31 Days of Horror 2021 Day 05 Silver Bullet

 

TITLE-Stephen King's Silver Bullet

SOURCE-Paramount DVD

I was sure I had reviewed this years ago for 31 Days of Horror. Looked and nope. Based on King's novella Cycle of the Werewolf  this film hit theaters in 1985. Back when Corey Haim was a superstar and before most people realized Gary Busey was insane.

Set back in 1976 this film tells the story of a brother and sister. They live in a fairly tiny town. The brother is in a wheelchair. Plus they have Gary Busey as their crazy wacky drunk uncle.

This town has been having some mysterous deaths. One man is loses his head near the railroad tracks. Another person who is suicidal is killed in a bloody way. 

All these deaths scare the townfolk. So  a curfew is put into effect. Which cancels the town's 4th of July celebrations. But Busey and his niece and nephew figure out something is up.

The new preacher in town is also a werewolf. And now it is up to Busey and his niece and nephew to kill this holy man werewolf. 

Before getting this on DVD I doubt I had seen the film in at least 20 years. All I remembered was the tricked out wheelchair Corey Haim gets. And that the preacher is the werewolf. What I had forgotten is how well acted this is. Plus how the FX work is pretty good.

I'm shocked at how much is done on the small budget of 7 million. And the film didn't get the best reviews. But  back in the mid 80s most of your major movie reviewers hated horror. 

Anyways Silver Bullet gets a B+.