{"id":37440,"date":"2016-09-12T12:07:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T19:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37440"},"modified":"2021-01-04T18:20:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T01:20:41","slug":"i-was-a-teenage-werewolf-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37440","title":{"rendered":"I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;When the evil eye is on you, the savage beast somehow gets inside and controls you &#8212; makes you look and act like a wolf, makes you hunt down your victim and kill it like a wolf!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/I-Was-a-Teenage-Werewolf-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/I-Was-a-Teenage-Werewolf-Poster-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/I-Was-a-Teenage-Werewolf-Poster-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/I-Was-a-Teenage-Werewolf-Poster-128x101.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/I-Was-a-Teenage-Werewolf-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe angry, troubled teenage son (Michael Landon) of a hard-working widower (Malcolm Atterbury) visits a malicious psychiatrist (Whit Bissell) who uses hypnosis to regress him into a werewolf.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Mind Control and Hypnosis<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers<\/li>\n<li>Werewolves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that this &#8220;satisfying low-budget horror film&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;aimed at the fifties drive-in crowd&#8221; &#8212; features a &#8220;sympathetic performance&#8221; by Michael Landon as a &#8220;well-meaning high school kid who gets into constant trouble because he can&#8217;t control his violent impulses&#8221;. He notes that &#8220;Landon, who wears a leather jacket, looks great in his wild werewolf get-up&#8221;, and points out that director Gene Fowler, Jr. &#8212; who helmed <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35667\"><em>I Married a Monster From Outer Space<\/em> (1958)<\/a> the following year &#8212; &#8220;develops his usual outsider\/paranoia themes.&#8221; I&#8217;m less a fan of this <a href=\"http:\/\/mst3k.wikia.com\/wiki\/I_Was_a_Teenage_Werewolf\">MST3K-spoofed flick<\/a> than Peary: while it&#8217;s well-directed and Landon is convincing, Bissell&#8217;s motivations are silly (why exactly is it in humankind&#8217;s best interest to regress to a more primitive state?), and many scenes (i.e., the Halloween party) feel laughably dated.    <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Landon as Tony Rivers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Landon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Landon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Landon.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Landon-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Landon-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some creative camera work and atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography2.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography2-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography3.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography3-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/IWATW-Cinematography3-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; feel free to skip this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050530\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=3472&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/i-was-a-teenage-werewolf-1957.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When the evil eye is on you, the savage beast somehow gets inside and controls you &#8212; makes you look and act like a wolf, makes you hunt down your victim and kill it like a wolf!&#8221; Synopsis: The angry, troubled teenage son (Michael Landon) of a hard-working widower (Malcolm Atterbury) visits a malicious psychiatrist (Whit Bissell) who uses hypnosis to regress him into a werewolf. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Horror Films Mind Control and Hypnosis Teenagers Werewolves Response&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37440\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37440"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61581,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37440\/revisions\/61581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}