10 Horrifyingly Underrated Stephen King Adaptations

5. Silver Bullet

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What The Critics Said:

The Chicago Tribune’s Rick Kogan thought this was an absolute howler, describing the film as a ‘limp retelling of the werewolf legend that is about as frightening as a rubbery Richard Nixon Mask.' Woof.

Why It’s Worth A Watch:

Ripped from one of King’s lesser-known novellas (The Cycle Of The Werewolf) Silver Bullet is a Corey Haim vehicle with far more bite than you’d expect.

Sure, the werewolf looked a bit ropey at the time and can now just about get away with looking kitsch to a contemporary audience, but it’s the slow build up and eighties nostalgia beats that make this a perfect Halloween movie, where we watch events unfold from the perspective of Haim’s bike- riding tween as the inhabitants of Tankers Mill start getting picked-off in pretty grim ways.

Look out for a mostly ad-libbed, bonkers but brilliant turn from Gary Busey, too. Rick was wrong.

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