142 - Silver Bullet (1985) & Wer (2013)

Published: June 30, 2020, 2:11 a.m.

b'Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1277410848298786816\\n\\nCW:\\xa0Suicide, Ableism \\n\\nIt\\u2019s Werewolf 4th of July on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey are charming, family werewolf hunters but then they decide to become an action movie because reasons.\\n\\nThe Classic Film:\\xa0Silver Bullet (1985)\\n\\u201cA werewolf terrorizes a small city where lives the paralytic Marty Coslaw, his uncle, and his sister, the story\'s narrator\\u201d (IMDb.com). An adaptation of Stephen King\\u2019s "novelette,\\u201d\\xa0\\u201cCycle of the Werewolf,\\u201d Silver Bullet is a\\xa0surprisingly tense, small-town horror flick with endearing characters\\xa0and a charming world.\\n\\nThe Modern Film:\\xa0Wer (2013)\\n"A defense attorney begins to suspect that there might be more to her client, who is charged with the murders of a vacationing family, than meets the eye\\u201d (IMDb.com). One of the best examples of a movie dropping the ball, Wer starts with an incredible premise and tone before deciding it would rather be a terrible, nonsensical, action movie.\\n\\nAudio Sources:\\n"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones\\n"Split" produced by Universal Pictures et al\\n\\u201cSilver Bullet\\u201d produced by\\xa0Dino De Laurentiis Company, et al.\\n"The Secret of NIMH" produced by Don Bluth Productions\\n"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\'s Stone" produced by Warner Bros. et al\\n"An American Werewolf in London" produced by Polygram Pictures, et al.\\n \\u201cWer\\u201d produced by\\xa0FilmDistrict, et al.'