolf itself wouldn't seem amiss on Sesame Street. Busey apparently plays a drunk, but he is never really drunk, or bitch ass crazy like Busey should be. The mystery was quite well executed, certainly since I didn't guess who it was. It was a very entertaining ride, even if the balance between Goosebumps style childhood mystery and violent horror, never quite equaled out.
  • April 19, 2009
    Silver Bullet is typical Stephen King - a Christian werewolf is cleaning up a town, but I didn't like the movie much - not scary enough for a scary movie.

    This movie has the feel of a Canadian or made-for-TV movie. I was surprised when it was not.
  • October 7, 2008
    I first saw this movie when I was ten years old, my uncle, a horror fanatic, showed this to me and my sister and it scared the living soul out of me (Not anymore).

    Ten years later it still remains as one of my favourite horror films of all time and I consider it one of the bes...( read more)t of King's work.

    When a small town is being ravaged by horrible mutilations, townsfolks begin to think it may be a monster doing the killings. A small crippled boy comes in contact with the werewolf and confides in his older sister and uncle and they all set out on a search for the monster. What they discover will be shocking.

    The film is very well directed and relies a lot on tension and atmosphere and solely on the acting which is performed well by Corey Haim, Megan Follows and Garey Busey who is immensely likable and memorable as the uncle.

    The film itself as a horror movie is excellent with a lot of sheer tension and some great horror scenes in which we never see the werewolf until the end. That's an aspect that makes this film truly horrifying and the murders are gruesome and never pulls its punches. The mysterious identity of the werewolf is shocking and it leaves us on pins and needles until the exciting end of the film.

    I highly suggest this among horror fans and think it's worth a look.
  • July 23, 2008
    Daniel Attias was making films while his son, David, was practicing to shoot and kill people. Great director, horrible father.
  • October 29, 2009
    Adult only film, a great couples movie....
  • October 15, 2009
    i seen half of it it was good
  • July 13, 2009
    No one believes the kids.
  • June 30, 2009
    One of my favourite horror movies, and definitely my favourite werewolf movie. At times it does get a little cheesy, but personally I love a good horror film with a bit of humour. I almost forgot to mention how cute Corey Haim was in this.. awww.
  • June 30, 2009
    An old one, but well worth watching once...

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  • DerVaterAllerSpiegel
    March 28, 2007
    This movie is great! Definatley the best werewolf movie I have seen ever.
  • asiantribe
    June 19, 2006
    I had good times with this movie, watching it with family.

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