Themes
The main theme of the film is the duality of man. Many characters are seen as pillars of the community but are revealed to have reprehensible characteristics. Andy Fairton is a gun shop owner and leader but also an alcoholic who disdains authority and clumsily leads the vigilantes into a massacre before eventually denying the existence of the werewolf. Haller is well liked and a community leader but knuckles under to the mob justice of the vigilantes when pressured. Revered Lester Lowe is also seen as a great community leader but is also the werewolf. This theme was also present throughout the novel. In addition, Lowe's curse and the duality of man theme was likely taken from the werewolf priest folk tale.
Another theme is imperfection. The primary protagonist is an 11-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair. Busey plays a drunken womanizer who seems to have given up on having any kind of a life. Lowe makes efforts to prevent himself from killing someone frequently, by hiding in secluded areas in the woods on three occasions, in Sturmfuller's shed once, and by locking himself in his garage once, but fails in every effort.
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