Question: The film directed by Dan Attias and produced by Dino De Laurentiis was inspired by which ancient folklore?

Context articles: Slave of Dreams
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Silver Bullet (film)
Veronica De Laurentiis
Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)
Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
War and Peace (1956 film)
Lester Lowe
Breakdown (1997 film)
Flash Gordon (film)

Slave of Dreams is a 1995 TV film based on the story of Joseph in the Bible, directed by Robert M. Young, produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis and written by Ron Hutchinson.
 The film stars Adrian Pasdar as Joseph, Sherilyn Fenn as Zulaikha and Edward James Olmos as Potiphar.
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) was an entertainment production company and distribution unit founded by Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis.
Silver Bullet is a 1985 American horror film based on the Stephen King novella "Cycle of the Werewolf".
 It stars Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Megan Follows, Corey Haim, Terry O'Quinn, Lawrence Tierney, Bill Smitrovich, Kent Broadhurst, David Hart, and James Gammon.
 The film is directed by Dan Attias and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.
Veronica De Laurentiis (born 1950 in Rome) is an Italian author and actress.
 She is the daughter of Silvana Mangano and Dino De Laurentiis.
 At eighteen, she was cast in the film "Waterloo", starring Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer.
 The film was produced by her father.
 She then retired from acting following the birth of her first child, Giada De Laurentiis, in 1970.
Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 American fantasy adventure film directed and co-written by John Milius.
 It is based on stories by Robert E. Howard, a pulp fiction writer of the 1930s, about the adventures of the eponymous character in a fictional pre-historic world of dark magic and savagery.
 The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones, and tells the story of a young barbarian (Schwarzenegger) who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom (Jones), the leader of a snake cult.
 Buzz Feitshans and Raffaella De Laurentiis produced the film for her father Dino De Laurentiis, with Edward R. Pressman as an executive producer.
 Basil Poledouris composed the music.
Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, or the Dino de Laurentiis Entertainment Group, is an Italian film-production company.
War and Peace (Italian: "Guerra e pace" ) is a 1956 American-Italian war drama film directed by King Vidor and written by Vidor, Bridget Boland, Mario Camerini, Ennio De Concini, Gian Gaspare Napolitano, Ivo Perilli, Mario Soldati, and Robert Westerby based on Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel of the same name.
 The film, released by Paramount Pictures, was produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti with a music score by Nino Rota and cinematography by Jack Cardiff.
Lester Lowe is a fictional character in the Stephen King universe.
 He appears in the novella "Cycle of the Werewolf" and the film "Silver Bullet".
 The story and plight of Lowe is inspired by the ancient folklore tale of the "Werewolf Priest", although Lowe himself is actually a Baptist reverend.
Breakdown is a 1997 American adventure mystery thriller film directed and co-written by Jonathan Mostow.
 It stars Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan.
 The original music score was composed by Basil Poledouris.
 The film was produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis, and released on May 2, 1997 by Paramount Pictures.
Flash Gordon is a 1980 science fiction action film created in Technicolor and Todd-AO, based on the King Features comic strip of the same name created by Alex Raymond.
 The film was directed by Mike Hodges and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.
 It stars Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed and Ornella Muti.
 The movie was co-written by Michael Allin (of "Enter the Dragon" fame) and Lorenzo Semple Jr. (who had previously scripted De Laurentiis's remake of "King Kong").
 It intentionally uses a camp style similar to the 1960s TV series "Batman" (for which Semple had developed and written many episodes) in an attempt to appeal to fans of the original comics and serial films. Although a box office success in the United Kingdom, it performed poorly overseas.
 The film is notable for its soundtrack composed, performed and produced by the rock band Queen, with the orchestral sections by Howard Blake.
 The film has since gained a significant cult following.