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Playing like an after school werewolf special, Silver Bullet is a more than tolerable King adaptation. It does lack in the effects department and maybe some of the acting is phased by some over the top melodrama but something about this movie is charming. That something is The Buse, oh yeah your favorite big screen nut-job Gary Busey steals this one entirely playing the caring, wise cracking, souped up wheel chair building and oft skunk drunk Uncle Red. He's the comic relief, the voice of reason and the unwilling hero all in one. This guy should make a point to do more horror in the immediate future. It works for him because the guys a fright show in his own right. He could easily become the next Tom Atkins. Now if your'e asking yourself who Tom Atkins is take a look at the Fog or Night of the Creeps and you'll immediately find yourself saying, "oohhh that guy? Yeah he's cool as *BEEP*!" Silver Bullet is worth the watch for scary Gary's performance alone but other highlights include, white trash wrestling fan yelling at TV set "ooh that hurts ma'parts",car vS. wheel chair high speed chase, genre vet George "Buck" Flower having his block knocked off in the first reel, the ole'$1.47 rocket in the werewolf eye trick, and everybody's favorite stepfather Terry O'Quinn as the wimpiest sheriff in cinema. My biggest knock against this movie other then the rather cheese-tastic werewolf (guy in a bear suit) is that it's the second horror movie I've seen were the cast reknown Hollywood madman Lawrence Tierney and totally waste him. They should of had him go head to head with the werewolf. He would have neutered that son of a sheepdog.
score 6/10
Cristopher_Jeorge 10 February 2005
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