That's Uncle Red, Gary Busey in my summary line after the first encounter with the werewolf minister. It's probably the coolest line that doesn't have anything to do with anything, but coming from Busey it sounds almost philosophical, doesn't it? Almost as good as "It's an ass-kicker" describing the souped up Silver Bullet, but that line said something about something, so there's a neat contrast in Stephen King's screenplay. Very good.
Well I don't know about the special effects here, they seemed pretty tame even by Seventies standards. There were plenty enough cut- aways from the werewolf to suggest that the makeup wasn't all that great, but I guess if you're a young kid watching it would scare the bejeezus out of you. That's what these flicks go for anyway, so it probably works on that level.
And say, what about the Silver Bullet itself - once Uncle Red did his little number on the thing, it didn't look like it would pass EPA regulations with all that smoke exhaust coming out the tailpipe. The one thing Stephen King did well here was head off at the pass all those critics who would have found fault with the silver bullet concept by putting in that scene of the old guy compensating for the weight of the bullet so it wouldn't tumble. You can tell he was a Lone Ranger fan as a kid.
Overall, this King flick is about middle of the pack of the dozen and a half I've seen. The most memorable moment for me was winding down memory lane with that Rheingold Beer jingle early in the story - 'My beer is Rheingold, the dry beer, Think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer." Doing that from memory gives you an idea how far this Stephen King fan goes back.
Well I don't know about the special effects here, they seemed pretty tame even by Seventies standards. There were plenty enough cut- aways from the werewolf to suggest that the makeup wasn't all that great, but I guess if you're a young kid watching it would scare the bejeezus out of you. That's what these flicks go for anyway, so it probably works on that level.
And say, what about the Silver Bullet itself - once Uncle Red did his little number on the thing, it didn't look like it would pass EPA regulations with all that smoke exhaust coming out the tailpipe. The one thing Stephen King did well here was head off at the pass all those critics who would have found fault with the silver bullet concept by putting in that scene of the old guy compensating for the weight of the bullet so it wouldn't tumble. You can tell he was a Lone Ranger fan as a kid.
Overall, this King flick is about middle of the pack of the dozen and a half I've seen. The most memorable moment for me was winding down memory lane with that Rheingold Beer jingle early in the story - 'My beer is Rheingold, the dry beer, Think of Rheingold whenever you buy beer." Doing that from memory gives you an idea how far this Stephen King fan goes back.