"Silver Bullet"

Silver Bullet (1985)

Stephen King wrote the screenplay and the novella upon which the movie is based, Cycle of the Werewolf. I read that the original idea was to write a very short story to go along with an illustrated calender. The story grew into a full book.
King says that in the book he took great liberties with the lunar cycle- in Cycle, the full moons fall on holidays, a nice idea and keeping with the original calender idea.

There are some problems with this movie. People should watch it as a lesson on what to avoid.

I'm tempted to say that the worst thing about it is the soundtrack. The 80s keyboards, and holy shit- the song that plays over the end credits: "Take me on a joyride/ I believe I can fly".

Coppola, Carpenter, and Scorcese seem to be the only people who can mix film and music well.

Also, the movie takes place in 1976- a special year for RJ Battles, the year I was born- but it doesn't feel like the mid 1979s. Also, it was 35 years ago, but even back then people could tell the difference between an animal attack and something a human might do. Nobody ever talks about that. There's a debate about "private justice", but nobody really talks about what's actually going on and the absence is distracting.

After a while you realize it's because no one cares, least of all the filmmakers; this is just another Friday the 13th.

There's something else that bothered me: right away you see the brother and sister fighting. But later that night they come to an understanding. Still, for the next hour, they act like it never happened. So why bother, what's the point?

Sometimes when you see a movie as a child then you have a certain affection for it, even though it isn't very good. I didn't see it for the first time until tonight. Still, I can't imagine anyone having any affection for this film. It has its moments, but even its best scenes don't add up to much.

This movie is a big disappointment.