Silver Bullet (1985) Poster

(1985)

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Sex & Nudity

  • The man seems to be naked after transforming from werewolf to human.
  • A young boy talks about "tits".

Violence & Gore

  • A man is decapitated when struck by a blow from the werewolf.
  • A man impales himself on a large piece of wood during an attack in a greenhouse. Considerable blood.
  • A graphic scene involving the werewolf breaking into a bedroom of a pregnant woman who was attempting suicide, via pills, but instead is attacked repeatedly and ultimately killed. Scene concludes with the woman's mother discovering her bloody body on a bed. Moderate blood usage as the scene is intense.
  • A little boy is killed by the werewolf. We can only see his sheet-covered body from afar, but leading up to that the town's sheriff walks while carrying a blood-covered kite after discovering the body.
  • A man stands in a fox trap. Another man frees him but he accidentally leaves the trap and the man gets caught again. A little blood is shown around his leg.
  • The werewolf gets shot in the eye with a bottle rocket (firework), we briefly see blood around his eye as he removes the projectile.
  • The werewolf attacks a search party group; three men are taken down with one having considerable facial damage with moderate blood and the other being chased and beaten semi offscreen with a baseball bat by the werewolf as the man attempted to take the werewolf down with it first.
  • Scene involving a man being struck and beaten in a garage when confronting another man regarding alleged complaints.
  • A man has a fight with the werewolf and gets thrown a couple of times. Later we see a lot of bloody scars on his face.

Profanity

  • Most profanity used by Gary Busey's character.
  • 2 uses of "fuck", 13 uses of "shit", 14 uses of "ass" (2 paired with "hole"), 8 uses of "damn" (3 paired with "God"), 6 uses of "hell", 4 uses of "bitch", 5 uses of "Jesus", 1 use of "Jesus Christ", 5 uses of "piss", and 2 uses of "tits".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Gary Busey's character is an alcoholic. There are couple of scenes in a bar where a lot of people can be seen smoking and drinking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A lot of scary and intense scenes. A prolonged scene where a man is investigating his garden while being stalked by a werewolf is especially scary and intense.
  • The opening scene may be intense for some.
  • The scene in which the protagonist first encounters the werewolf may be intense.
  • There's a chase sequence in which a man driving a car pursues a young boy.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • The werewolf is shot in both eyes. once by a rocket and by a silver bullet. After changing back into its human form, we can see the bloody eyesockets

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • At the beginning, a man's head is ripped off his body. May be intense for many viewers.

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