while visit romania with his cia dad and tony ( adam arkin ) and quite a talented high school quarterback see a the savior to lead his team finally to a victory over rival simpson and be tell by a would be palm reader ( . in romania and the people be not allow many book and so she take up palm reading ) that he would be bite by a werewolf ( when the moon be full and do not make any appointment . you will be busy . ) . well and who would have thunk it . tony be in fact bitten and his life would be forever change . after his father unfortunately die in a mishap within his bomb shelter ( . ) under odd circumstance ( fire at his werewolf son inside a metallic bomb shelter isn not a very good idea and especially if the bullet doesn not leave the room and bounce around like a pinball go berserk ) and tony travel the land through endless year and until he tire of packing and and return decade ( . and many u president ) later to hopefully lead his football team to a win over simpson . a task he abandon long ago . what be once a very white and clean cut high school have indeed change into a ghetto of drug use and violence and and perversion . to get an idea of what the early 80 full moon high school prom party resembles and think studio 54 with teenager . larry cohen parody of werewolf flick and among others thing and be cram full of gag and homage and and in joke . my favorite sequence contain one in the sex ed classroom where tony reveals to the 80 class his werewolf transformation and the introductory scene to dr. brand ( alan arkin and who steal the film when kenneth mar isn not on screen ) and quite possibly the bad psychiatrist on earth . his task to talk down a jumper lead to two men fall off a balcony . the jumper and a fireman ( try and at first and to talk him out of it ) and both fume mad at brand . brand even try to get tony to sign a waver for his body be donate to science so he can get his wife a fur coat . kenneth mar have me roll in the floor a a homosexual football coach ( . and later in the 80 a the principal ) who like to pat his player on the behind . his scene where tony unload the truth to the sex ed class be classic . the film be load with inspired casting choice . just litter with funny character and the cast interpretation . such a ed mcmahon a a very conservative military blowhard who actually look identical to joseph mccathy stand next to his photo in the bomb shelter ( . always talk about commie ) and joanne nail a bulge eyed ricky in present day who fall for the werewolf and elizabeth hartman ( a patch of blue ) a a mousy and nerdy sexually molest ( . and molester ) teacher who find an attraction towards tony and james dixon a a deputy ( . his great scene have him steal a line from his police chief recite it to dr. brand who begin mouth the word to himself for memorization ) and roz kelly a jane and an undyingly devote female desiring tony for only herself constantly demand he ravish her and and bill kirchenbauer a flynn and tony long time pal and now the police chief who only get jane after his friend leave town . can not forget jm j bullock a flynn closet gay son try to fit in at the school hop to find a dame with hilarious result . i like how the film pay homage to the werewolf genre such a when he on the prowl . he often refer to in the paper a jack the nipper because he like to bite his victim on the cheek . and i be not talk face . he see more a an annoyance than danger . the homage to carrie and psycho be nice and and the violin shtick be also amuse . cohen toss so many zinger at the viewer and eventually one have to stick . obviously in a comedy such a this and not every joke hit it mark and but many do . the cast make this worthwhile . the film look cheap on the typical larry cohen budget . notice the 50 scene where the obvious old cast member that would show up down the road wear glare wig . love adam in the lead . he be the perfect foil for the gag that follow him and the zinger he let fly from cohen script . the film move quickly and rarely catch a breath . i like this horror comedy more than most it seem .