When Wolves Cry
Artwork by Abrar Ajmal Printed on our super soft 4.5oz 100% pre-shrunk ringspun cotton shirts Custom Printed on Demand About Stephen King's Silver Bullet (1985) Daniel Attias's Silver Bullet (1985) adapts Stephen King's novella Cycle of the Werewolf, with King himself writing the screenplay about a paralyzed boy in a wheelchair who discovers that a werewolf is terrorizing his small Maine town. Corey Haim delivers one of his finest performances as Marty Coslaw, whose motorized wheelchair—custom-built by his hard-drinking uncle played by Gary Busey—becomes an unlikely weapon against the beast. The film's werewolf design by Carlo Rambaldi, who created E.T., was intended to be more bear-like than lupine, though production difficulties with the animatronic suit led to significant last-minute changes. Busey's performance as the alcoholic, firework-obsessed Uncle Red provides the film's heart and humor, and his chemistry with young Haim elevates what could have been