Teen Wolf
1985 Directed by Rod Daniel
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He always wanted to be special... but he never expected this!
What's a high school kid got to do to be popular? Just let down his hair and howl! Starring Michael J. Fox (Back to the Future) Teen Wolf is an outrageous comedy about a shy teenager with more than a changing voice to contend with... he's a budding young werewolf! And when his new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
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Moral of the story: athletic ability=human value.
Man, I’m starting to love werewolf movies. The concept of lycanthropy is both stupid and awesome at the same time. It has so much potential for comedy, horror, and even romance. And maybe porn, who knows.
TEEN WOLF is just a fun movie. It’s entertaining, well-acted, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt. Sure, the whole premise is clinically retarded and boy does that high school have a desensitized student body, but hey, fun is fun. But! there is still one thing that I can’t get out of my mind.
What happens to the dick. Plus, this film raises yet another question about werewolves. In most stories and movies, a person changes from a bipedal human…
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Best bad movie I've seen in a long time. Sweet and endearing tale of a werewolf playing basketball as well as being inspired by Saturday Night Fever. It doesn't get much better than this.
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Listen son. You're going to be able to do a lot of things the other guys aren't.
-Harold HowardReally the only thing this film has going for it is it's gimmick and Michael J. Fox's charm. The story is something that's been used a hundred times before and since. Teenager missuses "something" to gain popularity at high school but realizes the error of his ways by the end of the film. The end. The thing is though, that "something" was usually not this cool... or cheesy for that matter.
Yes the film is filled to the brim with 80s cheese, forgettable dialogue and even worst; forgettable characters. It does however have it's moments which include Michael J. Fox playing…
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I love this film.
It helped me get through puberty.
I looked like a Yeti when I was twelve.
This film taught me that that's fine.
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There are some movies that could have only worked if they were made in the 80's.
Prime example: Teen Wolf
It's so awesomely 80's.
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Cheesy but nostalgic fun.
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got a lot of good laughs out of this!
i especially liked the scenes with catching waves on top of the cars, and stiles in general
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The epitome of cheesy 80's movie. Take 2 cups of high school teen comedy and add a spice of fantasy with a bad synth soundtrack for accompaniment. Very stupid at times but oddly endearing, 70% of which is probably due to Michael J. Fox. There is a point where Fox's date wears a Teen Wolf shirt while he is in wolf form and that's great.
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Extraordinarily cheesy and embarrassing, but I suppose that's why I liked it because I was grinning like a fool for the entirety of the film. Michael J. Fox in basketball shorts is a plus too.
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What a wolf!
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A classic van surfing werewolf gotta love the 80's
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Moral of the story: athletic ability=human value.
Man, I’m starting to love werewolf movies. The concept of lycanthropy is both stupid and awesome at the same time. It has so much potential for comedy, horror, and even romance. And maybe porn, who knows.
TEEN WOLF is just a fun movie. It’s entertaining, well-acted, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt. Sure, the whole premise is clinically retarded and boy does that high school have a desensitized student body, but hey, fun is fun. But! there is still one thing that I can’t get out of my mind.
What happens to the dick. Plus, this film raises yet another question about werewolves. In most stories and movies, a person changes from a bipedal human…
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A heart-breaking film which I found to be a harsh social commentary on the real lives of American teens in the mid-1980s.
It works much better than other films such as Larry Clark's overwrought "Kid's," because it really delves into how a teen, Scott Howard (vividly brought to life by Michael J. Fox at the height of his prowess) faces puberty via the shaming trials of physical change and sexual longing. In addition he is forced to deal with the idea of being an "individual" who still longs for acceptance within a pack mentality which, when achieved, leads to the folly of hubris and its ultimate downfall. Scott is only to be redeemed by the self-realization brought about by humility.…
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Teen Wolf is an enjoyable film, but it’s not a laugh-a-minute comedy, and it doesn’t break any new ground, and it’s not exceptionally well done. Would I pick it up on DVD? Sure, but I probably wouldn’t pay much for it. Still, for nostalgic cheese, or a movie to watch with your buddies, one could certainly do worse. Read full review.
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teen wolf sucks.