Drama, full movie, film, mystic, stephen king, tv series fullhd. Dec 17, 2019 silver bullet collectors edition film horror. Silver bullet is the film adaptation of stephen king s novel cycle of the werewolf. For stephen king fans, silver bullet based on his cycle of the. Stephen king s silver bullet 1111 awesome shortfilms.
Nov 07, 2016 silver bullet is largely a fun film, though perhaps lacking the spark that better films on this watch so far have had, perhaps due to its identity crisis. Described as the king of horror, king s books have sold over 350 million copies worldwide and have been adapted into a number of different mediums including film, television, and comic books. Peterson wonderful juxtaposition of the small pastoral southern town with the horrific events which soon invade it. The film is set in the small rural town of tarkers mills, maine, which falls prey to a series of grizzly murders. Stephen kings silver bullet filming locations duration. Silver bullet is the film adaption of the stephen king short story cycle of the werewolf and this time the screenplay was written by king himself, and the quality shows. Reverend lester lowe is the main antagonist in stephen king s novella cycle of the werewolf and the 1985 film adaption silver bullet. Tarkers mills, where the action takes place, is a fictional town within the stephen king universe. The relationship that the boy has with his uncle, who is brought to life by a funny gary busey, is one of the best things in the film, underlining the difference between the adult and adolescent. In my opinion stephen king writes about children and siblings really well, albeit with a great deal of corn.
Stephen king s silver bullet is either the worst movie ever made from a stephen king story, or the funniest. In stephen king s thrilling adaptation of his novelette, cycle of the werewolf, a peaceful town is suddenly terrorized by a maniacal killer. Silver bullet is likely to put off the casual viewer because of its schizoid story line. It stars corey haim, gary busey, everett mcgill, megan follows, terry oquinn, lawrence tierney, bill smitrovich, kent broadhurst, david hart, and james gammon. Silver bullet r 1h 35min horror 11 october 1985 usa a werewolf terrorizes a small city where lives the paralytic marty coslaw, his uncle, and his sister, the storys narrator. The stephen king collection dvd, 2017 for sale online ebay. King, stephen a list of 47 titles created 14 oct 2018 vampire or werewolf movies i need to buy a list of 35. In addition, the film scores points for tackling headon the difficulties in making bullets out of silver, instead of someone simply getting silver bullets and going to work. From the movie silver bullet when a series of unexplained murders occurs in the normally quiet town of tarkers mill, the residents decide to. The film is set in the small rural town of tarkers mills, maine, which falls prey to a. As is typical of stephen king, what gives silver bullet its charm is its depiction of a small town and the characters inhabiting it.
The small town of tarkers mills was a place that was very peaceful, where nothing extraordinary ever happened until one night when mders began. Gary busey corey haim megan follows 1985 a boy corey haim in a wheelchair stops a werewolf with his uncle gary busey and sister. Stephen edwin king is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. Pages in category stephen king the following 37 pages. Thrill to 8 movies based on the terrifying tales by the master of horror and suspense stephen king. And because i laughed longer and louder during this film than during any other. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Based on a stephen king novel, a young boy comes to believe that a werewolf is responsible for. This is a fan page for one of my favorite werewolf movies, stephen king s silver bullet. It stars corey haim, gary busey, everett mcgill, megan. Continuing his theme of lesserknown stephen king adaptations from the 1980s, minty as hes sometimes known just dropped a video featuring silver bullet, a decent yet surprisingly obscure werewolf movie based on cycle of the werewolf, published in 1983. Includes the original pet sematary 1989, the dead zone, cujo, silver bullet, and graveyard shift. Silver bullet short of his grocery lists, horror writer stephen king seems to publish everything hes ever written.
Silver bullet is a 1985 film about a werewolf that terrorizes a small town and the disabled boy who comes to suspect his true identity directed by dan attias. His enormous output undoubtedly staggers the imagination of any wouldbe writer. Silver bullet internet movie firearms database guns in. This edition of kings short novel cycle of the werewolf not only features the original version with bernie wrightsons excellent illustrations but also the original shooting script for the film adaptation from dino delaurentis, entitled silver bullet. Unfortunately, theres no known power that will stop films like this. Variety wrote, silver bullet is a stephen king filmette from his scriptette from his novelette which may sell some tickettes but not without regrettes. Movies that were too disturbing to finish duration. Stephen kings silver bullet filming locations youtube.
This movie still is probably one if my favorite scary movies of all time. Based on a stephen king novel, a young boy comes to believe. Jane coslaw, the narrator of the film, is the oldest child in a dysfunctional family of four. While silver bullet does have its moments its still a few yards shy of being a bonafide genre favorite. This book was originally published, as most everyone knows, way back in 1983, then release in paperback in 1985. It was released in 1985 and stars the late corey haim as marty coslaw and gary busey as uncle red. It never quite resolves what it wants to be, but a sense of humour, a game cast, and some clever. Creepshow 1982 the dead zone 1983 christine 1983 cujo 1983 firestarter 1984 cats eye 1985 silver bullet 1985 maximum overdrive 1986 also director. Silver bullet is low key but not uninteresting stephen king. This eccentric adaptation of stephen king s cycle of the werewolf doesnt exactly qualify as a good horror film but is odd enough to stick in the memory.
He is portrayed by retired actor everett mcgill he briefly returned to reprise his old role of big ed hurley in twin peaks in 2014 and in 2017, who also played marcus penn in undersiege 2. Later, this short story was the basis for the movie silver bullet. The townsfolk think a madman is on the loose, but a wheelchairbound yearold corey haim, the lost boys knows the truth. This is the umbrella entertainment version, which is basically australian b2 region of the film. The following lists the films and television series in the imfdb adapted from the works of stephen king. It borders locations of other kings works also adapted to film. I grew up watching this movie as a kid and thought i would pay tribute to the late. Silver bullet s a solid entry into the stephen king film canon, if not a particularly sparky one. The werewolf horror film silver bullet is a frightening tale thats held back a bit by a weak script.
In the book marty uses a colt woodsman in 38 special. First off, let me say, i did enjoy revisiting this story after so many years. Stephen kings silver bullet is either the worst movie ever made from a stephen king story, or the funniest. A werewolf terrorizes a small city where lives the paralytic marty coslaw, his uncle, and his sister, the storys narrator. Stephen kings masterful werewolf novelette comes alive. Something is killing off townsfolk in tarkers mills. Available on itunes something is killing off townsfolk in tarkers mills. All stephen king movies ranked stephen king movie adaptations by tomatometer. Nov 26, 2019 silver bullet is a 1985 movie based off of stephen king s short novel, cycle of the werewolf, and it should be the next film in line to get an update from his catalogue. Marty corey haim, a young boy in a wheelchair, suspects that a werewolf is to blame and is proven right when it tries to attack him.
Cftc investigation proves silver bullet silver shield is right. Stephen king s silver bullet gary busey corey haim megan follows 1985 a boy corey haim in a wheelchair stops a werewolf with his uncle gary busey and sister megan follows. It was released in 1985 and stars the late corey haim as marty coslaw and. Find out where stephen king s silver bullet is streaming, if stephen king s silver bullet is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Stephen king s killer werewolf motion picture silver bullet preorder here starring corey haim and gary busey is coming to collectors edition. One morning a local railroad employee and drunkard is found mangled on the train tracks. Luckily, the disc is also region a1, so you can play the movie in.
May 28, 2014 a couple of filming locations from stephen king s silver bullet filmed at greenfield lake in wilmington, nc. Long overdue, stephen kings silver bullet is finally on bluray. Silver bullet is a 1985 movie based off of stephen king s short novel, cycle of the werewolf, and it should be the next film in line to get an update from his catalogue cycle of the werewolf was originally published in 1983, which means it got a film adaptation fairly quickly out of the gate where other novelizations from king wouldnt see a movie adaptation for over a decade after their. Stephen king s masterful werewolf novelette comes alive. King s script is well attuned to its characters and the evocation of small town atmosphere.
Silver bullet is the film adaptation of stephen kings novel cycle of the werewolf. This is a guide to theatrically released king adaptations. A small town is ravaged by a series of brutal killings. Silver bullet is a 1985 american horror film based on the stephen king novella cycle of the werewolf. In this horror film, based on the novella cycle of the werewolf, by stephen king, a werewolf is terrorizing a small town and it is up to a disabled boy, marty coslaw corey haim, and his uncle. Watch silver bullet full movie 1985 video dailymotion. It is either simply bad, or it is an inspired parody of his whole formula, in which quiet american towns are invaded by unspeakable horrors. Silver bullet is the adaptation of steven king s novella, cycle of the werewolf. Silver bullet by stephen king 1985, paperback, movie tie.
The cycle of the wolf by stephen king is a 2019 gallery publication. Last week, we shared a video by our favorite australian film criticcomedian mark bishop that explored maximum overdrive. R, 1 h 35 min gary busey, everett mcgill, corey haim, megan follows director. His writing has a knack of making even the briefest of characters feel fully formed, thanks also to the casting of some great character actors in small roles. If youre interested in king on different platforms, look to our guide of stephen king tv series, miniseries, tv movies ranked. This was kings final shooting script and it differs from the release print of the film somewhat the werewolf sings a beer commercial jingle after the first attack. This collection presents four supernatural frightfests based on the bestselling novels of horror maestro stephen king. Thirdly, the film adaptation, silver bullet written for the screen by stephen king, is a deeper overall experience.
Top 30 stephen king movies, ranked from haunted hotels to prisonyard blues, carrie to christine the major adaptations of the iconic authors work, from worst to best. Also featuring thinner and the running man based on the works written under king s pseudonym richard bachman, and, tales from the darkside. In the movie this gun is loaded with one silver bullet. The film is altered from the novella with king abandoning the calendar concept and, for dramatic consideration, condensing the story to two months. Adapted to the screen by suspense master stephen king from his cycle of the werewolf novelette. The townspeople believe its some maniacal kier on the loose whom they intend to hunt down.
Silver bullet is directed by daniel attias and adapted for the screen by stephen king from his own novelette cycle of the werewolf. Stephen kings silver bullet 1111 video dailymotion. Buy stephen king 8movie collection microsoft store. The dead zone 1983, silver bullet 1985, pet sematary 1989, and graveyard shift 1990. Jan 30, 2018 last week, we shared a video by our favorite australian film criticcomedian mark bishop that explored maximum overdrive. Watch stephen king s silver bullet starring gary busey in this horror on directv. Marty and jane give their silver necklaces to red, so that hell take them to a gun store and have them turned into a silver bullet. When a series of unexplained murders occurs in the normally quiet town of tarkers mill, the residents decide to hunt down the killer. Despite the r rating this is essentially an all ages horror. Stephen kings silver bullet where to stream and watch.
The limited edition poster has sold out as of december 16, 2019. Stephen kings silver bullet bluray collectors edition. Stephen kings silver bullet gary busey unrated horror blu. This was kings final shooting script and it differs from the release print of the film somewhat the werewolf sings a beer commercial jingle after the first attack, etc. Its a close call, but i think the movie is intentionally funny. Silver bullet 1985 r 1h 35min horror 11 october 1985 usa a werewolf terrorizes a small city where lives the paralytic marty coslaw, his uncle, and his sister, the storys narrator. Aug 27, 2015 stephen kings storm of the centure horror, fantasy, drama, full movie, film, mystic, stephen king, tv series fullhd.
Watch stephen kings silver bullet online stream full. It stars gary busey, everett mcgill, megan follows, corey haim, terry oquinn, lawrence tierney, bill smitrovich, kent broadhurst, david hart, and james gammon. Written by stephen king, based on his novella cycle of the werewolf. Every stephen king movie you can stream right now nerdist. Silver bullet would be an amazing choice for the next big stephen king film adaptation since it hasnt gotten any sort of refresh since 1985.
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