Review of I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) by Tim S — 15 Sep 2016

To be fair to not just the film but the whole B movie genre of filmmaking, I Was a Teenage Werewolf will most certainly not show up anywhere near the top of a list of the worst. That's not to say that it's an altogether wonderful film, but I've seen much worse than this.

There are a couple of things that it has going for itself. First of all, you have a young, fresh-faced Michael Landon doing his own sort of James Dean ala Rebel Without a Cause, which is interesting enough on its own.

You also have a plot about a mad scientist who wants to better humanity by torturing the poor kid in question with his experimental serums. Everything else is pretty much lacking, but those are the main draws for me.

The film came out at a time when teenage everything was in full swing at the movies, so it's mainly just fodder for that particular cannon. The film was also featured on a very good episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, so it has that going for it, as well.