“ Holy jumped-up baldheaded Jesus palomino!” Probably one of my favorite Stephen King adaptations. Loved the practical effects in this one also

Really fun midnight movie. One of the better Stephen King movies, and a decent, but different kind of werewolf picture. It's made as entraining as it is by having such likeable actors.

Did not expect to like this one as much as I did. Probably the best King film I've seen yet, and certainly deserves a much higher placement as part of the '80s horror canon.

While "Silver Bullet" isn't nearly as good as "The Howling" or "An American Werewolf in London", it can't be denied as an enjoyable mid-'80's Horror feature. That's because Director Daniel Attias did a great job in bringing this campy Stephen King novella to life. I'm not sure if I actually read this back in the day, but the story is so familiar. I'm also having the same struggles recalling whether I'd actually seen the entire movie before or just parts of it on cable TV. I was hit hard by a rush of nostalgia for some reason, when Uncle Al (Gary Busey) gave Marty (Corey Haim) the custom wheelchair called "Silver Bullet". The practical effects in "Silver Bullet" can't compare to the previously mentioned werewolf classics. There is no transformation scene, but the creature costume itself isn't bad. There are some pretty violent attacks with a good amount of gore. The movie's pacing is good. It features a solid amount of action and gets going right out of the gate. Uncle Al gets violently tossed around by the werewolf which is effective because he really endears himself to the viewer with his kindness and the wisdom he passes to his Niece and Nephew (Marty). Everett McGill plays up his cursed villain role expertly. He, along with Busey and Haim, ground the movie which seems to feature gratuitous amounts of overacting by everyone else. A good amount of "Silver Bullet" is ridiculous (i.e., Marty's amazing accuracy with both handgun and bottle rocket), but since when aren't most Stephen King-based films. This isn't a reference-level werewolf film, but it certainly doesn't disgrace the sub-genre. It was a nice surprise.

This movie is my childhood. I still get genuinely scary and super creeped out when I watch it.