I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)

Director:

Gene Fowler Jr.

Writers:

Herman Cohen (writer)
Aben Kandel (writer)

Release Date:

19 June 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The most amazing motion picture of our time!

Plot:

A troubled teenager seeks help through hypnotherapy, but his evil doctor uses him for regression experiments...

Plot Keywords:

Experiment | Werewolf | Killer Teen | Psychiatry | Party

Cast

Michael Landon	...	Tony Rivers (The Teenage Werewolf)
Yvonne Fedderson	...	Arlene Logan (as Yvonne Lime)
Whit Bissell	...	Dr. Alfred Brandon
Tony Marshall	...	Jimmy
Dawn Richard	...	Theresa
Barney Phillips	...	Det. Sgt. Donovan
Ken Miller	...	Vic (the bongo player)
Cynthia Chenault	...	Pearl, Vic's Girl (as Cindy Robbins)
Michael Rougas	...	Frank
Robert Griffin	...	Police Chief P.F. Baker
Joseph Mell	...	Dr. Hugo Wagner (Brandon's assistant)
Malcolm Atterbury	...	Charles Rivers
Eddie Marr	...	Doyle
Vladimir Sokoloff	...	Pepe the Janitor
Louise Lewis	...	Principal Ferguson

Also Known As:

Blood of the Werewolf (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

76 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (1958) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Sunset Productions

Trivia:

American International Pictures released this on a double bill with Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) with the tag line "We DARE You To See The Most Amazing Pictures of Our Time!"

Quotes:

Bill Logan: You've gotta *bow* to authority!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Nightmare Theatre's Late Night Chill-o-Rama Horror Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

Soundtrack:

Eeny Meeny Miney Moe

Watchable, but boring

Tedium sets in well before the end of this slow-moving movie – just after the opening credits, actually. Thankfully Whit Bissell is on hand to liven things up as a nutty psychiatrist banging on about the usual "world shaking experiments". Troubled teen Michael Landon visits him to try and control his aggression, but instead becomes the subject of Bissell's plan to bring out man's primal state, which transforms Landon into a bouffant-topped werewolf. Landon's not bad and there are patches of fun, but all the groovy teenage parties and practical jokes are tiresome stuff, and the movie fails to round up any tension, with the supposedly mysterious deaths given away by the title.