It's a classic '80s horror flick that has some good scares, specifically for younger audience members, but it doesn't live up to its potential considering the source material it's based on. But compared to other popular werewolf movies in the decade, Silver Bullet may not be the best. Several similar movies like Teen Wolf, The Howling, An American Werewolf in London, and even Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf premiered throughout the '80s. The 1980s were a pretty popular time for werewolf-focused media. Later, a young boy named Marty (Corey Haim) begins to believe a werewolf is responsible for the murders and teams up with his sister Jane (Megan Follows) and their uncle (Gary Busey) to capture the wolfman. The movie is about a series of unexplained murders in a small town that residents try to solve, but don't have any luck and start turning up dead themselves. Stephen King wrote the novella Cycle of The Werewolf in 1983, and two years later it was adapted on screen as Silver Bullet. While Stephen King’s written works have been adapted on-screen since he wrote his first novel and continue on today, the 1980s were the heyday for film and TV adaptations of his works. More recently, there’s also the Firestarter reboot by Blumhouse Productions, premiering on May 13, 2022, in theaters and on Peacock. The remake is based on the 1975 novel and the original 1979 film adaptation and is set to premiere later this year. Gary Dauberman, the writer responsible for King movie reboots It and It: Chapter Two, is working on a reboot of ‘Salem’s Lot. The novel was an instant success and was promptly followed by a film adaptation in 1976 starring Sissy Spacek in the lead role, and was later rebooted in 2013.įrom there, King’s catalog of film and TV adaptations continued rapidly expanding and still is today. His first novel was Carrie, published in 1974, and followed the story of a bullied teenage girl who discovers she has telekinetic powers and uses them to enact revenge on those who tormented her. King’s written work has also been the source material for many film and TV series adaptations over the years.
His written works have been incredibly successful, selling an estimated 350 million copies, according to The Washington Post, and his works are still popular today. With over 60 published books and short stories, Stephen King has built a career as the master of the horror genre.
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