Teen Wolf is a 1985 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman.

Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is changed when he discovers that he is a werewolf.

James Hampton, Scott Paulin, Susan Ursitti, Jerry Levine, Matt Adler, and Jay Tarses appear in supporting roles.

Scott fawns after Pamela Wells even though she is dating his rival Mick who plays for the Dragons, a dominant opposing team that bullies him on the court and beat them by a landslide.

Completely oblivious to the affections of his childhood friend Boof, Scott constantly rebuffs her advances due to their history together.

A jealous Mick punches him in the face, then proceeds to insult Boof and taunt Scott until the Wolf angrily attacks.

Horrified by his loss of control, as well as seeing his friends scared, Scott runs out of the hall right into Thorne, who threatens expulsion.

Harold sends his son home before going on to intimidate Thorne by growling in his face, causing the vice principal to wet himself.

[6] On a production budget of $4 million, principal photography for Teen Wolf began in November 1984 and concluded the next month.

Fox is as charismatic as ever, Teen Wolf's coming-of-age themes can't help but feel a little stale and formulaic.

[17] Vincent Canby of The New York Times gave the film a negative review calling it "aggressively boring".

"[18] Colin Greenland reviewed Teen Wolf for White Dwarf #75, and stated that "Anxious that their movie should be perfectly wholesome, clean and bloodless, writers and director forgot Scott was supposed to be a werewolf, and made him a basketball star instead.

The series retained the basic premise and most of the characters from the film, but made changes to the story, such as Scott attempting to keep his werewolf identity secret from the general public.

It also featured new characters, including Scott's grandparents (voiced by Stacy Keach Sr. and June Foray) and younger sister Lupe.

Only James Hampton and Mark Holton returned from the original film, with the sequel focusing mostly on new characters led by Todd.

While also centered on a high school student who becomes a werewolf, the story was reimagined as a supernatural teen drama with elements of action and horror.