Herman Coslaw Marty’s father, he is uncomfortable interacting with his disabled son, speaking to him in a patronizing voice (called the Big Pal voice by Marty). Nan Coslaw Marty’s mother, she tries to treat him as if he were no different from any other 10-year-old boy. He discovers the identity of the creature to be Reverend Lester Lowe in October and kills him with a silver bullet in December. He hears the werewolf howling in March and is attacked by the beast in July, where he blinds it in one eye with a package of Black Cat firecrackers. This occurred months prior to his first transformation.Characters The Coslaw family Marty Coslaw Marty Coslaw is a 10-year-old paraplegic, he serves as the novella’s protagonist. The movie also omits the backstory of when Lowe became cursed-he had suspected it happened when some flowers he picked from the cemetery on Sunshine Hill turned black and died before he could put them in a vase. He also changed once month during the full moon. Nevertheless, he was still not above killing Marty when he knew he had found out. In the original novella, Lowe was unaware that he was a werewolf and was killing people until Marty mailed him a letter, telling him that he knew what he was. The Coslaws watch the dead werewolf change back to his human form which moves for one more scare before falling back to the corner dead.

After obtaining a gun and silver bullet, Marty shoots the werewolf in his right eye, killing him. Nights later after changing into his werewolf form, Lowe attacks the Coslaw house to kill Marty, his sister and uncle which leads to a showdown between the Coslaws and the werewolf.

When a cop comes to his house to arrest him, Lowe changes into his werewolf form and kills him. Soon a hunt is on for a man with a missing eye which turns out to be Lowe who begins chasing Marty in an attempt to kill him but fails. This is not to say he is above killing innocent people he has killed innocents who were close to discovering his secret even though they committed no bad deeds.Īfter encountering Marty Coslaw, the book and film's protagonist, the boy shoots a fireworks object into the werewolf's left eye before escaping. However, Lester does not see his werewolf transformation as a curse but a bliss given to him by the almighty to punish people who are evil, immoral and corrupt. Reverend Lester Lowe is a werewolf that has been terrorizing the town of Tanker's Mill although it is unknown how he became a werewolf.

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