Michael J. Fox (Back to the Future, Doc Hollywood) stars as Scott Howard, a 17-year-old high school basketball player who accidentally discovers he is a werewolf while dealing with the usual teenage angst of being unpopular, having unrequited feelings towards his dream girl, and being part of a losing team. Upon accepting his hereditary condition, he uses the transformation to turn things around even as he’s cautioned by his best friend Boof (Ursitti). Teen Wolf was shot around the same time but released shortly after Fox’s box-office blockbuster Back to the Future and continued to give rise to his star power in both television (Family Ties) and film. Despite lukewarm reviews, Teen Wolf clawed out more than $80 million in box office worldwide (from its initial $1.2 million production budget) and led to a number of spinoffs and reboots. — Jaime Mendez

Rated: PG