"Teen Wolf" is an 80s teen movie....with many of the usual 80s teen movie cliches. However, I must admit that it IS unusual because its leading man is a werewolf!

Scott seems to be a pretty ordinary teen. He plays basketball for his school team and they are terrible. However, when Scott suddenly realizes he's a werewolf, suddenly he's super popular and an amazingly good basketball player. Not surprisingly, he soon becomes cocky and full of himself. What's next for this oddball teen?

The usual 80s teen movie cliches include: MOST of the cast playing high school kids are nearing their 30s, there is a kooky (and VERY inappropriate) best friend, sex and crude stuff parents really did NOT want their teens seeing. And, like so many of these pictures, the marketing was squarely towards teens and adults would have avoided the films like they were plague-ridden. Despite all this, the movie made money and spurred on a sequel.

So is it any good? Generally, yes but overall it's a time-passer. The only thing I really did love was how people reacted to Scott becoming a werewolf. No one was scared and they thought he was pretty cool! Strange...but a nice twist on the whole lycanthropy angle. Unfortunately, the rest of it is pretty ordinary and predictable...especially the 'big game' near the end.







By the way, Michael J. Fox apparently hated making this film....so much that he refused to appear in the sequel. This was a GREAT decision in hindsight, as the film bombed and has an overall rating of 3.2....placing the sequel at number 62 on IMDB's infamous Bottom 100 List (featuring the 100 worst rated major release films).