James Hampton, Jerry Levine, Jim MacKrell

Scott is a young boy on a struggling basketball team. He is desperately seeking another girl who just doesn't seem to notice him, until he begins turning into a wolf. Once this change occurs and it is...( read more  read more... ) accepted at school and social events, Scott turns into the most liked and talked about person in town. He gets the girl and the basketball team is doing great, but he begins to want things to be back to normal.

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PG, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Rod Daniel

Release Date: August 23, 1985

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  • September 24, 2009
    I love the 80's, crap films in the 80's turned into classic films of the future! Brilliant!
  • July 18, 2009
    Saw this when I was kid and loved it. Its very 80's and very daft but enjoyable. Fox is good as the high school dork who becomes a teenwolf. The things he can do were probably the things you wanted to do when you were at school. This has alittle cult following, I can see why as i...( read more)ts quite good, the basketball games are fun, its funny, abit racey here and there and Fox looks good as the wolf. Nice.
    how can u forget style's wolfmobile.
  • June 3, 2009
    A funny metaphor about puberty! Kind of weird how becoming a werewolf automatically leads to popularity and being an unstoppable basketball player.
  • April 24, 2009
    This isn't a review/recommendation as much as it is a homeage to what has to be one of the top 5 cheesiest movies released in the 80's which, from this far, instantly turns it into a classic.

    I was a teen when I watched this. It just so happened that, at the time, I also wanted ...( read more)to be a werewolf (that was of course before I found out werewolves didn't exist, at which point I wanted to become a vampire instead). So Teen Wolf made perfect sense.

    Filled with situational comedy, packed with nonsense moments, and supported by a pointless plot development that makes it all the more enjoyable, Teen Wolf is definitely grand and worth a go when you're between 14 and 19, either in age or in IQ.
    Actually, make it between 14 and 25.

    In my country, the title was translated as "Lobijovem", and TRUST ME, it doesn't get more hilariously pathetic than this.

    Plus, Styles is THE most memorable supporting character featuring a movie from the genre.

    If you don't agree with this, you're either an idiot or you're absolutely right.

    And tell me if these are not the most ridiculous faces you've ever seen (aside the ENTIRE cast of High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3, that is):


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    Harold: "I think an explanation is long overdue."


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    Scott: "An Explanation?? AN EXPLANATION??? JESUS CHRIST DAD, LOOK AT ME!!!"

    Ouch.
    Talk about an awkward father-son moment.

    Hell, this movie is a gem!
    Make it between 14 and 40.

    More than that, and you have some issues to work out there.
  • October 28, 2008
    a classic, they should have stopped at 1 but a great movie
  • November 18, 2009
    It took me a few viewings to realize they do call his friend "Boof". This movie is super cheese but that's why I love it. I'm also fairly certain Ben Affleck plays one of the basketball players on the opposing team at one point.
  • November 16, 2009
    Very odd movie this one. The was only one part funny but the rest was not looking back when MJFox was young. It's unlikely women would really shag that hairy wolf, come on lol.
  • September 24, 2009
    very good family movie
  • September 11, 2009
    A shoddy kids film that looks as bad today as it did back when it came out.
  • September 8, 2009
    Oh god how dumb. I saw this one afternoon completely bored and couldn't help but laugh (for all the wrong reasons).

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