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Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

mirandazeegore Definitely goes in the criterion collection of best werewolf movies. King's amazing book brought to life yet again. The priest is so convincing as someone struggling with a beast inside him (perhaps a precursor to actual problems priests would have in later decades with internal monsters?..). And Corey crushes this role as the sweet boy in the wheelchair. - RIP.

Michael_Elliott Silver Bullet (1985) *** 1/2 (out of 4)Some vicious murders hit a small town and a young boy (Corey Haim) begins to feel that it's something not human. After getting attacked by the creature, Marty then realizes that the killer is in fact a werewolf. He tells his sister (Megan Follows) and uncle (Gary Busey) but neither will believe him until they see evidence themselves.Stephen King wrote the screenplay for this, which was an adaptation of his novella Cyle of the Werewolf. This film wasn't a hit when it was released and most critics and fans ripped it apart but I've honestly never understood this. While the film isn't as technically well-made as AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, it at least works as a very good "B" picture that has a nice story, some great performances and overall it's just a very good werewolf film.The movie works on a number of levels but I think a lot of credit has to go to the cast. Watching this film as a kid I couldn't help but get caught up in wanting to be the young boy in the film played by Haim. Having his character be a cripple added so much to the picture because you feel sorry for him but it also puts the character in a disadvantage when it comes to battling a werewolf. Haim is extremely good in the part but it's Busey that steals the film as the drunken uncle who thankfully loves his nephew enough to go along with a story that he doesn't believe. Follows is also very good and we get some nice support from Terry O'Quinn, Joe Wright and even Lawrence Tierney in a small role.The werewolf attacks are actually handled quite well by director Daniel Attias who really milks them for all that their worth. We see the victim, we see the werewolf and we slowly build up to the attack sequence. There are some very good sequences here including one dealing with some hunters in the fog and another that has Marty coming under attack in the woods. The werewolf looks good for the most part and the transformation scenes are nice. There's even some good violence thrown in, although there's no question that the movie goes for more suspense than gore. SILVER BULLET really doesn't get the credit it deserves but to me it works perfectly as a nice little "B" movie. You don't expect too much out of it but it really delivers a fun time and it's a nice little throwback to the horror films of the 1950s where small towns come under attack by a monster and there are kids who no one will believe.

MonsterVision99 A pretty good werewolf flick, one of the best from the 80's, not as good as American Werewolf in London (I don't think many werewolf films are) and on par with The Howling. Perhaps a little too predictable, and its not incredibly original either but manages to deliver us some great werewolf action, I really loved these scenes, they were suspenseful and the gore was fantastic (some of the attacks were funny and I don't know whether it was intentional or not but they were fun to watch nonetheless).I liked the kids in the film they did good, and I also loved Gary Busey in this, he's always a delight to watch.Roger Ebert liked this better than London and the Howling, and I like this one but I don't know what Roger found in this movie that made him rate this higher than those films. Anyway, Silver Bullet its an awesome movie, check it out if you haven't.

The Original Spice Girl In my obsession with werewolves, I'm quite sure I've seen all werewolf movies out there (except for some of the most obscure low- budget ones, I suppose), and I have yet to find a better one than Silver Bullet.Although some parts of it are a bit dated today, the effects are still far better than the CGI we see in more contemporary werewolf movies. The werewolf in Silver Bullet does not grow into a muscular super-monster, but remains unnervingly human under the wolf-like exterior (seen particularly through the many close ups of its eyes), and that goes for the personality as well. There is depth to the character, rather than him being just a bad guy who turns into a wolf.Although it does not scare me sleepless as it did when I was a kid, some scenes are still incredibly frightening. Oh, and Gary Busey is just as insane as needed for the part!