The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

Robert Bridgestone (Kerwin Mathews) has divorced his wife Sandy Bridgestone (Elaine Devry) and travels with his son Richie Bridgestone (Scott Sealey) to an isolated cabin to spend a couple of days together. While walking during the night, Robert is attacked and bitten by a werewolf. Robert fights and kills him in self-defense and he turns into a man again. Richie claims to the Sheriff (Robert J. Wilke) and to his father that the man was a werewolf but nobody believes in the boy. His psychologist thinks it may be a trauma and Sandy decides to travel back to the cabin with Robert and Richie in the full moon. When a werewolf attacks the locals, the Richie claims that his father is a werewolf.

"The Boy Who Cried Werewolf" is a nice werewolf film, with the story of a boy that knows that his father is a werewolf but nobody believes him. The subplot with the hippies is silly but in general the film is enjoyable. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "A Maldição da Lua Cheia" ("The Curse of the Full Moon")

This movie had some chilling and gross scenes, some of which I will never forget. Mostly, because I was only 14 years old when I saw it. Maybe, it is because I could relate to much of it from the kids point of view. Heck, I lived with an alcoholic mother who could run circles around the werewolf when it came to tearing things apart and scaring little kids!

Universal certainly got their money's worth; milking their original property, the classic Wolfman for characters and set pieces. There is the gentle, caring man who is cursed to kill strangers and even tries to kill the one he loves. There are the gypsies turned hippies that shout warnings of impending doom. Oh, and don't forget that it takes silver to kill a werewolf.

I watched this one again 15 years later and I saw it for the B-Movie that it was, but I'll still hold a special place for it in my heart because it did what movies are supposed to do: transported me someplace else, got me interested in the characters and best of all, it TRULY SCARED me!

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf is quite different than any other werewolf film I've ever seen. It's been a while since I've seen this movie and just finished watching it again just before this review. I found it to be quite entertaining in fact.

The acting and the special effects are not bad for a limited budget film. The scenery is beautiful. The story is interesting in-spite of how the plot summery reads (which makes it sound quite boring) but does sum up the flick in a nutshell. Believe it or not, the movie is action packed from the get-go to the finish line!

The "Hippie God Freaks" are quite funny! I believe they are there to show the contrast of good vs evil as well as provide some comic relief.

The movie ends somewhat differently than most people would expect - which is a pleasant surprise to the viewer.

8 out of 10

I saw this film when I was a young boy, and it did frighten me at times.Not a realistic movie by any means, you have to watch it more or less with tongue and cheek.But it still is enjoyable, and I really liked the mountain-wilderness-setting.I related to the plot in an odd way, even as a youngster, because I came from a broken home much like the lead characters in the Boy who Cried Werewolf.or the first time in ages, the film came on late-night(or early,early morning) TV a day ago.Having grown up in the 1970's, I suppose I have a soft spot for many of even the campy spoofs of that genre.

The acting is certainly nothing stellar, but the setting more than made up for it, in my mind.The TV -repairman attack scene is high camp, but some of the woodsy chase clips are quite fun.I also really liked the musical score.

So bad it becomes good again. The acting in this one is horrible,the transformations are horrible,the make up is horrible.Actually everything is horrible.But it still is fun to watch, especially if you enjoy older horror flicks.Watch it when it airs on tv,it's not worth renting or even buying it.I'm not sure whether the producers of this flick were trying to mock werewolf movies or they were trying to make a serious movie.It looks more like a comedy then anything else.