HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE SPECIAL… BUT HE NEVER EXPECTED THIS!

A 17-year-old high school student (Michael J. Fox) in Nebraska learns that werewolf blood runs in his veins.

The same year as Fox had a life-altering success with Back to the Future, he also scored with this significantly inferior and silly film. We can tell that there’s an intriguing background story behind the teen wolf, but the filmmakers show no interest in exploring that.

Fox’s charm isn’t enough to compensate; this one needed a better sense of humor, or a dark streak.

1985-U.S. 92 min. Color. Directed by Rod Daniel. Cast: Michael J. Fox (Scott Howard), James Hampton (Harold Howard), Susan Ursitti (Boof), Jerry Levine, Matt Adler, Lorie Griffin. 

Trivia: Followed by Teen Wolf Too (1987) and an animated TV series in 1986-1987. Later a TV series, Teen Wolf (2011-2017).