An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree.An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree.An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree.
James MacKrell
- Mr. Thorne
- (as Jim MacKrell)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaScott Howard's (Michael J. Fox's) house was located on the same block as 1955 George McFly's and 1955 Lorraine Baines' houses from Back to the Future (1985).
- GoofsWhile Stiles is van surfing, a police motorcycle escort with its hazard lights on is briefly visible in the bottom left of the frame.
- Quotes
Coach Finstock: There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese.
- Crazy creditsThere is a line in the credits that says: Welcome Makenna Goodman.
Makenna is the daughter of Miles Goodman, who composed music for the film.
- Alternate versionsThe television version takes out two scenes and adds three scenes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Mark of Lilith (1986)
- SoundtracksGood News
Performed by David Morgan
Music by Miles Goodman (uncredited)
Lyrics by Douglas Brayfield (uncredited)
Featured review
Lycontrophy CAN be cool!
"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).
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).
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- planktonrules
- Jun 2, 2019
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Teen Wolf - Ein Werwolf kommt selten allein
- Filming locations
- 1727 Bushnell Avenue, South Pasadena, California, USA(Scott's house)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,086,611
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,120,348
- Aug 25, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $33,087,306
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