Frustrated housewife Leslie Shaber (a delightfully vibrant performance by Susan Blakely) gets bitten by suave werewolf pet store owner Harry Thropen (the always great John Saxon in splendidly smooth form) and starts to transform into a lycanthrope. It's to Leslie's teenage daughter Jennifer (winningly played by Tina Caspary) and her spunky horror buff best gal pal Stacey Pubah (a pleasingly perky portrayal by Diana Barrows) to figure out a way to reverse the process before it's too late. Director Michael Fischa, working from a blithely silly script by Mark Pirro, relates the cheerfully inane story at a zippy pace, maintains an amiable tone throughout, and ably milks the funny sense of engagingly goofy humor for plenty of belly laughs (Leslie eating raw meat while driving and singing in her car, going to the dentist to have her sharp canine teeth filed, and locking herself in the bathroom to shave her hairy legs rate as the definite gut-busting highlights). The enthusiastic cast have a ball with the wacky material: The incredibly foxy and personable Blakely is both sexy and sidesplitting in the lead, with sound support from John Schuck as Leslie's neglectful husband Howard, Ruth Buzzi as flaky medium Madame Gypsy, Marilyn McCoo as narcissistic TV reporter Celia Celica, Marcia Wallace as eager beautician Peggy, and Geno Silva as smarmy amorous dentist Dr. Rod Rodriguez. Favorite quirky gag: The kinky S&M freak next door neighbors. A total howl.
Review of My Mom's a Werewolf
