Full Moon High

Full Moon High
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Directed by	Larry Cohen
Produced by	Larry Cohen
Written by	Larry Cohen
Starring	Adam Arkin Ed McMahon Roz Kelly
Music by	Gary William Friedman
Cinematography	Daniel Pearl
Editing by	Armond Lebowitz
Release date(s)	October 9, 1981
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

Plot summary

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. A portion of this movie was also filmed on location in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. On the football field in Bergen County Park at the foot of Valley Brook Ave. and River Road. The stands were filled with everyone from the town and the Varsity football team of that year were also used.

Cast

• Adam Arkin as Tony Walker
• Ed McMahon as Col. William P. Walker
• Roz Kelly as Jane
• Bill Kirchenbauer as Detective Jack Flynn
• Kenneth Mars as Coach/Principal Cleveland
• Elizabeth Hartman as Miss Montgomery
• Alan Arkin as Dr. Brand
• Louis Nye as Reverend
• Demond Wilson as Cabbie/Busdriver
• Jim J. Bullock as Eddie
• Tom Aldredge as The Jailer
• Tom Clancy as Priest
• Laurene Landon as Blondie
• John Blyth Barrymore as Student
• Bob Saget as Sportscaster
• Pat Morita as Silversmith
• Armando G. Fernandez as School Dance Dancer

External links

• Full Moon High at the Internet Movie Database
• Full Moon High at AllRovi