Release and Reception
Variety reported: "Another in the cycle of regression themes is a combo teenager and science-fiction yarn which should do okay in the exploitation market Only thing new about this Herman Cohen production is a psychiatrist's use of a problem teenager but it's handled well enough to meet the requirements of this type film. good performances help overcome deficiencies. Final reels, where the lad turns into a hairy-headed monster with drooling fangs, are inclined to be played too heavily." Variety went on to say that Landon delivers "a first-class characterization as the high school boy constantly in trouble."
The film was very profitable, as it was made on a very low budget but grossed as much as US $2,000,000, compared to its $82,000 budget. Released in July 1957, it was followed four months later by I Was a Teenage Frankenstein as well as Blood of Dracula, and by the sequel How to Make a Monster in July 1958.
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