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Paramount Pictures | 1985 | 95 min | Rated R | No Release Date

Silver Bullet (Blu-ray Movie)

Price

Movie rating

6.9
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users0.0 of 50.0
Reviewer3.0 of 53.0
Overall3.0 of 53.0

Overview

Silver Bullet (1985)

The small town of Tarker's Mill was a place that was very peaceful, where nothing ever happened. Until one night, murders begin. The town people believe its some maniac killer on the loose and intend to hunt the man down. Marty, a young handicapped boy, believes that the killer is no man at all, but a werewolf.

Starring: Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim, Megan Follows, Robin Groves
Director: Daniel Attias

Horror100%
Mystery5%
Thriller3%
DramaInsignificant
AdventureInsignificant

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
    Video resolution: 1080p
    Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
    Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

  • Audio

    English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
    French: Dolby Digital Mono

  • Subtitles

    English, English SDH, French

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Single disc (1 BD)

  • Playback

    Region A (B, C untested)

Review

Rating summary

Movie4.0 of 54.0
Video4.0 of 54.0
Audio4.0 of 54.0
Extras0.0 of 50.0
Overall3.0 of 53.0

Silver Bullet Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman September 22, 2020

Paramount's Blu-ray release of 'Silver Bullet' is currently exclusive to a five-film boxed set which also includes 'Dead Zone,' 'The Stand,' 'Pet Sematary' (1989), and 'Pet Sematary' (2019). The film was also released by Scream in December 2019. This disc includes the same video and (seemingly) the same audio but loses the copious amount of bonus content found on the Scream disc.


For a full film review, please click here.


Silver Bullet Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  4.0 of 5

Parmaount's Blu-ray release of Silver Bullet contains the exact same 1080p transfer found on the well received Scream Factory Blu-ray. Please click here for a full review.


Silver Bullet Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  4.0 of 5

There's a slight difference in bitrate between the tracks, and the Scream offering is a bit louder at reference volume. Both share the same encode configuration. Increasing the volume on the Paramount disc brings the two largely in-line so keep that in mind when reading the review for the Scream disc.


Silver Bullet Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  n/a of 5

Unfortunately, Paramount's disc is completely bare-bones. It brings over none of the massive assortment of extras found on the Scream Factory disc.


Silver Bullet Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  3.0 of 5

Paramount's disc may feature familiar technical specs but the absence of all of those bonus features puts a damper on this release. It's difficult to recommend with the Scream disc still on the market, particularly if potential buyers already own the three films in the King set that Paramount already released. The Dead Zone is in there, but that's a steep price to pay for one good movie/subpar Blu-ray.