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      I Was a Teenage Werewolf

      Released Jun 19, 1957 1h 10m Horror List
      40% Tomatometer 10 Reviews 21% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A meat-eating teenager (Michael Landon) sees a psychiatrist (Whit Bissell), who only makes things worse. Read More Read Less

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A great title but a lousy movie. Rated: C+ Apr 24, 2014 Full Review Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy In 1957, raw novelty was enough to boost the film to unheard-of financial success, but novelty is one thing very much not on the film's side any more. Rated: 4/10 Jul 6, 2010 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jun 14, 2005 Full Review Alex Sandell Juicy Cerebellum Sort of fun campy drive-in flick. Rated: 3/5 May 28, 2004 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 2/5 Aug 22, 2003 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Better title than movie Rated: 2/5 Sep 12, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Liam D Yeah it's stupid, yes it's cheesy and yep it's a B Movie but that type of Campy filmmaking I do enjoy from time to time Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/31/22 Full Review Taylor L "If you're gonna play the bongos all night, who am I going to dance with?" The most enduring legacy of I Was a Teenage Werewolf is likely the role that it played in launching the career of Michael Landon, who would largely fall out of favor on the silver screen but became a standard fixture on the TV circuit with major recurring roles on long-running shows, particularly Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie. While a success in its day for its supposed 'brutality' in combining a monster mythos with a high school kid (an overlap that apparently touched a midcentury nerve), this film from B-movie legend Herman Cohen (as both writer and producer) may have helped to popularize the teen horror genre that would really hit its stride decades later, but is really an exercise in camp for modern audiences with its rough supporting performances and attempts at suspenseful dialogue. Good for a laugh, mostly at what passed for horror in 1957, but also featuring some genuinely creative lighting and framing from editor-turned-director Gene Fowler Jr. It's tough to think of a film with this kind of title as anything other than a bit of a joke; this pattern of sensationalist movie title comes up again and again as a satire of the era in later films, poking fun at writing teams looking to hook audiences without a lot of substance to back up their initial premise. (2/5) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/08/22 Full Review andy f To it's credit it takes itself seriously. What's unforgiveable is the mind numbing slow pace! Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Joel C Would have been a cool drive-in film for high school kids. The James Dean type lead character is a misunderstood youth, aren't they all lol, who accepts to being a test subject for a professor, in turn he'll get better grades. Only, the professor wants to draw out his primitive state which results in him changing into a werewolf and terrorising the community. The film is B-grade but it has a good basis for future horror films. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/11/21 Full Review bill t Fun for what it is, aka Michael Landon's first movie, a movie with a title thought of first, then the screenplay, etc. Landon is a misunderstood and violent teen who begrudgingly gets help. Problem is, his doctor is a mad kook who has a serum who makes Landon into.. yes, a teen werewolf! Predictable 50s monster melee ensues. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member It's an entertaining movie... For the first 20 minutes. Otherwise, it unfortunately descends into cheesy dullness. The acting is very wooden, the dialogue is even worse and the characters are quite bizarre. Although I must say that for a low-budget film, the werewolf effects are pretty cool. It's a real goofy 1950s teen-horror pic, that doesn't really bother with making any sense, and that's one of the problems in this flick, it makes it lose all credibility. It's actually too bad, because it could've been very entertaining. Anyways, if you really are curious, check this film if you don't have anything else to do... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A meat-eating teenager (Michael Landon) sees a psychiatrist (Whit Bissell), who only makes things worse.
      Director
      Gene Fowler Jr.
      Distributor
      Academy Pictures Corp., Columbia Tristar, American International Pictures
      Production Co
      American International Pictures (AIP), Sunset Productions Inc.
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 19, 1957, Wide
      Runtime
      1h 10m