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In folklore, a silver bullet is often one of the few weapons that are effective against a werewolf, vampire, witch, or other supernatural beings. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The term silver bullet is also a metaphor for a simple, seemingly magical, solution to a difficult problem: for example, penicillin c. 1930 was a "silver bullet" that allowed doctors to ...
Silver Bullet is a 1985 American horror film based on the 1983 Stephen King novella Cycle of the Werewolf. It stars Gary Busey , Everett McGill , and Corey Haim , with Megan Follows , Terry O'Quinn , Lawrence Tierney , Bill Smitrovich , Kent Broadhurst , David Hart , and James Gammon in supporting roles.
Each chapter is a short story unto itself. It tells the story of a werewolf haunting a small town as the moon turns full once every month. It was published as a limited-edition hardcover in 1983 by Land of Enchantment, and in 1985 as a mass-market trade paperback by Signet. King also wrote the screenplay for its film adaptation, Silver Bullet ...
The werewolf trials. While most people know of the witch trials that took place in Europe and in the American colonies (including Salem, Massachusetts) during the 1500's and 1600's, few are aware ...
A company has installed computerized vending machines to sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, allowing patrons to pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk. American ...
Silver Bullet (1985) Look, folks. Silver Bullet—based on King's novella Cycle of the Werewolf—has become a cult classic, and for good reason. It's got Gary Busey as a guy who turns into a ...
The kit in the collection of the Mercer Museum was subject to analysis by X-ray fluorescence, which revealed the kit's silver bullets were made from pewter with no silver content. [8] In addition to the pewter bullets, this kit contained a more conventional lead bullet, a gun, a bullet mold, a powder horn , an ivory cross, magnifying glass, a ...
In 1974, an ambitious special ops soldier named Donald Butler investigates an island castle protected by a vicious, man-eating werewolf.Sacrificing his cameraman, Don takes the opportunity to kill the beast with silver bullets before taking a large sample of its blood and taking it to Washington for investigation for a possible serum to produce super soldiers from the werewolf's blood under ...