Silver Bullet (DVD 2001)

A cycle of terror ...

Every month, when the moon is at its fullest, the usually quiet town of Tarker's Mills is visited by what the townspeople think is a homicidal maniac. Mutilated corpses begin to turn up and a curfew is administered upon the residents of Tarker's Mills. One crippled boy nevertheless decides to ignore the curfew - which led to the cancellation of the Fourth of July Fireworks - and meets the mysterious murderer face-to-face one night. So begins a quest to discover the true identity of this monster.

Daniel Attias has produced one of the creepiest Stephen King films ever with 'Silver Bullet'. The screenplay (written by King) is an adaptation of his novella, 'Cycle of the Werewolf', about a lycanthrope who hunts down the townspeople of Tarker's Mills. The film is well paced and has a 'whodunnit' feel, as well as plenty of extremely scary moments that will ensure you do not head for the 'eject' button, feeling you have wasted your hard earned dollars.

Moreover, there is a great cast here, headed by veteran actor Gary 'Point Break' Busey, Corey 'The Lost Boys' Haim, and Terry 'The Stepfather' O'Quinn.

I first watched this film when it came out for rental in the mid-eighties and it scared the bejezus out of me. So, take the nightmare ride of your life through the fog shrouded woods of Tarker's Mills, but beware the moon.

'Silver Bullet' also stars Everett McGill of 'Twin Peaks' and 'The People Under The Stairs', and Megan Follows, star of 'Anne of Green Gables'.

Matthew J Lee-Williams, Review.

A werewolf is haunting the small town of Tarker's Mills and only wheelchair-bound young teenager Marty (Corey Haim), his sister Jane (Megan Follows) and his Uncle 'Red' (Gary Busey) end up doing anything about it.
"Silver Bullet" is pretty routine script wise (King wrote it himself, based on his 'novelette' "Cycle of the Werewolf") but actually reasonably enjoyable. The film-makers actually try to make it fairly scary, and don't necessarily do a bad job. The film gets a little gory and mean-spirited, but it's counter-balanced by likable characters and performances.

I remember seeing this film years ago and to say this film is hard to get hold of is completely true.

I will enjoy watching this again and one of Stephen King's finest stories

Oh this is excellent. I remembered it as being quite scary ALL those years ago, but it's just so dated and funny. If you want real horror this isn't for you. If you want a laugh it's one to watch. The werewolves are so corny.

I Love this film, because i think corey haim is brilliant in it and i love scary movies, I bought this because i couldnt find it in any other dvd shops, and was so happy i found it on E-bay.

a very good film not for the faint hearted it is about a crocodile that is thought to have died but re appears when a group of students sail a houseboat through her territory and she takes a dislike to them as they get to close to her nest after which she takes them out one by one

begain a big big fan of stephen king fan i have this on video but not on dvd so i through it be nice to upgrade few of my collect to dvd