But this morning it was on cable and I was amazed how something this silly got past me. Sure, if you watch it, don't expect any academy award nods... I think the makers of this film were looking to follow in the footsteps of airplane and other goofball flicks. Every paradox for every situation was used in this. And that's not bad... Every once in a while we need these no brainers to make us watch like zombies, just so we can say "Man this movie is so stupid, I can't wait to see what happens next". Remember, the 80's killed at flooding us with bad movies that we've seen 30 times (even if we don't admit it publicly).
38 Reviews
Relentlessly silly comic horror
thehumanduvet2 May 2001
Aiming at a blend of Airplane! style wackiness and Mel Brooks-a-like angsty spoof, this is almost good - the occasional inspired moment (Werewolf Annoys Community) keeps you watching through the massive swathes of so-so gags, occasional clunkers and habitual dragging out of jokes way beyond their peak. Part so-bad-it's-good, part nearly quite good, and with a typically intense, shouty performance from ace Alan Arkin, this just about scrapes into the Watchable category. Probably a gem to obscure B-horror fans.
Sloppy but good-natured.
gridoon17 May 2003
This horror spoof contains enough corny jokes to last you a lifetime, but is generally harmless and even has a certain schlocky charm. Produced on an obviously low budget and sloppily directed by Larry Cohen, it tries to do for werewolf flicks what "Airplane!" had done for disaster epics the previous year, but it's just too "unpolished" to succeed. (**)
Some laughs, but much too sloppy
Wizard-828 August 2015
Larry Cohen's movie "Full Moon High" is one of the more obscure entries on the prolific filmmaker's resume, seldom shown on cable and taking forever to be released on videotape (and to this date has not gotten a DVD release.) It does not take long upon watching it to figure out why it doesn't have a cult following. Now, unlike some of the other IMDb users who have commented on this movie, I *did* find some of the gags in the movie to be amusing, and I thought that Adam Arkin was pretty good in the lead role - you can really see his father Alan in him from his looks to his comic timing. (Alan himself does also appear in the movie, and he's amusing as well.) However, the movie as a whole does not work. While there are some funny moments, most of the gags die upon arrival. The real problem with the movie is that it is really sloppily made. A number of scenes feel unfinished, missing punchlines or simple conclusions. A bigger problem with the script is that there isn't much plot here, with scene after scene with little to nothing advancing things. It does not take long for the movie to become tiring, even though Cohen jam- packs the movie with energy. I think a documentary on what went wrong with this movie would be a lot more entertaining than the movie itself.
Not very funny comedy
JohnSeal10 December 1999
A surprising misfire from the usually reliable Larry Cohen (God Told Me Too, Q, etc.), Full Moon High tries so hard to be funny and fails miserably, even with decent turns by Ed McMahon(!) and Kenneth Mars. Alan Arkin looks embarrassed throughout his performance and son Adam simply looks numb. This makes Teen Wolf look like a comedy classic.
VERY disappointing, no camp value, not bad enough 2 b good
jbar1912 October 2008
Man, was I disappointed.
1) Adam Arkin is more whiny than Ross Geller from 'Friends'
2) A great cast is wasted (Kenneth Mars, Alan Arkin, Ed McMahon, Pat Morita, Louis Nye) with this amateurish script.
3) The movie suffers from horrible pacing. It jumps around through in a jumbled, confusing manner.
4) The story doesn't even make sense. Why does he want to break the football streak? What about the stupid violin music? None of it is explained.
5) It's not even funny. It's like a bunch of accountants trying to do improv, saying "Lookit me! Lookit me I'm being funny!" This was a bad attempt at making another "Love At First Bite".
I like Larry Cohen movies, but man he failed here. I couldn't wait for the credits to roll. Horribly disappointed.
1) Adam Arkin is more whiny than Ross Geller from 'Friends'
2) A great cast is wasted (Kenneth Mars, Alan Arkin, Ed McMahon, Pat Morita, Louis Nye) with this amateurish script.
3) The movie suffers from horrible pacing. It jumps around through in a jumbled, confusing manner.
4) The story doesn't even make sense. Why does he want to break the football streak? What about the stupid violin music? None of it is explained.
5) It's not even funny. It's like a bunch of accountants trying to do improv, saying "Lookit me! Lookit me I'm being funny!" This was a bad attempt at making another "Love At First Bite".
I like Larry Cohen movies, but man he failed here. I couldn't wait for the credits to roll. Horribly disappointed.
Dreadful amateurish pseudo-spoof
Mikelito14 October 2007
Being a fan of movies like "Fire Sale", "Where's Poppa", "Airplane" I saw this because it was mentioned favorably in the context of real comedies and satires like the aforementioned. Well, WRONG CONCLUSION!
Not only is this not funny, it makes you angry because it isn't bad in a schlocky, likable way but in a really bad way. It's bad-bad. The script does not contain a single funny line which is rather in the way when you're trying to entertain your audience with humour.
Adam Arkin's speech impediment is probably the single most annoying thing in this movie. Still this cruelty of nature doesn't prevent him from being smug throughout the movie and he has a hard time not looking into the camera. This amateur without charisma fits in nicely with the constant continuity errors and bumbling along of the story - if you can find one.
Ed McMahon - I had to think of Jay Leno, another late night talk show person, who always refuses to call himself an actor. Well, I've seen a few Leno movies and he's Laurence Olivier compared to McMahon.
Kenneth Mars is good, though. In the few lines that he's given. I'm not easily frightened by bad comedies so I kept watching and looking for all the quasi-jokes every 5 minutes or so.
The movie actually becomes sort of a comedy as soon as Alan Arkin takes over - he literally does: Starting 75 minutes into the movie he's in every scene. But it's too little, too late.
When movies try to fool you into believing their lack of professionalism is the reason you're supposed to like them because they have the right intentions they remind me of pupils that haven't prepared for an exam. In those cases you have to remain strict and the grade has to be an 'F'. (But please don't assume I'm a teacher. That is a profession with a respectability somewhere between politician and child molester).
If you actually look for a likable schlocky horror/scifi movie that is fun to watch and does contain jokes try "Man with the Screaming Brain" by Bruce Campbell. Or watch Sunshine/Core if you prefer modern loud shallow SciFi Schlock. Those are equally funny, albeit involuntarily.
Not only is this not funny, it makes you angry because it isn't bad in a schlocky, likable way but in a really bad way. It's bad-bad. The script does not contain a single funny line which is rather in the way when you're trying to entertain your audience with humour.
Adam Arkin's speech impediment is probably the single most annoying thing in this movie. Still this cruelty of nature doesn't prevent him from being smug throughout the movie and he has a hard time not looking into the camera. This amateur without charisma fits in nicely with the constant continuity errors and bumbling along of the story - if you can find one.
Ed McMahon - I had to think of Jay Leno, another late night talk show person, who always refuses to call himself an actor. Well, I've seen a few Leno movies and he's Laurence Olivier compared to McMahon.
Kenneth Mars is good, though. In the few lines that he's given. I'm not easily frightened by bad comedies so I kept watching and looking for all the quasi-jokes every 5 minutes or so.
The movie actually becomes sort of a comedy as soon as Alan Arkin takes over - he literally does: Starting 75 minutes into the movie he's in every scene. But it's too little, too late.
When movies try to fool you into believing their lack of professionalism is the reason you're supposed to like them because they have the right intentions they remind me of pupils that haven't prepared for an exam. In those cases you have to remain strict and the grade has to be an 'F'. (But please don't assume I'm a teacher. That is a profession with a respectability somewhere between politician and child molester).
If you actually look for a likable schlocky horror/scifi movie that is fun to watch and does contain jokes try "Man with the Screaming Brain" by Bruce Campbell. Or watch Sunshine/Core if you prefer modern loud shallow SciFi Schlock. Those are equally funny, albeit involuntarily.
ignore the critics, this is very funny
cherold24 December 2003
Silly movie is really, really funny. Yes, it's got its dead moments, it can be a bit too obvious, it declines a bit in the second half and the story is an incoherent mess, but it's laugh out loud funny all the way. And it's worth seeing just for Ed McMahon as a right wing kook. This movie is in the same class as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, another incredibly funny, underappreciated film.
Sooo bad!!
snutteplutten12 August 2002
What is this?! Is it a comedy, a horror movie or just nothing?? This is by far the worst movie i have ever seen. Especially the scene in romania when he becomes the werewolf, that must be the worst scene that has ever been made. This movie isn't funny, it isn't scary and not entertaining at all. Please do yourself (and me, i don't think anyone should suffer through this movie) a favour and DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE!! If you get is a present, just throw it away and chop it in to pieces.
Larry Cohen's Full Moon High was pretty amusing when involving werewolves and sex...
tavm20 July 2018
In continuing to review werewolf movies in chronological order, we're still at 1981 with probably the most obscure one yet, one that I didn't even know of its existence till a few weeks ago when I saw it listed on Wikipedia before then finding it on YouTube. It seems to mainly be inspired by the Michal Landon-starred I Was a Teenage Werewolf as Adam Arkin plays a teen named Tony (like Landon) and it takes place during the late '50s (like IWATW) but then moves on through the years (as exemplified by the changing of the presidential portraits though the one after Carter was meant to be a joke) before Tony comes back to his high school of the title to once again play football having not aged during that time. I'll stop there and just say while I was pretty amused much of the time, there were also many places where I wondered if maybe it could have been funnier. I did like the scenes involving Ed McMahon as Tony's father and Adam Arkin's real dad-Alan-as an insulting shrink. Oh, and also the scene involving his new girlfriend and her tying up Tony in bed was also fun in an adult humor kind of way. So on that note, I say give Full Moon High a look.
This Is The Funniest Movie I Have Ever Seen!!
Sturgeon5413 June 2005
I'm not kidding about that summary and vote! The video distributors have packaged this as just another typical '80s werewolf movie, but it is in fact the greatest parody of the horror genre that you can imagine, having done for the horror movie what "Blazing Saddles" did for the western. I have seen plenty of comedies - good, bad, stupid, weird, etc. (usually walking away unimpressed), and I think that comedy must be the most difficult genre for filmmakers and actors to work in - it takes just the right kind of touch to make things successful, and part of that is having good ideas. "Full Moon High" is bulging with good ideas - so many, in fact, that it can easily put the Zucker/Abrams team of "Airplane" and "Naked Gun" to shame. One of the best of these is the very presence of Ed McMahon in a starring role as a John Birch-style right-wing crackpot. The jokes, non-sequiturs, wisecracks and word-play are literally non-stop and everything, including the kitchen sink, has been thrown in. The ironic tone is very similar to that of "Back to the Future."
Some people (i.e. almost every reviewer here) must have been turned off by the spirit of anarchy here, but I almost died of laughter, and this is one of those movies in which you never know what kind of insane situation will transpire next. Since B-movie extraordinaire Larry Cohen had not made a straight comedy before this, one gets the sense that he was making up for lost time by including any joke he or his collaborators could think of. If Mel Brooks had made this, the critics would have labelled it a comic masterpiece, but because it was made by Cohen, it has been dismissed as schlock. Critical reviews have called this movie too "silly." SILLY? What is a comedy supposed to be - serious?! Anyway, I laughed out loud more for this movie than any other I can think of. Cohen makes fun of everyone - himself included, with plenty of references to his usual brand of low-rent film-making; he and the actors must have had a complete blast making this.
The humor is very Mel Brooks-ish, and anyone who loves Jewish humor or watches a lot of B-movies (especially horror) will love this. Trust me: the movie isn't too hard to find, and as long as you accept it for what it is - a roller-coaster of belly laughs with no pretense of social value whatsoever - then you'll truly enjoy it!!
One sidenote: this movie should somehow go down in history as the one thing Bob Saget ever starred in (albeit briefly) that was actually funny.
Some people (i.e. almost every reviewer here) must have been turned off by the spirit of anarchy here, but I almost died of laughter, and this is one of those movies in which you never know what kind of insane situation will transpire next. Since B-movie extraordinaire Larry Cohen had not made a straight comedy before this, one gets the sense that he was making up for lost time by including any joke he or his collaborators could think of. If Mel Brooks had made this, the critics would have labelled it a comic masterpiece, but because it was made by Cohen, it has been dismissed as schlock. Critical reviews have called this movie too "silly." SILLY? What is a comedy supposed to be - serious?! Anyway, I laughed out loud more for this movie than any other I can think of. Cohen makes fun of everyone - himself included, with plenty of references to his usual brand of low-rent film-making; he and the actors must have had a complete blast making this.
The humor is very Mel Brooks-ish, and anyone who loves Jewish humor or watches a lot of B-movies (especially horror) will love this. Trust me: the movie isn't too hard to find, and as long as you accept it for what it is - a roller-coaster of belly laughs with no pretense of social value whatsoever - then you'll truly enjoy it!!
One sidenote: this movie should somehow go down in history as the one thing Bob Saget ever starred in (albeit briefly) that was actually funny.
S10 Review's Full Moon High (1981)
suspiria109 September 2007
Full Moon High (1981) 3 of 5 Dir: Larry Cohen Stars: Adam Arkin, Ed McMahon, Roz Kelly
Tony (Arkin) is your average ordinary high school guy. Prepping for the big homecoming game, girlfriend trouble and growing hair in strange places you know the usual. But the hair in strange places part gets a wee bit out of control when a trip to Transylvania with his father (YES! McMahon) leaves him with a wicked case of the furballs. Now doomed to walk the world forever young as a werewolf how will Adam get any girls?
'Full Moon High' is not often talked about but it is a silly and entertaining horror spoof. Larry Cohen (Q the Winged Serpent, The Stuff) incorporates as many gags as he can possibly come up with as writer / director. Arkin (H20: Halloween, 20 Years Later) shows nice timing in the lead role. If you happen to be a fan of spoofs like 'Airplane' and 'Student Bodies' I think you'll have fun with this chuckle-fest.
Tony (Arkin) is your average ordinary high school guy. Prepping for the big homecoming game, girlfriend trouble and growing hair in strange places you know the usual. But the hair in strange places part gets a wee bit out of control when a trip to Transylvania with his father (YES! McMahon) leaves him with a wicked case of the furballs. Now doomed to walk the world forever young as a werewolf how will Adam get any girls?
'Full Moon High' is not often talked about but it is a silly and entertaining horror spoof. Larry Cohen (Q the Winged Serpent, The Stuff) incorporates as many gags as he can possibly come up with as writer / director. Arkin (H20: Halloween, 20 Years Later) shows nice timing in the lead role. If you happen to be a fan of spoofs like 'Airplane' and 'Student Bodies' I think you'll have fun with this chuckle-fest.
You're a fox! Not really, but close...
Coventry14 November 2010
"Full Moon High" is a werewolf horror/comedy that got released in the year 1981, meaning almost simultaneously with two of the greatest classics in the same sub genre, namely "The Howling" and "American Werewolf in London". No wonder practically nobody remembers this film. While certainly not as great as those two, "Full Moon High" nevertheless deserves a little more praise from the genre fans and a little more recognition in general. The film definitely hasn't got the same premise as the other werewolf classics and goes straight for laughs. Tony, a popular American high school student and fanatic football player travels to Romania with his sleazy businessman father. While the latter is talking about the promised land to a couple of prostitutes, Toney receives bad news from a local fortune teller and gets attacked by a red-eyed werewolf at night. He transforms for the first time on the plane back to the States, but nobody notices because hijackers blindfolded everyone on board of the flight. What an oddball sequence that was, actually. Once back at his school and surrounded by his obsessive girlfriend and football buddies, Tony can't resist to bite girls in the bums and decides to disappear. Twenty years later, he returns to his hometown and is mistaken for his own son. "Full Moon High" is, as said already, a straightforward comedy and I'm really not used to seeing that from writer/director Larry Cohen. True, his film always contain social mockery and black comedy (like "Q – The Winged Serpent" and "God Told Me To"), but this really feels like a liberating side project for him. There's too few horror for my liking, for example the transformation sequences are worthless, but I appreciated the film as a relaxing and occasionally very hilarious horror comedy.
Best werewolf parody I've seen
werewolf13827 March 2004
Yeah....this movie's bad but here's something you have to realize before watching it (and you probably should have while watching it): it's supposed to be. The thing about this movie I guess is that it seems to only be funny to the right people: a) huge werewolf fans and b)people with a really low-brow sense of humor, and I'm proud to say I'm both. Some of the best jokes in this movie were the worst ones, like some of the newspaper headlines ("Werewolf easts Chinese, hungry again 30 minutes later"...please tell me somebody got the double-meaning) or the Romanian woman who reads palms for entertainment (I read 14 last week, I couldn't put one down til I was finished!)
But if you watch it for no other reason, watch for Bob Saget; this is probably the best god damn thing you'll ever see him in.
But if you watch it for no other reason, watch for Bob Saget; this is probably the best god damn thing you'll ever see him in.
A bit of a mess from Larry Cohen
tomgillespie20028 July 2012
In the 1950's, high school jock Tony (Adam Arkin) travels to Transylvania with his father, and gets bitten by a werewolf. After attacking some high-jackers on the plane ride back, Tony starts to terrorise his home town by attacking the locals, choosing to nip girls on their arses rather than actually eating them. Fearing he will be discovered, he leaves town and starts a trip across America for the next few decades (he's immortal too, see) only to return to his home town, pretending to be Tony's son. Caught between his old flame Jane (Roz Kelly), now married to his old friend, and lusty, mousy teacher Miss Montgomery (Elizabeth Hartman), he struggles to hide his affliction as the attacks re-surface.
'Written, produced and directed by Larry Cohen' is something that would normally delight me whilst watching the opening credits of a film, but although Cohen's trademark wit is their occasionally in the script, Full Moon High ultimately fails on all levels, never reaching anywhere near the level of quirk, or containing the endearing oddball characters, as the likes of It's Alive (1974), Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) or The Stuff (1985). Although he is annoyingly whiny at times, Arkin does give a game performance, and has the chance to spout lines such as "I don't believe in vampires or werewolves or virgins," (it made me laugh anyway). And the film did make me laugh a number of times throughout, with spinning newspapers giving headlines such as 'Werewolf Annoys Community', and a pretty talented comedy support cast (Ed McMahon, Kenneth Mars, Pat Morita and Alan Arkin) - Mars is a particular stand- out, playing the once-sexually repressed gay gym teacher who, decades on, is a full-blown queen.
But the mix of spoof, childish visual gags, Benny Hill-esque sped-up smutty humour, and outright farce doesn't quite blend, and ultimately, the film is an absolute mess. One scene near the end sees a cop shooting a bullet at the POV werewolf, only to hit the cameraman. The screen goes black as Alan Arkin and the crew rush the get the film going again. It could have been a moment of offbeat self-reflexive surreality, but its poorly-handled, and the film's budget constraints seem to get the better of it. It tries to homage the comedy of the Zucker brothers and Mel Brooks, but you'd be better off watching them instead of his lame effort, because although the film did amuse me at rare occasions, when I wasn't laughing I was generally cringing. Full Moon High is not something that will exactly tarnish Larry Cohen's CV, but it is certainly a massive disappointment from the man behind some of my favourite B-movie guilty pleasures.
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'Written, produced and directed by Larry Cohen' is something that would normally delight me whilst watching the opening credits of a film, but although Cohen's trademark wit is their occasionally in the script, Full Moon High ultimately fails on all levels, never reaching anywhere near the level of quirk, or containing the endearing oddball characters, as the likes of It's Alive (1974), Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) or The Stuff (1985). Although he is annoyingly whiny at times, Arkin does give a game performance, and has the chance to spout lines such as "I don't believe in vampires or werewolves or virgins," (it made me laugh anyway). And the film did make me laugh a number of times throughout, with spinning newspapers giving headlines such as 'Werewolf Annoys Community', and a pretty talented comedy support cast (Ed McMahon, Kenneth Mars, Pat Morita and Alan Arkin) - Mars is a particular stand- out, playing the once-sexually repressed gay gym teacher who, decades on, is a full-blown queen.
But the mix of spoof, childish visual gags, Benny Hill-esque sped-up smutty humour, and outright farce doesn't quite blend, and ultimately, the film is an absolute mess. One scene near the end sees a cop shooting a bullet at the POV werewolf, only to hit the cameraman. The screen goes black as Alan Arkin and the crew rush the get the film going again. It could have been a moment of offbeat self-reflexive surreality, but its poorly-handled, and the film's budget constraints seem to get the better of it. It tries to homage the comedy of the Zucker brothers and Mel Brooks, but you'd be better off watching them instead of his lame effort, because although the film did amuse me at rare occasions, when I wasn't laughing I was generally cringing. Full Moon High is not something that will exactly tarnish Larry Cohen's CV, but it is certainly a massive disappointment from the man behind some of my favourite B-movie guilty pleasures.
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Disappointingly broad comedy; Teen Wolf is better
Leofwine_draca20 July 2016
One of those films you can guess the entirety of simply from the title, this disjointed movie from Larry Cohen is definitely one of his lesser films. It's kept watchable through the sheer level of gags on offer (often with lots of sight jokes that are very missable if you're not concentrating) although most of the one-liners are excruciating. A better than average cast do their jobs well even though their characters are limited to doing/saying mainly one thing. Sadly the low budget often shows, with the film cutting away from the action on more than one occasion, and also in the ridiculous werewolf makeup which reaches new lows in tackiness (seemingly a riff on I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF's makeup but with hardly the same impact).
Adam Arkin is the good-natured high school boy who is turned into a werewolf while blundering in Romania. From then on, he turns into a wolf basically every night (bizarre moon cycles then) and is stalked by a mystery violinist who pops up at every occasion and quickly becomes repetitive. His mad father (played hilariously by Ed McMahon) believes that a nuclear bomb will explode at any minute and is ready to take refuge in his bunker. An inordinate number of homosexuals are also present at Full Moon High to admire Arkin, giving plenty of room for lots of jokes and laughs in the men's locker room! The film's highlight undeniably has to be a cameo by Arkin's father, Alan, as a loud-mouthed shrink who attempts to make a man stop from committing suicide by hurling abuse at him! Otherwise, this is strictly business as usual, and pretty cheesy in a bad '80s kind of way, complete with absurd fashions and silly dialogue. With only a few funny bits and a lot of complete nonsense, I would recommend this to nostalgia buffs or Cohen fans only.
Adam Arkin is the good-natured high school boy who is turned into a werewolf while blundering in Romania. From then on, he turns into a wolf basically every night (bizarre moon cycles then) and is stalked by a mystery violinist who pops up at every occasion and quickly becomes repetitive. His mad father (played hilariously by Ed McMahon) believes that a nuclear bomb will explode at any minute and is ready to take refuge in his bunker. An inordinate number of homosexuals are also present at Full Moon High to admire Arkin, giving plenty of room for lots of jokes and laughs in the men's locker room! The film's highlight undeniably has to be a cameo by Arkin's father, Alan, as a loud-mouthed shrink who attempts to make a man stop from committing suicide by hurling abuse at him! Otherwise, this is strictly business as usual, and pretty cheesy in a bad '80s kind of way, complete with absurd fashions and silly dialogue. With only a few funny bits and a lot of complete nonsense, I would recommend this to nostalgia buffs or Cohen fans only.
Whew. Ugh.
BandSAboutMovies21 March 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Four years before Teen Wolf (and 24 years after I Was a Teenage Werewolf), Larry Cohen wrote, produced and directed Full Moon High, a comedic take on what it'd be like to be a werewolf in high school. Ironically, it came out in the same year as An American Werewolf in London, covering some of the same ground, but from a very different perspective.
The tie to Michael Landon's werewolf turn is that the opening of this film is in the 1950's. There, Tony Walker (Adam Arkin, Halloween H2O) is a high school football player whose dad, Colonel William Walker (Ed McMahon!), is in the CIA. He takes his son with him to Romania for a secret mission where he'll shove some microfilm up his own ass. Yes, if you ever wanted to see Johnny Carson's sidekick yell things like, "Did you get laid?" and act like he's being butt plugged, then this is the film for you!
Tony gets his palm read by a gypsy while his dad is having sex with a prostitute - yes, this is a comedy - and finds out that he'll be an eternal doomed to wander the earth. Soon, he will return home to find his destiny and he shouldn't make any plans during the full moon. On his way back to the hotel, Tony is killed by a werewolf and returns from the dead the next morning.
On their way back to the U.S., Cuban terrorists hijack their plane, but Tony transforms into a werewolf and takes them out. However, Tony's curse keeps him too distracted to play football, so he misses the big game and costs his school the championship. He also starts to hide from his girlfriend Jane (Roz Kelly, New Year's Evil) as he's worried that he will kill her. His dad is convinced that Tony is a neighbor's dog until he catches him transforming and tries to shoot his son. The bullet ricochets and kills the Colonel and Tony skips town after the funeral.
The film descends into pathos here - not the last time it'll happen - as Tony wanders the earth for twenty-five years before returning home. It's just in time, as Tony's football team hasn't scored a touchdown since he left town.
His old girlfriend, Jane, is married to his old friend Flynn and still calls out his name during sex. She figures out that Tony Jr., as he calls himself as he returns to town, is really Tony. And she's fine with having sex with a werewolf. There's also Ricky (Joanne Nail, The Visitor), a high school girl who falls for him. Oh yeah - and Tony also goes full werewolf and kills his principal before turning himself in. His court-appointed shrink, Dr. Brand (Adam Arkin's dad, Alan) really wants to conduct experiments on Tony, but acts like he's trying to help him.
There are plenty of character actors and strange personalities in this strangely cast film. In addition to Ed McMahon, there's also Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop, ...All the Marbles, The Stuff), Sanford and Son's Demond Wilson, 1980's sitcom and Hollywood Squares star Jim J. Bullock, Bob Saget in an early role as a sportscaster and Pat Morita (The Karate Kid) as a silversmith.
Cohen said of the film, "It has some interesting ideas about how life in America has changed sexually and politically since the early sixties. All of Arkin's friends have changed but he hasn't. And whereas he changes into a werewolf all of the time, his friends change into middle-aged people while he is gone, with different values and different ideas. They change as much as he does, actually."
Where most of Larry Cohen's films succeed in spite of their high concept and low budget, Full Moon High was a bit of a struggle for me. That said, Alan Arkin is great in this and elevates every scene he's in.
The tie to Michael Landon's werewolf turn is that the opening of this film is in the 1950's. There, Tony Walker (Adam Arkin, Halloween H2O) is a high school football player whose dad, Colonel William Walker (Ed McMahon!), is in the CIA. He takes his son with him to Romania for a secret mission where he'll shove some microfilm up his own ass. Yes, if you ever wanted to see Johnny Carson's sidekick yell things like, "Did you get laid?" and act like he's being butt plugged, then this is the film for you!
Tony gets his palm read by a gypsy while his dad is having sex with a prostitute - yes, this is a comedy - and finds out that he'll be an eternal doomed to wander the earth. Soon, he will return home to find his destiny and he shouldn't make any plans during the full moon. On his way back to the hotel, Tony is killed by a werewolf and returns from the dead the next morning.
On their way back to the U.S., Cuban terrorists hijack their plane, but Tony transforms into a werewolf and takes them out. However, Tony's curse keeps him too distracted to play football, so he misses the big game and costs his school the championship. He also starts to hide from his girlfriend Jane (Roz Kelly, New Year's Evil) as he's worried that he will kill her. His dad is convinced that Tony is a neighbor's dog until he catches him transforming and tries to shoot his son. The bullet ricochets and kills the Colonel and Tony skips town after the funeral.
The film descends into pathos here - not the last time it'll happen - as Tony wanders the earth for twenty-five years before returning home. It's just in time, as Tony's football team hasn't scored a touchdown since he left town.
His old girlfriend, Jane, is married to his old friend Flynn and still calls out his name during sex. She figures out that Tony Jr., as he calls himself as he returns to town, is really Tony. And she's fine with having sex with a werewolf. There's also Ricky (Joanne Nail, The Visitor), a high school girl who falls for him. Oh yeah - and Tony also goes full werewolf and kills his principal before turning himself in. His court-appointed shrink, Dr. Brand (Adam Arkin's dad, Alan) really wants to conduct experiments on Tony, but acts like he's trying to help him.
There are plenty of character actors and strange personalities in this strangely cast film. In addition to Ed McMahon, there's also Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop, ...All the Marbles, The Stuff), Sanford and Son's Demond Wilson, 1980's sitcom and Hollywood Squares star Jim J. Bullock, Bob Saget in an early role as a sportscaster and Pat Morita (The Karate Kid) as a silversmith.
Cohen said of the film, "It has some interesting ideas about how life in America has changed sexually and politically since the early sixties. All of Arkin's friends have changed but he hasn't. And whereas he changes into a werewolf all of the time, his friends change into middle-aged people while he is gone, with different values and different ideas. They change as much as he does, actually."
Where most of Larry Cohen's films succeed in spite of their high concept and low budget, Full Moon High was a bit of a struggle for me. That said, Alan Arkin is great in this and elevates every scene he's in.
"The commies turned my son into a wolf!"
utgard1423 August 2015
Underrated horror comedy from Larry Cohen about a teenage boy (Adam Arkin) in the 1950s whose bitten by a werewolf on a trip to Transylvania. Back home he struggles in vain to control his werewolf urges, which include nipping at the bottoms of young women. Eventually he leaves town but returns twenty years later, posing as his own son, in an attempt to finish high school.
Man, this movie is trashed just about everywhere you look but I thought it was a riot. It's completely silly and irreverent, which I guess doesn't appeal to everyone. I thought it was fun from start to finish and, while I love Teen Wolf, I have to agree with another reviewer that this is actually a better movie. A better comedy, at least. Adam Arkin does a fine job but the supporting cast frequently steals the spotlight. Ed McMahon, Roz Kelly (Pinky Tuscadero!), and Joanne Nail are all hilarious. Alan Arkin shows up late in the movie and owns every scene he's in. Demond Wilson (Lamont from Sanford & Son) is funny in a tiny part as a bus driver.
The '80s was a great decade for werewolf movies. While most people know and appreciate many of these, like the aforementioned Teen Wolf, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, this one doesn't seem to get a lot of respect. I mean, look at that IMDb score -- it's pathetic! Hopefully, as time goes by, Full Moon High will be appreciated more but it's been over thirty years so I won't be holding my breath on that. See it for yourself and decide. Maybe you'll get as much of a kick out of it as I do.
Man, this movie is trashed just about everywhere you look but I thought it was a riot. It's completely silly and irreverent, which I guess doesn't appeal to everyone. I thought it was fun from start to finish and, while I love Teen Wolf, I have to agree with another reviewer that this is actually a better movie. A better comedy, at least. Adam Arkin does a fine job but the supporting cast frequently steals the spotlight. Ed McMahon, Roz Kelly (Pinky Tuscadero!), and Joanne Nail are all hilarious. Alan Arkin shows up late in the movie and owns every scene he's in. Demond Wilson (Lamont from Sanford & Son) is funny in a tiny part as a bus driver.
The '80s was a great decade for werewolf movies. While most people know and appreciate many of these, like the aforementioned Teen Wolf, The Howling, and An American Werewolf in London, this one doesn't seem to get a lot of respect. I mean, look at that IMDb score -- it's pathetic! Hopefully, as time goes by, Full Moon High will be appreciated more but it's been over thirty years so I won't be holding my breath on that. See it for yourself and decide. Maybe you'll get as much of a kick out of it as I do.
An American Werewolf in a Lame Spoof.
BA_Harrison9 September 2018
1981 - John Landis brought us An American Werewolf in London, one of the greatest examples of horror comedy ever made, and arguably the best werewolf film of all time; the same year, director Larry Cohen gave us Full Moon High, the antithesis of Landis's classic, an utterly wretched spoof of the werewolf genre that is about as funny as having your throat torn out.
Loaded with gags that must have looked lame on paper, but which are even worse on film, the movie is painfully inept and packed with irritating characters that it's hard to give a hoot about. Adam Arkin stars as Tony, a high school football star who is bitten by a werewolf while in Romania; after twenty years of roaming the world, he returns home to try and carry on where he left off. Arkin's performance is totally charmless - he's no Michael J. Fox, that's for sure - and his supporting cast fare no better.
The special effects and makeup suck too.
Howlingly bad, I rate this laugh-free clunker 1/10.
Loaded with gags that must have looked lame on paper, but which are even worse on film, the movie is painfully inept and packed with irritating characters that it's hard to give a hoot about. Adam Arkin stars as Tony, a high school football star who is bitten by a werewolf while in Romania; after twenty years of roaming the world, he returns home to try and carry on where he left off. Arkin's performance is totally charmless - he's no Michael J. Fox, that's for sure - and his supporting cast fare no better.
The special effects and makeup suck too.
Howlingly bad, I rate this laugh-free clunker 1/10.
This is a campy, horror parody that's far from a classic but has an all star cast and is definitely worth a viewing
kevin_robbins1 January 2023
Full Moon High (1981) is a movie that I recently watched on Amazon Prime. The storyline follows a young man who while on a trip to Romania is bitten and turned into a werewolf. As he returns home and tries to return to his normal life he finds it more challenging than he anticipated.
This movie is written and directed by Larry Cohen (The Stuff) and stars Alan Arkin (Argo), Adam Arkin (Get Shorty), Ed McMahon (Fun with Dick and Jane), Demond Wilson (Sanford and Son), Pat Morita (The Karate Kid) and Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop).
This movie was released in the height of horror parodies along side American Werewolf in London and just before Teen Wolf. This is known as Adam Arkin's first film (son of Alan Arkin). This is also a cool movie for Bob Saget who plays multiple "extras if you keep a keen eye out. The comedy content is fairly cheesy with a few sequences that will give you a chuckle. The Jaguar sound effects in this were both funny and awkward. The bus driver sequence and grave site scene were hilarious but football scenes were too over the top. The dialogue was hit or miss and reminded me of Airplane. I will say the makeup and special effects are excellent and very well done.
Overall, this is a campy, horror parody that's far from a classic but has an all star cast and is definitely worth a viewing. I would score this a 6/10 and strongly recommend it.
This movie is written and directed by Larry Cohen (The Stuff) and stars Alan Arkin (Argo), Adam Arkin (Get Shorty), Ed McMahon (Fun with Dick and Jane), Demond Wilson (Sanford and Son), Pat Morita (The Karate Kid) and Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop).
This movie was released in the height of horror parodies along side American Werewolf in London and just before Teen Wolf. This is known as Adam Arkin's first film (son of Alan Arkin). This is also a cool movie for Bob Saget who plays multiple "extras if you keep a keen eye out. The comedy content is fairly cheesy with a few sequences that will give you a chuckle. The Jaguar sound effects in this were both funny and awkward. The bus driver sequence and grave site scene were hilarious but football scenes were too over the top. The dialogue was hit or miss and reminded me of Airplane. I will say the makeup and special effects are excellent and very well done.
Overall, this is a campy, horror parody that's far from a classic but has an all star cast and is definitely worth a viewing. I would score this a 6/10 and strongly recommend it.
This movie was SO......
sugar-bear25 December 2004
Warning: Spoilers
Whack!!! I got this movie because Elizabeth Hartman was in it. I was disappointed to find out she was in like two short scenes towards the end. Other than that I was basically hitting the fast forward button the entire time. Some teenager goes on a trip to Romania with his Dad and gets bitten by a wolf and turns into a werewolf if there's a full moon. He kills his father and friends. About 30 years past but he doesn't age a bit and enrolls in a high school. There he meets a shy teacher whom he ends up biting and then has kids with her. This movie sucked and I don't recommend it to anyone. Read War and Peace instead. Only Ms. Hartman did a great job. Check out a very young Bob Saget in this one!!
Full Moon High
Scarecrow-8821 November 2007
Warning: Spoilers
While visiting Romania with his CIA dad, Tony(Adam Arkin), quite a talented high school quarterback seen as the savior to lead his team finally to a victory over rival Simpson, is told by a would-be palm-reader(..in Romania, the people are not allowed many books, so she took up palm reading)that he would be bitten by a werewolf("When the moon is full, don't make any appointments..you will be busy."). Well, who would have thunk it..Tony is in fact bitten and his life would be forever changed. After his father unfortunately dies in a mishap within his bomb shelter(!)under odd circumstances(firing at his werewolf son inside a metallic bomb shelter isn't a very good idea, especially if the bullet doesn't leave the room and bounces around like a pinball gone berserk), Tony travels the land through endless years, until he's tired of packing, and returns decades(..and many US Presidents)later to hopefully lead his football team to a win over Simpson..a task he abandoned long ago. What was once a very white, clean-cut high school has indeed changed into a ghetto of drug use, violence, and perversion. To get an idea of what the early 80's Full Moon High school's prom party resembles, think Studio 54 with teenagers..
Larry Cohen's parody of werewolf flicks, among others things, is crammed full of gags, homages, and in-jokes. My favorite sequences contain one in the sex-ed classroom where Tony reveals to the 80's class his werewolf transformation and the introductory scene to Dr. Brand(Alan Arkin, who steals the film when Kenneth Mars isn't on screen), quite possibly the worst psychiatrist on Earth. His task to talk down a jumper leads to two men falling off a balcony..the jumper and a fireman (trying, at first, to talk him out of it), both fuming mad at Brand! Brand even tries to get Tony to sign a waver for his body's being donated to science so he can get his wife a fur coat! Kenneth Mars had me rolling in the floor as a homosexual football coach(..and later in the 80's as the Principal)who likes to pat his players on the behind..his scene where Tony's unloading the truth to the sex-ed class is classic. The film is loaded with inspired casting choices..just littered with funny characters and the cast interpretations..such as Ed McMahon as a very conservative military blowhard who actually looks identical to Joseph McCathy standing next to his photo in the bomb shelter(..always talking about commies), Joanne Nail as bulging eyed Ricky in present day who falls for the werewolf, Elizabeth Hartman(A Patch of Blue)as a mousy, nerdy sexually molested(..and molester)teacher who finds an attraction towards Tony, James Dixon as a deputy(..his great scene has him stealing a line from his police chief reciting it to Dr. Brand who begins mouthing the words to himself for memorization), Roz Kelly as Jane, an undyingly devoted female desiring Tony for only herself constantly demanding he ravish her, and Bill Kirchenbauer as Flynn, Tony's long-time pal and now the police chief who only got Jane after his friend left town. Can not forget JM J Bullock as Flynn's closeted gay son trying to fit in at the school hoping to find a dame with hilarious results.
I like how the film pays homage to the werewolf genre such as when he's on the prowl..he's often referred to in the papers as Jack the Nipper because he likes to bite his victims on the cheek..and I'm not talking face. He's seen more as an annoyance than danger. The homages to Carrie and Psycho are nice, and the violin shtick is also amusing. Cohen tosses so many zingers at the viewer, eventually one has to stick. Obviously in a comedy such as this, not every joke hits it's mark, but many do. The cast makes this worthwhile. The film looks cheap on the typical Larry Cohen budget. Notice the 50's scenes where the obvious old cast members that would show up down the road wear glaring wigs. Loved Adam in the lead..he is the perfect foil for the gags that follow him and the zingers he lets fly from Cohen's script. The film moves quickly, rarely catching a breath. I liked this horror comedy more than most it seems.
Larry Cohen's parody of werewolf flicks, among others things, is crammed full of gags, homages, and in-jokes. My favorite sequences contain one in the sex-ed classroom where Tony reveals to the 80's class his werewolf transformation and the introductory scene to Dr. Brand(Alan Arkin, who steals the film when Kenneth Mars isn't on screen), quite possibly the worst psychiatrist on Earth. His task to talk down a jumper leads to two men falling off a balcony..the jumper and a fireman (trying, at first, to talk him out of it), both fuming mad at Brand! Brand even tries to get Tony to sign a waver for his body's being donated to science so he can get his wife a fur coat! Kenneth Mars had me rolling in the floor as a homosexual football coach(..and later in the 80's as the Principal)who likes to pat his players on the behind..his scene where Tony's unloading the truth to the sex-ed class is classic. The film is loaded with inspired casting choices..just littered with funny characters and the cast interpretations..such as Ed McMahon as a very conservative military blowhard who actually looks identical to Joseph McCathy standing next to his photo in the bomb shelter(..always talking about commies), Joanne Nail as bulging eyed Ricky in present day who falls for the werewolf, Elizabeth Hartman(A Patch of Blue)as a mousy, nerdy sexually molested(..and molester)teacher who finds an attraction towards Tony, James Dixon as a deputy(..his great scene has him stealing a line from his police chief reciting it to Dr. Brand who begins mouthing the words to himself for memorization), Roz Kelly as Jane, an undyingly devoted female desiring Tony for only herself constantly demanding he ravish her, and Bill Kirchenbauer as Flynn, Tony's long-time pal and now the police chief who only got Jane after his friend left town. Can not forget JM J Bullock as Flynn's closeted gay son trying to fit in at the school hoping to find a dame with hilarious results.
I like how the film pays homage to the werewolf genre such as when he's on the prowl..he's often referred to in the papers as Jack the Nipper because he likes to bite his victims on the cheek..and I'm not talking face. He's seen more as an annoyance than danger. The homages to Carrie and Psycho are nice, and the violin shtick is also amusing. Cohen tosses so many zingers at the viewer, eventually one has to stick. Obviously in a comedy such as this, not every joke hits it's mark, but many do. The cast makes this worthwhile. The film looks cheap on the typical Larry Cohen budget. Notice the 50's scenes where the obvious old cast members that would show up down the road wear glaring wigs. Loved Adam in the lead..he is the perfect foil for the gags that follow him and the zingers he lets fly from Cohen's script. The film moves quickly, rarely catching a breath. I liked this horror comedy more than most it seems.
It's Was A Full Moon, And I Was Howling With Fun - Mostly
P3n-E-W1s328 March 2022
Greetings And Salutations, and welcome to my review of Full Moon High. Before we get into it, here are my ratings:
Story - 1.25 Direction - 1.00 Pace - 0.75 Acting - 1.25 Enjoyment - 1.25
TOTAL - 5.50
Larry Cohen created Teen Wolf! Though that statement isn't exactly correct, you can see a lot of similarities between that movie and this one. But this one is better, script-wise.
Pretty much right from the start, I was laughing. Cohen has an outstanding talent for comedic wordplay. And, thanks to the skilled cast, their deadpan performances add to the humour. I particularly loved the segments with the confrontational psychiatrist, Dr Brand (Alan Arkin). The scene with the jumper is excellent. Not only does he stop the jumper from jumping, but he also gets him to protect him when the cop decides Dr Brand reminds him of his overbearing father and attacks him. There's even a break in the fourth wall.
However, I must say that not all the jokes and repartee work. Things begin to get a little stale around the halfway mark. Though they never get back to the same mirthfulness as at the start, there are still some brilliant laughs dotted throughout - Dr Brands' scenes fall in these latter sections.
Unfortunately, the direction is more hit and miss. There are too many clips where cast members noticeably do their parts separately. It usually happens when Adam Arkin is Werewolf Tony. For example, there's a scene where Tony's dad confronts him in his bedroom. In the sections his dad appears in, everything is well lit. However, when the camera switches characters with the conversation, and we see Werewolf Tony, he is in dark shadows. Kinda like a Plan 9 thing. And there are similar scenes throughout the whole picture. Except Cohen uses the same clip of Werewolf Tony in each. I don't know; maybe the special-effects make-up artist was only available for one day, so they shot all the Werewolf shots in one go, and Cohen had to make do and reuse. Whatever the excuse it's a shame as it does hurt the movie some.
Luckily the cast is excellent in their performances and helps carry the film through the rough times. There are no small parts in this movie as everybody gives their all.
If you like wordplay and sarcasm, Full Moon High should tickle your funny bone, on and off. I have to say I much prefer this style of humour compared to today's puerile drivel. I giggled loads and laughed much. But, if you think Will Ferrell films are a laugh riot, then this will not be for you. But go ahead and give it a try anyhow.
Feel free to come and visit my Absolute Horror and Just For Laughs lists to see where Werewolf Tony and Full Moon High ranked in my charts.
Take Care & Stay Well.
Story - 1.25 Direction - 1.00 Pace - 0.75 Acting - 1.25 Enjoyment - 1.25
TOTAL - 5.50
Larry Cohen created Teen Wolf! Though that statement isn't exactly correct, you can see a lot of similarities between that movie and this one. But this one is better, script-wise.
Pretty much right from the start, I was laughing. Cohen has an outstanding talent for comedic wordplay. And, thanks to the skilled cast, their deadpan performances add to the humour. I particularly loved the segments with the confrontational psychiatrist, Dr Brand (Alan Arkin). The scene with the jumper is excellent. Not only does he stop the jumper from jumping, but he also gets him to protect him when the cop decides Dr Brand reminds him of his overbearing father and attacks him. There's even a break in the fourth wall.
However, I must say that not all the jokes and repartee work. Things begin to get a little stale around the halfway mark. Though they never get back to the same mirthfulness as at the start, there are still some brilliant laughs dotted throughout - Dr Brands' scenes fall in these latter sections.
Unfortunately, the direction is more hit and miss. There are too many clips where cast members noticeably do their parts separately. It usually happens when Adam Arkin is Werewolf Tony. For example, there's a scene where Tony's dad confronts him in his bedroom. In the sections his dad appears in, everything is well lit. However, when the camera switches characters with the conversation, and we see Werewolf Tony, he is in dark shadows. Kinda like a Plan 9 thing. And there are similar scenes throughout the whole picture. Except Cohen uses the same clip of Werewolf Tony in each. I don't know; maybe the special-effects make-up artist was only available for one day, so they shot all the Werewolf shots in one go, and Cohen had to make do and reuse. Whatever the excuse it's a shame as it does hurt the movie some.
Luckily the cast is excellent in their performances and helps carry the film through the rough times. There are no small parts in this movie as everybody gives their all.
If you like wordplay and sarcasm, Full Moon High should tickle your funny bone, on and off. I have to say I much prefer this style of humour compared to today's puerile drivel. I giggled loads and laughed much. But, if you think Will Ferrell films are a laugh riot, then this will not be for you. But go ahead and give it a try anyhow.
Feel free to come and visit my Absolute Horror and Just For Laughs lists to see where Werewolf Tony and Full Moon High ranked in my charts.
Take Care & Stay Well.
Trivial "schlocker".....
merklekranz2 March 2008
Do not expect good, do not expect even average. Go into this schlock-fest with zero expectations and you might find it passable, mostly due to the supporting cast of characters. Ed McMahon is a curiosity. Louis Nye is totally wasted. Kenneth Mars terminally overacts. Demond Wilson drives a bus. Alan Arkin adds substantially to the film as a crazed psychologist, but by that time it is way too late to end the steady downward spiral of "Full Moon High". Adam Arkin is especially unmemorable as the werewolf, which of course is bad news right from the "git go". The cast, other than Adam Arkin, is game but the script is lame, and I cannot recommend seeing this trivial satire. - MERK
A Spoof That Has Heart but Not Enough Laughs
Michael_Elliott26 October 2013
Full Moon High (1981)
* (out of 4)
Larry Cohen produced, wrote and directed this horror comedy about a popular high school football player (Adam Arkin) who goes on a vacation to Transylvania with his father (Ed McMahon). While there the teen is bitten by a werewolf and soon he begins to change himself. Decades go by and he realizes that the only way to break the curse is by returning to school and beating the rival football team. FULL MOON HIGH has its heart in the right place but I thought that the film was a complete disaster that just never really took off. While watching the film you have to at least give it credit for "inspiring" TEEN WOLF but in my opinion that film there did much better with the similar plot. The problem with this film is that it really isn't well written. I say that because instead of coming up with good jokes it seems that Cohen just sit around writing down every joke that came to him and then he put it in the movie whether it was funny or not. There are non-stop jokes going on here but sadly very few of them work and for every funny one there are at least ten that don't work. Again, there are some clever jokes to be found including a very good bit with the police beating up a guy in a gorilla suit not realizing that they're looking for a wolf. Another funny sequence deals with terrorist taking over an airplane, which will certainly remind people of Cohen's days in Blaxploitation. Arkin is decent in his role but he really doesn't have too much to work with and in the end his character comes across rather boring. McMahon, on the other hand, appears to be having a blast and certainly keeps the film moving while he's in it. Familiar names like Alan Arkin, Pat Morita and Bob Saget also show up in small roles. FULL MOON HIGH has enough funny moments for a short film but at 93-minutes the thing is just way too long and the plot drags on to the point where you'll feel as if you're in a never ending movie.
* (out of 4)
Larry Cohen produced, wrote and directed this horror comedy about a popular high school football player (Adam Arkin) who goes on a vacation to Transylvania with his father (Ed McMahon). While there the teen is bitten by a werewolf and soon he begins to change himself. Decades go by and he realizes that the only way to break the curse is by returning to school and beating the rival football team. FULL MOON HIGH has its heart in the right place but I thought that the film was a complete disaster that just never really took off. While watching the film you have to at least give it credit for "inspiring" TEEN WOLF but in my opinion that film there did much better with the similar plot. The problem with this film is that it really isn't well written. I say that because instead of coming up with good jokes it seems that Cohen just sit around writing down every joke that came to him and then he put it in the movie whether it was funny or not. There are non-stop jokes going on here but sadly very few of them work and for every funny one there are at least ten that don't work. Again, there are some clever jokes to be found including a very good bit with the police beating up a guy in a gorilla suit not realizing that they're looking for a wolf. Another funny sequence deals with terrorist taking over an airplane, which will certainly remind people of Cohen's days in Blaxploitation. Arkin is decent in his role but he really doesn't have too much to work with and in the end his character comes across rather boring. McMahon, on the other hand, appears to be having a blast and certainly keeps the film moving while he's in it. Familiar names like Alan Arkin, Pat Morita and Bob Saget also show up in small roles. FULL MOON HIGH has enough funny moments for a short film but at 93-minutes the thing is just way too long and the plot drags on to the point where you'll feel as if you're in a never ending movie.
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