10 Stephen King Film Remakes Needed To Erase The Terrible Originals

9. Silver Bullet

This might be a difficult one for some to swallow given it's midnight movie cult status. Though as we grow older, we grow wiser and learn to drown out the feelings of nostalgia to see things as they really are: Silver Bullet is not a good movie. At all. It's clear that no one involved with the project was taking it very seriously (except, naturally, Gary Busey), including director Daniel Attias, as a thick layer of camp is present in each frame. There are so many different ways you could take the story and have them all blend together seamlessly. At once, it's a coming-of-age story, a bloody whodunit, and a study of paranoia driving a small town apart. All of these elements have been explored at one time or another on screen, but it's difficult to recall a time when they were all done together. Especially effectively. Especially in a werewolf movie. It's a common complaint that everything is so gritty nowadays and we could do well with some tongue-in-cheek fun, but giving this story some weight and darkness could mark a return to form for the monster movie sub-genre. The idea of werewolves themselves has been diminished over the past decade due in no small part to the Twilight series. Even the Underworld movies had a hand in tarnishing the prestige and terror. Given his producer credit on the Netflix series Hemlock Grove, Eli Roth clearly has an affinity for lycanthropy. Given his track record with gore, he could be the right choice to inject a new Silver Bullet movie with the chills it needs. And if Gary Busey can reign it in, maybe he can actually stick around.