Bump here on the blog because I'm watching less movies these days. It's the new job. I spend all day looking at a screen and sitting, I kinda don't want to look at a screen and sit when I'm off work too.
Silver Bullet is one of the many many Stephen King adaptations, I believe it's a short story of his from early on, and it's not one I've ever read. Silver Bullet stars Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, and Terry O'Quinn in a small role as the sheriff.
In the small isolated town of Tarker's Mills, a savage beast begins killing people. Local handicapped kid Corey Haim lives with his parents and his sister, coming of age and seemingly undisturbed by his difference from the other kids. His alcoholic uncle Gary Busey is there, and when Haim sees the werewolf one night, he manages to convince his sister of this, and they manage to enroll Busey as an unlikely assistant.
Much like a lot of King written projects, the focus on character is very forefront in the story. Everyone interacts and reacts in familiar, realistic, and human ways. The idyllic, suburban neighborhood feels like a lot of our actual childhoods, as well as the brother sister relationship feels very familiar. Everyone is part of this small community, and the werewolf kills drag up discomfort and residual bad feelings that have been swept under the rug.
Silver Bullet was directed by Dan Attias, a man who went on to be a TV director. It's confidently handled, and the effects are really good as well. The werewolf transformations are great, and the performances all work. The just-out-of-normal way that some people act is really cool, and for a while it is a great whodunnit as well as a well crafted horror film upon reveal.
This has gone on to become a cult film, and it is one of the better King adaptations. I'd seen it before, and I may see it again, it's good enough to consider anyways. I'll give it. 3.5.
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