Michael Landon portrays a troubled teen who is easily angered and quickly moved to thoughtless violence. He has been in trouble in school, and a police officer suggests psychiatric help. Because of constant badgering from his gal, and an incident where he beats on a buddy for no apparent reason, Landon(playing Tony) seeks the professional advice of one Whit Bissell. Bissell sees the tensions within the young man and decides that he now has found his human guinea pig with which to test his serum that will bring mankind back to its primitive roots. Landon regresses so far that he becomes a werewolf, apparently a forerunner of mankind as we know it. Of course, Landon goes on a killing spree killing a couple of teenagers, before being hunted like the animal he is. The film has a pretty tight story, and the acting is pretty good. Landon is very good as Tony with his "problem" and pent-up anger. The real sight to behold is mild-mannered Bissell playing a mad scientist who forsakes life for the end result of knowledge.
Review of I Was a Teenage Werewolf
