Marty Coslaw: He is a handicapped boy who survives the encounter with the werewolf by throwing his fireworks in the werewolf's eye during the Fourth of July. In Cycle of the Werewolf, Stephen King's shortest novel to date (it's actually technically a novella), the fictional town of Tarker's Mills, Maine is terrorized by a werewolf who emerges once every month, when the moon is full, from January all the way to December in an unspecified year, claiming victims and leading the town to believe there is a human serial killer who only kills when the moon is full. They eventually dub this mysterious murderer "The Full Moon Killer", though eventually rumours begin to spread amongst the people of the town that the culprit is really a werewolf. Most dismiss these rumours as childish foolishness, but the reader is shown the truth from the very beginning. Stupid Evil: Justified. Initially the werewolf is smart enough to kill without drawing too much attention but, as the full moon draws near, he becomes more savage and his victims more numerous. A drunk dying by the railway doesn't draw suspicion. However, mauling a woman and a child to death sparks a mass manhunt for the killer. An act which leads Lowe to wittingly murder three more people and brings himself even closer to being caught.

The Tease: When Jane wasn't involved with taking care of Marty or investigating the werewolf, she was pretty flirtatious with some of the local guys. s film lovers will get a lot of joy out of this, as it has that “kids have to save the day” trope we’ve all grown to love. After being found out, Lowe, in hammy glory, explains that everything serves the will of God, even killing people as a literal monster. A religious nutjob exposing morality in a Stephen King story — stop me if you've heard that one before. Of course, Lowe is a downplayed example as, by all indications, he was a genuinely good person before getting cursed. a b c Corey, Joe (19 December 2019). "Blu-ray Review: Stephen King's Silver Bullet | Inside Pulse" . Retrieved 19 June 2021.

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Disabled Means Helpless: Red argues that Nan treats Marty as just some helpless kid and that there's more to him than his disability. In her defense, she counters that Red only drops by every so often and doesn't actually have to put in the work that comes with raising children (disabled or otherwise). Of course, unlike many others in the movie, Marty ends up surviving multiple encounters with the werewolf. The story started out as a calendar [1] by Zavista with illustrations by renowned comic-book artist Bernie Wrightson. Each month featured a drawing by Wrightson complete with a short vignette by King. King found the size of the vignettes, which were both small and extremely limited, to be a problem. King proceeded with a short novel and had it published by Land of Enchantment in 1983, complete with Wrightson's illustrations. [2] I have been working my way through King’s works chronologically and I have to get a shout out to Dichotomy Girl for getting my mind right in the comments on her review of The Gunslinger so that I did not forget this one! I put The Talisman on hold about a month ago and just got in my mind that is what I would read next after Pet Sematary. If it wasn’t for her, I would have started The Talisman before Cycle of the Werewolf and it would have ruined the whole thing! I would have had to start over! (Well, maybe not, but it makes the save sound so much more dramatic!) Image credit: Paramount Pictures) How Daniel Attias’ Silver Bullet Differs From Stephen King’s Cycle Of The Werewolf Ascended Extra: Brady's father Herb Kincaid is just mentioned once or twice in the book but has some notable scenes, including a Shaming the Mob one, in the film. Brady himself appears in several earlier scenes as a friend of Marty.

Herb Kincaid and Andy Fairton are never seen after the werewolf's fight with the pursuing mob, despite their prominent roles in it. Christianity is Catholic: The aversion of this is actually a plot point: it's because Marty's Catholic that he doesn't figure out who the werewolf is until Halloween, since he obviously doesn't attend Reverend Lowe's Baptist sermons or have any reason to cross paths with him, and isn't at first aware that the Reverend's now missing an eye. But she plans to leave the Mills by summer, crush or no crush, this wolf business has begun to scare her. She has begun to think that the tips might be better in Portsmouth...and the only wolves there wore sailors' uniforms.The story was later adapted into a film (with the script written by King himself) called Silver Bullet (1985). Ooooh, I like that title. The new name has a double meaning: talking about both the weapon needed to kill the wolf and the wheelchair-turned-motor-scooter given to Marty by his uncle, a new addition to the story by King and rather a good one. You can’t go wrong with a double meaning.

First off, let me say, I did enjoy revisiting this story after so many years. I think I appreciate the clever execution more now, than when I was much younger.classic, the unspeakably great Planes, Trains & Automobiles. So grab a glass of wine or even some premature eggnog, and join us as we dive into an unmissable Thanksgiving/holiday favorite on this episode of NO NOTES.