The main protagonist is a catholic priest (firmly against gays), as the priest becomes the werewold SPOILERS!
and he hunts and kills gay people such as brady, the railroad man, and corey himself could this be construed as an anti-gay film? I thought it was an interesting thought and wanted to get a feel for if anyone else had this thought before, but it is my belief that dino delaurentis intended it to be seen this way...
Wtf, 1. The people he killed were not all gay (I don't remember any of them being gay) 2. If they were gay and the film was making a statement about religion that wouldn't make it anti-gay - the priest is the bad guy not the hero
shareit depends on what side you are on, if you are on our side, the right side, you would think the priest is simply clensing the devils of tarkers mills
shareall I know is that the werewolf was pro-life.
shareActually more anti-suicide. I mean, the baby still fits when he ripped her entrails out.
As for the original poster... What in actual Hell are you taking about? Who says any of them were gay? Brady didn't seem gay, neither did the woman who was knocked up by a married man.
The were wolf did stop a girl from committing suicide there by saving her soul. So maybe it is anti suicide, and the were wolf a hero. The reverend did explain this and why the killings were necessary I believe. It would have been a cooler ending if it was the reverend narrating and turns out he won and was explaining how and why he killed everyone and why it was needed. From his viewpoint. But saying he was a crazy psycho were wolf prolly wouldn't win the audience over lol
shareWtf, 1. The people he killed were not all gay (I don't remember any of them being gay) 2. If they were gay and the film was making a statement about religion that wouldn't make it anti-gay - the priest is the bad guy not the hero
The main protagonist is a catholic priest (firmly against gays),
Ive never known a Catholic priest to be called "reverend"They are addressed as "Father', but in case you didn't know, members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) are known as 'Reverend'.
When referred to formally or in writing you would use the word "reverend" regarding a Catholic priest. You would never address one by that title. You would say "Father". I never had the impression that Reverend Lowe was Catholic. Nothing about his church suggested that. It was far more protestant in design and iconography.
The werewolf as the moon grows fuller the guy gets "wolfier" this is clearly symbolic of homophobia in the most blatant of ways, think about it.
shareActually, you might want to go and have a look at Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkhaban, cos there's a werewolf in that who I always thought was an unsubtle and vaguely offensive gay allegory.
However, in Silver Bullet? Nah. Contributing a pedantic observation here, you describe the priest as the main protagonist - he's not, he's the antagonist. The baddy. The villain. A murderer and supernatural monster. The film doesn't endorse his actions - unless you happen to live under bridges and crave goat meat.
In the novelette, "Cycle of the Werewolf", Marty is Catholic and Lowe is Baptist. It is mentioned to explain why it took Marty a while to figure out who the beast was; Marty never saw him at Church.
Murdoch: Climb, baby, climb!
Now this is a stretch.
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