Later it’s realized who the werewolf is by his eye injury. This poor lady never had a chance…but at least mom brought the strap When the wolf attacks Marty, he shoots its eye out with a firework. An abusive father, and then later, several men from a vigilante group formed to look for the killer are taken out. Marty’s best friend is killed when he stays late at the park. A woman looking to commit suicide is also killed. The MurdersĪ railroad worker is murdered, but it’s thought to be an accident. It’s a bit odd, but hey, it sets up a chase scene later and does allow the kid to get around easily enough. He even later gets a three-wheeled upgrade. Our hero, Marty, is equipped with a motorized wheelchair known as the Silver Bullet, built by his Uncle Red. It’s a small Maine town that is ravaged by fear when people are unexpectedly murdered. The film takes place in Tarker’s Mills in 1976. The book and movie both use a paraplegic 11-year-old boy as the hero who is accompanied by his sister and uncle. Silver Bullet takes place over several months and seemingly gives us a werewolf who can change when he wants but is forced to on the full moon. The book takes place over the course of a year and tracks the werewolf during every full moon. The movie and book share a similar story but each does things a little differently. Silver Bullet and “Cycle of the Werewolf” I tracked it down to rewatch it for the first time in over two decades. It wasn’t until I read “Cycle of the Werewolf” that I realized the movie was based on a Stephen King novel, which led me to find the movie, and now I know it’s called Silver Bullet. As I grew up, I had no idea what the film was actually called and basically forgot about it. It terrified six-year-old me and helped introduce me to horror films. It was missing roughly the first five to ten minutes, but I loved it.

Growing up, I distinctly remember distinctly having a werewolf movie on VHS that someone had recorded on TV.

Cycle of the werewolf movie