History Film / SilverBullet

* TragicMonster: Downplayed. The werewolf has a scene as a human where it wishes for things to stop but otherwise, it shows no remorse for its actions. Justified as the human side get suppressed more and more as the full moon approaches.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: When Jane is returning bottles for the bottle drive, she talk to Reverend Lowe, who's on his knees gardening with his back to her. Then the camera cuts to his face -- and, complete with ScareChord, we see that he's sporting an eye-patch over the same eye that Marty damaged on the werewolf...]]

** In the book the werewolf lied low while the posse hunted for [[spoiler:him.]] Here the werewolf goes after and kills several of them.

* EyeScream: When the werewolf attacks Marty during his tryout of the fireworks that Red have him, he defends himself by shooting a rocket into the beast's eye. [[spoiler:Later, Marty [[MoeGreeneSpecial shoots the werewolf's other eye]] out with a silver bullet, killing it.]]

A 1985 film adaptation of Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/CycleOfTheWerewolf'', directed by Daniel Attias and produced by Creator/DinoDeLaurentiis.

* SilverBullet: Marty and Jane give their silver necklaces to Red, so that he'll take them to a gun store and have [[DepletedPhlebotinumShells them turned into a silver bullet]].
** In addition, the film scores points for tackling head-on the difficulties in making bullets out of silver, instead of someone simply getting silver bullets and going to work. When Red takes the silver to the gunsmith, he says that his nephew just discovered the Lone Ranger and wants to make him silver bullets as a gift. The gunsmith states that silver isn't a good choice for making bullets. When the bullets are done and Red picks them up, the gunsmith has a few lines where he states that he crafted the bullets carefully and compensated for using silver by giving the bullets a lower powder load than would be used for a lead bullet, making them more accurate. The gunsmith also pretty directly implies he knows exactly what Red is up to.
--> Red: "Accurate? Uh...they're just a gift. What would you shoot with a silver bullet?"
--> Gunsmith: "Maybe a werewolf?"

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:[[SinisterMinister Rev. Lowe]] is the werewolf]].

* GoryDiscretionShot: Subverted. We never see the act of [[spoiler:the werewolf killing Brady]], but while we see the bloody crime scene from a distance afterwards, along with [[spoiler:Brady’s kite being covered in blood]], we never see the body itself. [[spoiler:Judging by how Brady’s Dad reacted though, it wasn’t pretty.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: Subverted. We never see the act of [[spoiler:the werewolf killing Brady]], but while we see the bloody crime scene from a distance afterwards, along with a shell-shocked Haller carrying [[spoiler:Brady]]’s bloody kite, we never see the body itself. [[spoiler:Judging by how Brady’s Dad reacted though, it wasn’t pretty.]]

* GoryDiscretionShot: Subverted. After [[spoiler:the werewolf kills Brady]], we see the bloody crime scene, along with a shell-shocked Haller carrying [[spoiler:Brady]]’s bloody kite, but we never see the body itself. [[spoiler:Judging by how Brady’s Dad reacted though, it wasn’t pretty.]]

* BatterUp: Owen Knopfler wields a baseball bat named PEACEMAKER which he mainly uses to stop Andy Fairton from starting fights. [[spoiler:The werewolf ultimately beats him to death with it.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: The cops are hard pressed to actually do anything when the murders start and blow off anyone who calls them out on not taking the investigation seriously.

* BatterUp: Owen Knopfler wields a baseball bat named PEACEMAKER which he mainly uses to stop Andy Fairton from stopping fights.

** Marty insists through his uncle that the sheriff should question [[spoiler:Reverend Lowe]] after learning that he started wearing an [[EyepatchOfPower eye patch]] [[RevealingInjury after he hit the werewolf in the eye]]. After realizing that he doesn't have any other leads, he decides to take the advice. [[spoiler:Of course, he's killed for his trouble anyway.]]

** The second was the local hotheaded yokel at the bar who had a habit of insulting and getting into arguments with the local cops. He was also the one who organized most of the town into a mob to hunt the werewolf, which in turn leads to his own demise.

** The first was the overbearing father of Marty's girlfriend. From the way he talked to his daughter, it could be inferred that he was pretty emotionally abusive to her at the very least. He also made some pretty nasty remarks about Marty even though Marty hadn't done anything to him.

* DeathByPragmatism: [[spoiler: Once the sheriff has no more leads, he decides to take a look at the reverend's place due to Red's earlier insistence. Once he actually finds some damning evidence, he is of course discovered by Lowe. Who then promptly transforms and bludgeons him to death.]]

* CatpultNightmare: Reverend Lowe after his dream where his churchgoers all turn into werewolves.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: The gunsmith knows how to make silver bullets and one of his lines implies he is aware of the existence of werewolves. You have to wonder what he has has experienced prior to the events of this movie.

* AssholeVictim: At least two of them werewolf's victims fell under this category.