
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Explosive! Amazing! Terrifying! You won't believe your eyes!
Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.
Produced by Sunset Productions, American International Pictures
A B-movie horror-sci-fi hybrid about scientific exploitation and teenage vulnerability, driven by the lurid premise of unwilling transformation.
A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf.
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Questions people ask
Does I Was a Teenage Werewolf end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is I Was a Teenage Werewolf scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.
Is I Was a Teenage Werewolf easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is I Was a Teenage Werewolf violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.
Is I Was a Teenage Werewolf sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like I Was a Teenage Werewolf, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like I Was a Teenage Werewolf, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like I Was a Teenage Werewolf, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

























































