Semi-
classic horror movie, released in 1957. Directed by
Gene Fowler Jr. and written by
Aben Kandel. Starred
Michael Landon as the
teenage werewolf,
Yvonne Lime as the
love interest, and
Whit Bissell as the
mad scientist.
Landon is a
troubled teenager. He visits a
hypnotherapist, who unscrupulously
regresses him so far back, that he turns into a werewolf everytime the
high school bell rings!
This
movie was more
popular than the
filmmakers were expecting it to be, and it kicked off a
minor "
I Was a Teenage (Insert Monster Here)" craze. As Landon's
acting career hit high gear with "
Bonanza," "
Little House on the Prairie," and "
Highway to Heaven," his early role in the
camp fangfest got dragged out occasionally to
embarrass him -- he eventually came to
embrace the movie, donning the
fake fur for one episode of "
Highway to Heaven" (called, if I remember correctly, "
I Was a Middle-Aged Werewolf").
Research from the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)