Hello, everyone! Another week done, another FearStyle Friday for you. In keeping with the werewolf theme this week, I decided that we would talk about the Stephen King classic, Silver Bullet. Standing as an adaptation of the King's novel, Cycle of the Werewolf, Silver Bullet is a staple in my house all year long. The movie was reviewed by Roger Ebert as either "the worst movie ever made from a Stephen King novella, or the funniest". I think that in itself tells you why I love it.Silver Bullet is about a young boy named Marty and the year he discovered that there was a werewolf terrorizing his small town. After a slew of murders, Marty encounters the werewolf one night while shooting off fireworks. Slowly, he figures out who the wolf in sheep's clothing is, so to speak. With the help of his Uncle Red and his sister Jane, the three of them plan to put an end to the horror with the help of a silver bullet.
This movie is really something special, if you ask me. First of all, it has an all-star cast including Corey Haim as Marty, Garry Busey as Uncle Red, and Everett McGill as Reverend Lowe. As well as Megan Follows as the stories narrator and Marty's older sister Jane, and horror icon Terry O'Quinn as Sheriff Joe Heller. It's cheese city and I can't get enough. Haim is actually pretty good in his role as Marty, flexing his acting muscle playing a convincing paraplegic boy. It seemed to be pretty physically demanding for him, having to climb trees not being able to use his legs. Gary Busey was over the top, as usual and frankly he's the best thing about the movie. Him and Everett McGill, the best two things about the movie. McGill is just creepy. He creeps me out in every role I've ever seen him in, so that's good. I just really appreciate the amount of cheese that the actors brought to their roles. It's what makes the movie special for me.
If you want to talk quotability, this movie has got it. We quote this one on the daily in my house. I think I say that about most of the movies I talk about, but this is serious. Pretty much every line that comes out of Gary Busey's mouth is gold. The scene that always gets me is in the beginning when Busey is playing cards with Haim and his starts chanting and shaking and flashing his large Busey teeth, it is just so funny. He really throws himself into and it is the best thing ever. Ever. The scene that my mom quotes often is during one of the death scenes where this nasty, fat guy is watching a boxing match and is kind of talking to the TV/himself. He yells out "Bust him up. Bust his chops". Then, after a good hit in the face, he yells "oh, it hurts my parts" we say that all the time. It's truly a classic and ranks high on the quotability scale.
The last thing I want to talk about is Stephen King. I love the King, I've read most of his books. Most of them. This not being one of them, unfortunately. So I don't have any novella back story to give you, but what I do know is that the book and the movie aren't that close. This seems to be the case when it comes to adaptations of King's books. In my opinion, the best movie adaptation of one of his novels is Misery. I love the book, I love the movie. Great, great, great. I plan on talking more about Stephen King in the future, for now I am currently reading Fire Starter and re-reading IT. I love IT and with the second part of the movie coming out soon, I feel like refreshing. When the time comes I will do a comparison for you, until then it will be happy reading.I think that's about it for today. I hope you enjoyed. If you have seen this movie then tell me what you thought about it. Do you think it is the worst King adaptation? Do you love it like me? Is it too silly for you? Have you read the book? Did you like it? Tell me about it. Reach out either here or on Instagram (@cameronmothershed) or Twitter (@Cameronmarie96) Stay creepy, and see ya Wednesday!
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