Well... We've looked at werewolves a few times, notably The Wolf Man and The Curse of the Werewolf, but it needs to be noted up front that this is not a werewolf movie.
It says it is. It's even in the title. But it's not.
Werewolves evoke a specific mythology, key tenets being (a) transforming during a full moon, (b) vulnerability to silver bullets, and (c) passing the curse to their victims. Today's movie features none of these. It's... disappointing. If you're hoping for a proto-Teen Wolf, don't bother watching.
Anyway, on to the review...
We open on a violently angsty teen fighting his friend. Friendly Cop tells Angsty he should see Shrink, a psychologist. Angsty disagrees, angstily. But Friendly Cop pleads with him--Shrink is very modern, he uses hypnotherapy! Doesn't matter, Angsty teen is angsty.
Later, Angsty beats up another friend. Realizing he has a problem, Angsty visits Shrink and is hypnotized. While under, Shrink injects Angsty with a drug that he believes will regress Angsty to his primitive, wild animal state of being. Or something like that.
Then a kid is attacked and killed. Before the police receive autopsy results, they decide get Janitor's opinion. Janitor looks at the crime scene photos and instantly knows a werewolf is the culprit. Janitor grew up in the Carpathian Mountains, and hung out with many a werewolf back in the day. Inexplicably, Friendly Cop accepts this premise.
Cut to school. It's good news for Angsty! His principal is going to recommend him for State College because Shrink told her Angsty is doing, well, just great. But the school bell rings, transforming Angsty to a wolf man. He kills a student. Oops!
Angsty runs away, but is easily identified by his clothing, which are the same as the clothes worn by everybody, but are just *so* Angsty, ya know? Did he look like Angsty? Not at all--he looked like a werewolf, but that jacket, man! Who else wears a jacket!
Friendly Cop and a reporter are searching for Angsty, nobody knows where Angsty is. But we do! We see him fighting and killing a dog in the woods!
Hard cut to morning--Angsty is human again, but he knows he's been a bad boy. Oh man, State College will never admit him now! He goes to Shrink for help. Shrink agrees, but secretly plans to film Angsty's transformation into primitive beast. He'll win a science prize for sure!
Shrink again injects Angsty with the drug, but a phone rings causing another Angsty transformation. Isn't that what Shrink wanted? I don't know. Maybe? I thought so. But maybe not, as Angsty murders Shrink and his assistant, and destroys the movie camera. Finally, Friendly Cop comes in and shoots Angsty with not silver bullets, killing him.
Now there'll be no State College for Angsty and no science prize for Shrink. Sad face emoji.
This movie was not fun. But it was short. So points for not dragging out the tedium. But only a few points. If you're looking for some good, old, werewolfing, watch anything with Lon Cheney Jr. as Larry Talbot/Wolfman. You'll have a howling good time <groan>.
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