Silver Bullet (film)

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Silver Bullet is a 1985 film based on the Stephen King novella Cycle of the Werewolf. It stars Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Megan Follows, Corey Haim, Terry O'Quinn and Lawrence Tierney. Directed by Dan Attias. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis.

[edit] Plot

The film follows a paraplegic brother, Marty (Haim), and put-upon sister, Jane (Follows), and the ups and downs their relationship endures when a series of murders take place in their small New England town of Tarker's Mill. Deaths begin to pour into this little town such as a woman being ripped apart on her bed and a train wreck with a claw through the throat. Feeling no one would believe their suspicions that the killer is actually a werewolf, whom they finger as the local preacher, they turn to their alcoholic uncle (Busey) for help.

[edit] Technical info

• Film was made for an estimated $7,000,000 and earned $5,400,000 in the U.S.

• Was filmed between October 1984 and December 1984. It was finally released in the U.S. on October 11, 1985.

• The film was made in both Burgaw, North Carolina and Wilmington, North Carolina.

• The UK DVD release of the film in 2001 contains the original movie trailer and spoken commentary by director Daniel Attias, both of which are not available on any other officially released DVD, including the US edition which was finally released on May 28, 2002.

• Many of the cast members would later guest star in several Star Trek series, including Leon Russom, Terry O'Quinn, Bill Smitrovich, Lawrence Tierney and William Newman.

• In the film, Marty's uncle fashions him a motorcycle/wheelchair, in which Marty rides around while screaming.

• Foreign-language adaptations have often based their titles on some variation of "The Werewolf of Tarker's Mill" instead of "Silver Bullet."

[edit] External links

• Silver Bullet at the Internet Movie Database