This movie is a underrated 80s comedy which doesn't get much credit but it should cause of Michael j fox as a wolf and I also think that the soundtrack is fantastic along with the other teen 80s soundtrack breakfast club,Ferris BUELLER'S day off etc I also think that this movie should be up there with the other great 80s movies and a status of cult classic.

TEEN WOLF is one of those films that was a hit of the '80s but hasn't dated very well since then. Some might get a kick out of the 'timeless' '80s atmosphere it offers up, full of house parties, discos, kids drinking, and basketball games; the truth is, this isn't a very good film and it just doesn't stand up next to Michael J. Fox's true classic, BACK TO THE FUTURE. The main problem is the script, which takes the simple premise – a high school student is a werewolf – and never takes it anywhere other than a few lame gags. Sure, there are the usual themes here – how a student can become popular and leave his old-time friends behind – but it's nothing that wasn't done in about a billion other movies of the period.So, is there any reason to watch? The '80s atmosphere aside (and you really will love it or hate it), we get another good-natured turn from Michael J. Fox, a cheap and cheesy werewolf costume, some okayish turns from supporting characters (Susan Ursitti is sweet as Fox's faithful love interest) and a fun play-to-the-finish climax at a basketball game which I enjoyed, despite not caring for basketball one bit. Funnily enough, the '50s high-school-werewolf movie, I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, hasn't aged nearly as much as this. A sequel inevitably followed.

I first saw it with my mother and sister back then, when I myself was a teenager (just in junior high school, BTW.) It was a hideous-looking movie that may actually teach young people to do bad things, like throw sleazy parties where kids wrestle nude in that nasty white goo, dance on top of the moving van, and young tramps get naked in front of the kid (no wonder we have a very serious problem with teen pregnancies, BTW.) But then again, I am hearing-impaired, so I really didn't hear the hidden message in the movie at the time. So oh, well - as long as young viewers aren't stupid enough to do stuff like that in some scenes! :P

The tragic story of a simple minded adolescent boy with a rare disease that turns him into a wolf at inappropriate times. Scott is small for his age and has suspect banter which makes him an easy target for bullies and practical jokers. While shaving one morning Scott suddenly turns into a wolf, a painful and humiliating ordeal which fills Scott with an inner steel and a taste for blood. A member of the school basketball team Scott is determined to be accepted as a wolf with or without his glasses on and tries to prove that wolves aren't just big dogs. Sadly for Scott, though more impressive physically and certainly hairier his suspect banter and high pitched teenage voice remain a constant source of anguish. Scott must decide whether to remain as a wolf, stronger, hairier but ultimately less human and therefore an animal or undergo extensive surgery returning him to an awkward teen with average basketball skills and poor eye sight. Scott's father Harold also suffers from the rare disease but has made his choice long ago choosing to stay in during the day and come out at night though always wearing a balaclava and boiler suit.