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Silver Bullet [DVD] [1985] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Gary Busey (Actor), Everett McGill (Actor), Daniel Attias (Director) | Format: DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, Robin Groves
  • Directors: Daniel Attias
  • Writers: Stephen King
  • Producers: Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English, French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Paramount
  • DVD Release Date: 28 May 2002
  • Run Time: 95 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000063URC
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 140,525 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Silver Bullet is a generic, by-the-numbers Stephen King film with a Stephen King screenplay adapted from an earlier novella. Back in the innocent days of 1976--the age of innocence gets later every year--the town of Tarker's Fall finds itself in the grip of mass hysteria when something starts tearing people apart. Only a crippled child Martie (Corey Haim) works out the truth, which is that the new pastor is a werewolf. Eventually he manages to convince his supercilious sister Janey and his unreliable drunk Uncle Red (Gary Busey) and there is the usual confrontation involving a silver bullet melted down from the children's religious jewellery; the title also refers to the boy's motorised wheelchair. The film neglects interesting possibilities--the lynch-mob mentality that takes over the town fizzles after the major vigilantes are killed, the pastor tries to justify the killings to himself--in favour of stock ultra-violent confrontations and extended metamorphoses; its major strength is a familiar King theme, the helplessness of being a child in a world full of people who will not listen to you.

On the DVD: The DVD comes with a director's commentary by Daniel Attias and dubbed versions in German, French and Italian. The soundtrack has Dolby sound which brings out the stylised fairy-tale elements in the score and the widescreen picture is presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic ratio. The sometimes muddy-looking night-scenes are balanced by brisk pastoral daylight scenes that have their own innocence. --Roz Kaveney

Synopsis

Based on Stephen King's novella Cycle of the Werewolf, Silver Bullet concerns a small mountain community terrorized by the 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.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
22 reviews
4.2 out of 5 stars
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Silver is the Colour 3 Feb 2003
By J. Cooper
Format:DVD
Despite the review above, don't be put off by this film, it's one of the better werewolf films that I've seen from Hollywood in a long time.
The story is about a young disabled boy, who is convinced a spate of massacres are being performed by a werewolf, unfortunately no-one in town believes him, forcing him to try and unmask the creature's identity himself.
The story is from the pen of Steven King, and although a few of his projects have been disasters on film, this one (in which he wrote the screenplay) is one of the better ones.
Of course there are problems with the film, the director wisely held back the full sight of the werewolf until the last 5 minutes, where the low budget unfortunately shines through.
But this is a minor fault in a quality film (rather like the excellent Dog Soldiers.)
It's 80's, and low-budget, but if you enjoyed Dog Soldiers, you couldn't fail to enjoy this.)
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A quality low budget movie 24 Jan 2003
By A Customer
Format:DVD
there havent been many good werewolf films from hollywood over the last few years.
aside from the excellent, recent british film dog soldiers. its been a long time since i saw a horror film like this and really enjoyed myself.
its the story of a disabled boy in a quiet american town who believes a recent spate of massacres is down to the work of a werewolf, and more than believes this once the hairy beast sets its sights on him for dinner!
werewolf films never require a brilliant plot and are usually bogged down with poor dialogue. but adapted from the pen of stephen king. this is one that hits the spot in both departments.
it is an 80's film, and it is low budget, so dont expect any thriller style monster effects. but if you can put those thoughts to the back of your mind, this is one top quality piece of entertainment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Silver Bullet 19 May 2013
By Four Star
Format:DVD
One of Stephen Kings best stories ever written. Heart-warming, wolfy and scary in parts. Made in a decade when tv was never 'boring' as it is today and when films were't overwrought with special effects to make look better then they actually are.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A honest little horror - but absolutely nowhere near the amazing...
I was very impressed by the book "The cycle of werewolf" by Stephen King and therefore I expected a lot of its cinema adaptation - but sadly, I was mostly disappointed. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Maciej
5.0 out of 5 stars silver bullet
My wife and i first saw silver bullet at the picture house and liked it so i now bought it,i like it as my wife does so like all stephen king films its really good so dont be so... Read more
Published 2 months ago by dave wolstenholme
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Werewolf Film
This is in my opinion one of the great classic werewolf films of all time out of the pen of horror master Stephen King.
Published 2 months ago by Cornel
4.0 out of 5 stars silver bullet
I.ve had film for years on video, will now be able to watch it more on DVD I still enjoy after all this time.
Published 3 months ago by braburn
4.0 out of 5 stars Still a good film
Obviously dated, but the nature of films in the 80's was that they didn't rely on CGI to get the job done, instead needing actors to turn in performances that would carry the film. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr John C Dodd
3.0 out of 5 stars Good if not spectacular werewolf film
Silver Bullet is a very entertaining and largely by numbers horror flick.
There are some early gore scenes and the cast is very good. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Colonel Decker
5.0 out of 5 stars typical Stephen King
I saw this film years ago on T.V. and I have read the book and remembered loving it. I call it a typical Stephen King because like all his books seem to be it is set it small town... Read more
Published 22 months ago by madcatlady
4.0 out of 5 stars Better than its reputation.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Silver Bullet is directed by Daniel Attias and adapted for the screen by Stephen King from his own novelette Cycle Of The... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2011 by Spike Owen
4.0 out of 5 stars A MUST SEE HORROR CLASSIC
This film is a pure old school classic for me.I used to watch this film when i was a kid and it use to scare the s**t out of me,not eny more thow but what a great film. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2010 by joe pearsn
5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the source material and an underrated werewolf film!
"Cycle of the Werewolf" seemed like a gimmick to me (although I wished the movie had included the scene where the werewolf sings), yet Silver Bullet is an excellent adaptation. Read more
Published on 29 July 2010 by S. Carey
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