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I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Release Date	June 19, 1957
Genre	Horror
Director	Gene Fowler Jr.
Screenwriter	Herman Cohen Aben Kandel
Stars	Michael Landon Whit Bissell Yvonne Lime Tony Marshall
Studio	American International Pictures (AIP)

I Was a Teenage Werewolf is a 1957 horror film from director Gene Fowler Jr.. The film starred Michael Landon as a troubled teen who visits a hypnotherapist for help but is taken advantage of by the doctor whose experiments transform him into a werewolf.

Cultural Impact

While it wasn't the first movie to use the "I Was A (fill in the blank)" title formula, it was the first to use "I Was a Teenage (fill in the blank)". It's widely credited with starting a trend of teenage monster movies, as part of the rise of the youth culture in the 1950s.