Weekend Double Feature, Part 2

For the past couple of years, my wife and I have started a new tradition...watching cheesy horror movies on Halloween with a bunch of friends. So the other day we went to our local Blockbuster to pick up some classics. Since Alli really doesn't like being scared, we go for the not-so-scary movies. But as we were going through the isle, I couldn't help but pick up one of my old time favorites, the 1985 horror classic Silver Bullet. I can't tell you how many times I would turn on the Saturday Matinee and see this movie. Here's the gist.

The people of Tarker's Mills have a problem. This problem happens to come with the full moon. One by one, people wind up missing and the townspeople get a little on edge. But the only one who believes that this menace is a werewolf is a 13 year old boy in a wheelchair. Enter Corey Haim. Yes. Only a teen heartthrob could take on a ghastly beast of the night. He, his sister, and Uncle Red (who is none other than the mentally unstable Gary Busey) decide that it's hunting time. But here is the catch. As soon as they getting closer to finding out who the werewolf is, he starts to hunt them. (I guess the flesh of a kid stuck in a wheelchair tastes like veal to a werewolf.) The best part comes when young Mr. Haim is about to get chomped on. So what does he do? He shoots a bottle rocket in the werewolfs eye. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't bottle rockets the hardest thing on the face of the planet to aim? Anyways, the next day they see the preacher...yes, I said the preacher...with an eye patch! Thus begins the inner conflict of the preacher. How can a man of the God be a creature of the night? Beats me. But now that the secret is out, Corey Haim and company now have a target. But the preacher knows they know.

(Spoiler Alert!) Now we all know you kill werewolfs with silver bullets, so they go to the metal worker to get one crafted. But that's the problem. When I said one, I meant one. They only have enough silver to make one bullet. (Least they could have done was sell something to buy some more silver. Sheesh!) Putting said bullet in a gun, they go home and wait for the monster to attack. One of the best scenes comes when the beast breaks in to attack. The gun gets hit out of Gary Busey's hands and the bullet falls out...and down into the heating vent! Luckily they have the craziest man on earth there to fist fight...yep...I said fist fight...the werewolf. And just as Busey gets flung to the floor and the monster is going to kill poor Corey Haim and his sister, Corey retrieves the bullet from the vent, loads it and shoots the beast...In The Other Eye! I mean, what are the chances of that? For a kid who has never shot a gun before in his life, you would think that he would at least aim for the biggest part of the body. But no. He feels the need to be a true marksman and shoots him in the eye. I guess those people who wrote the "Idiots Guide to Killing Werewolfs" forgot to put in the pages that werewolfs have weak and ultra vulnerable eyes as well. Here's the trailer for you to enjoy.



With Halloween coming up, do you have any scary old movies you love to watch?