A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

(C) 1985 Warner Bros. “Silver Bullet” (1985) AKA: “Stephen King’s Silver Bullet” Directed by Dan Attias Written by Stephen King, based on the novella “Cycle of the Werewolf” Starring: Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Megan Follows, Corey Haim, Terry O’Quinn Uncle Red : I mean, uh, what the heck you gonna shoot a .44 bullet at anyway... made out of silver? Mac : How about a werewolf? Stephen King’s prolific nature  has earned him the dubious honor of having written the most novels or stories adapted for theatrical release. Ranging from the ridiculous (“Maximum Overdrive” ) to the sublime (“The Shawshank Redemption,” “Stand By Me”), movies based on King’s fiction have attracted audiences since Brian De Palma made “Carrie” in 1976. Some King fans say, tongue in cheek, that if Hollywood ever got its hands on the best-selling author’s laundry list, it, too, will be adapted into a movie If you ask me on which end of the quality spectrum I’d place 1985’s “Sil...