Silver Bullet (1985) is in my DVD collection and is also available on The Sundance Channel (I recently DVR'd it). The storyline follows a family with an older sister, a wheelchair bound brother, a drunk uncle and parents who do the best they can. When a string of murder start happening around town the son finds himself a target and narrowly escapes. He will look to his older sister and uncle to believe him and help in his investigation that his most recent attacker was indeed...a werewolf. This movie is directed by Daniel Attias (The Wire) and stars Gary Busey (Point Break), Corey Haim (The Lost Boys), Everett McGill (Heartbreak Ridge), Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables) and Terry O'Quinn (Young Guns). The storyline for this is fantastic and does such a great job developing the family and horror elements separately and then crashing the two worlds together. The dynamics between the uncle and his sister as well as the dynamics and resentment between brother and sister as they manage his handicap is brilliantly developed. The priest storyline is excellent as is the werewolf transformations. The wheelchairs created by the uncle are so good and really capture the imagination. There's some classic intense scenes in this like the covered bridge and fireworks sequences. There's really so much to like about this film. This this easily my all time favorite werewolf movie that I would score a 10/10 and strongly recommend. This is a masterpiece.
Review of Silver Bullet
