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Full Moon High is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Larry Cohen released in USA on 9 october 1981 with Adam Arkin

Full Moon High (1981)

Full Moon High
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Released in USA 9 october 1981
Length 1h33
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Horror comedy,    Fantasy,    Horror
Rating48% 2.402522.402522.402522.402522.40252

Full Moon High is a 1981 horror comedy film written and directed by Larry Cohen, centering on a high school werewolf who tries to keep his secret from others. He also ignores his girlfriend's sexual advances because it's his "time of the month."

Synopsis

A teenager goes on a trip to Transylvania with his father and gets bitten by a werewolf. Made ageless, he attempts to put his life back together a couple of decades later by enrolling in high school. The basic premise of the movie is that he tries to keep his secret from the school and his girlfriend with comedic results. The movie was filmed partially at John Burroughs Senior High School in the city of Burbank, California, in the summer of 1979.

Actors

Adam Arkin

(Tony)
Roz Kelly

(Jane)
Ed McMahon

(Dad - Col. William P. Walker)
Bill Kirchenbauer

(Flynn)
Kenneth Mars

(The Coach - Principal Cleveland)
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