Silver Bullet

1985

Action / Horror

53
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56% · 23 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 56% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 35057 35.1K

based on novel or book maine werewolf

Plot summary

The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…

Director

Daniel Attias Photo
Daniel Attias

Top cast

Leon Russom Photo
Leon Russom as Bob Coslaw
Sam Stoneburner Photo
Sam Stoneburner as Mayor O'Banion
Everett McGill Photo
Everett McGill as Reverend Lowe
William Newman Photo
William Newman as Virgil Cuts
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788.87 MB
1280*548
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 8
1.5 GB
1904*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 53

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by classicsoncall 7 / 10

"Holy jumped-up Jesus palomino!"

Reviewed by Hey_Sweden 7 / 10

Decent werewolf film.

Film adaptation of Stephen Kings' "novelette" "Cycle of the Werewolf", scripted by the author himself, gets some things right, and is fun enough, and appealing enough, no matter if it can't compare to werewolf classics like "The Wolf Man" (1941) and "An American Werewolf in London".Likable Corey Haim is Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic who manages to learn the human identity of the monster stalking his peaceful small town during the summer and fall of 1976. With the eventual help of his sister Jane (Megan Follows) and colourful, wild man uncle Red (the perfectly cast Gary Busey), he hopes to end the nightmare.The only feature directorial credit for TV veteran Daniel Attias (who was an assistant director on movies such as "One from the Heart" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"), it very nicely captures a small towns' ambiance during different seasons, and also has some fairly good suspense and atmosphere. There are some good touches here and there, especially when Jane learns who the werewolf is; during this scene her face is half in shadow and the effect is spooky. Fine music by Jay Chattaway helps, as well as more than a few laughs, largely supplied by the flamboyant Busey, who delivers some pretty priceless quips. (I could quote the best one here, but it would give away a crucial revelation.)Both Haim and Follows are completely believable, and the supporting cast features a couple of familiar faces: Terry O'Quinn ('Lost', "The Stepfather" '87) as the ineffective local sheriff, Bill Smitrovich ('Life Goes On') as hostile loudmouth Andy Fairton, Robin Groves ("The Nesting") as Marty and Janes' mother, James Gammon ("The Cell", "Major League") as drunk and obligatory initial victim Arnie Westrum, legendary tough guy Lawrence Tierney ("Dillinger" '45) as bar owner Owen Knopfler, and William Newman ("Squirm", "Monkey Shines") as service station owner Virgil Cuts. Everett McGill is particularly fine as the Reverend.Only the creature effects, overseen by Carlo Rambaldi, disappoint. Some transformation shots are good but the final incarnation of the werewolf just isn't that impressive, and doesn't inspire that much terror. One major set piece wherein just about everybody in a congregation metamorphoses IS rather amusing.In any event, despite any flaws, "Silver Bullet" manages to entertain reasonably well, although it gets too syrupy by the end. Still worth seeing for werewolf cinema completists.Seven out of 10.
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