Teen Wolf
One of my favourite 80’s movies of all times has to be Teen Wolf. It’s one of those that you know all the lines to and can watch over and over again and still not get bored. I think it combines that classic 80’s cheesiness with the perfect mix of teen angst, and love and friendship ... Read review
Teen Wolf Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) is a shy teenager with more than a changing voice ... more
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... Teen Wolf Too Meet a college freshman who's having trouble fitting into his genes - family ones that is - when he finds out his uncle and cousin are werewolves and so is he! Now the clean-cut science student is the star of the boxing team with a hair-raising right hook and an animal attraction to his curvy coeds!
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Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Christopher Ettridge, Victor McGuire, Emma Amos, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Elizabeth Carling
Advantages: Classic 80's movie Disadvantages: None
Teen Wolf
One of my favourite 80’s movies of all times has to be Teen Wolf. It’s one of those that you know all the lines to and can watch over and over again and still not get bored. I think it combines that classic 80’s cheesiness with the perfect mix of teen angst, and love and friendship to bring you a great film.
The basic plot for the show involves a Scott Howard, a high school student who is struggling with the ... ...think he makes the movie. Teen Wolf was actually filmed before Back to the Future but was not released until after it, at which point it and MJF were an absolute success. Teen Wolf was released in 1985. What’s ironic is that Michael J Fox was actually 24 when the movie came out but was playing a 17 year old high school student. He can get away with it though because he has such boyish features!
One of my favourite 80’s movies of all times has to be Teen Wolf. It’s one of those that you know all the lines to and can watch over and over again and still not get bored. I think it combines that classic 80’s cheesiness with the perfect mix of teen angst, and love and friendship to bring you a great film.
The basic plot for the show involves a Scott Howard, a high school student who is struggling with the fact that he is able to transform into a werewolf. He keeps this to himself for a while but upon divulging it to his father, finds out that he too is a werewolf and gives him advice on how to deal with it. Scott doesn’t really take his advice as he finds that, after some initial reservations from the other students it now gives him a edge at high school and he becomes the popular kid. Throw in a couple love interests, some sceptical friends, some enemies and lots of basketball, then you have the rest of the movie.
Scott Howard is played by the eternal high school student, Michael J Fox. I love him as an actor, (Back to the Future is another one of my favourites) and I really think he makes the movie. Teen Wolf was actually filmed before Back to the Future but was not released until after it, at which point it and MJF were an absolute success. Teen Wolf was released in 1985. What’s ironic is that Michael J Fox was actually 24 when the movie came out but was playing a 17 year old high school student. He can get away with it though because he has such boyish features!
Basketball is featured quite a lot in this movie but you don’t have to be a sports fan to enjoy the film. The basketball games are actually good fun to watch, yes predictable but hilarious. It’s actually on the basketball court that Scott reveals himself as The Wolf. During a scrum for a wayward ball Scott gets angry and becomes the wolf for the first time in front of practically the whole school. It is quite funny to see their reactions and then weird in that everyone just carries on before like seeing a wolf man is no big deal.
What makes me laugh is that being the Wolf suddenly makes Scott a much better athlete. Before, he is just an ordinary player, a bit short but works hard all the same. Once he is the Wolf he is dribbling and hitting jump shots like the best of them. However, is this fair and should he continue to play as the wolf or be the bigger man and play as himself and with his team. This is probably the underlying message that the film is giving viewers, the difference between right and wrong and how a man can count on his true friends.
One of my favourite lines from the basketball court is during a game and one of the players on Scott’s team has the ball. He is quite big guy and not the best player. He has been holding the ball for a while so the cute guy but baddie from the other team tells him to, “Shoot it, fat boy!” So he does, and gets a basket and gives the cute guy a sort of ha, eat that look, brilliant!
The makeup/wolf costume for The Wolf is quite good, basic, you can see it’s obviously just a costume but all the same it does look quite good. Michael J Fox basically has hair everywhere so to get into the Wolf costume must have taken quite a long time. There’s a really funny scene where he is getting ready for the school dance which he decides to go to as The Wolf. He is combing and blowing drying his hair which is really funny and cute. The music that plays is Staying Alive by the Bee gee’s and whenever I hear that song now all I can think of is Teen Wolf. The rest of the soundtrack for this movie is really good too and fits the movie, lots of classic 80’s tracks, soft rock etc.
All in all, this is a classic film that you can watch over and over again!
This is one of the classic feelgood comedy movies from the 80s, made when Michael J. Fox was on the top of his form and most popular. The actual idea was ridiculous, but the movie itself strangely compelling and its still a good watch now...well at least for nostalgia reasons.
Our diminutive hero plays Scott Howard, a pretty average high school kid and struggling asketball player. His team sucks basically, and he is a pretty weak link within it. ... ...with the jocks rather than the weedy Scott and his friends. Life looks pretty grim, the principle doesn't like him, his coach is a loser and the only person he really has support from is his father. One day he is let in on a big secret...he is a werewolf. Of course, this increases his popularity no end and he becomes a breakdancing, basketball superstar and his popularity soars through the roof. However, one very vital lesson is to be learned here ...
wampyrii 01.10.2001
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Teen Wolf DVD
Michael J Fox was one of the true stars of the 80's, and this film is one of his best! Teenwolf is the tale of a teenager, who finds that he has the power to turn into a werewolf. Not one that goes around ripping peoples heads off though, he's just ultra cool! Michael J, is part of the school basketball team, and they're pretty good, but when Fox becomes the werewolf they're unbeatable! This leads to tremendous popularity in the school, and he even ...
this is a legendaryu film. any one who was brought up on the back to the future series will love to see m j fox back in the swing. this takes the american high school norm as its base and mixes it in with some pubescent angst and some mild horror to create an endearing movie. i loves it - particualrly the basket ball scenes. there is soem deeper meaning if you are sad enough to look for it, just sit back and enjoy the ride - partic when m j fox is ...
lewiscrofts 17.07.2000
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TeenWolf (1985)****
Straight after Michael J Fox shot to fame in Back to the Future this quirky teen comedy came out the same year. I recall it being received well, at least I know I rented it. It's a lot harder to explain why though, because TeenWolf is one of, if not the, most ridiculous movies ever. And I don't say that lightly having watched Santa travel to Mars and cavemen fly hang-gliders.
The basic premise revolves around Scott Howard (Fox). He plays with the high school basketball team, who get routinely humiliated by every other team in the tournament. He's infatuated with the school beauty Pamela Wells (Lori Griffin), who won't even give him the time of day. He has a childhood friend, Susan, who he treats like a lad. He works at his Dad's hardware store and generally feels as if he doesn't make a significant difference ...
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