Teen Wolf Too (1987)

Director:

Christopher Leitch

Writers:

Jeph Loeb (characters) &
Matthew Weisman (characters) ...

Release Date:

20 November 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

A hair-raising comedy.

Plot:

Todd Howard is a struggling teenager. Nothing seems to be going very well for him, until he turns into a wolf. |

Plot Keywords:

Bully Comeuppance | Boxing | Sequel | Second Part | Bully

Cast

Jason Bateman	...	Todd Howard
Kim Darby	...	Professor Brooks
John Astin	...	Dean Dunn
Paul Sand	...	Coach Finstock
James Hampton	...	Uncle Harold
Mark Holton	...	Chubby
Estee Chandler	...	Nicki
Robert Neary	...	Gustavson
Stuart Fratkin	...	Stiles
Beth Miller	...	Lisa (as Beth Ann Miller)
Rachel Sharp	...	Emily
David Burton	...	Peter
William H. Burton	...	Pug
Kathleen Freeman	...	Admissions Lady
Eric Matthew	...	Admissions Kid

Also Known As:

Teen Wolf Two (International: English title) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Spain:T | Australia:M | USA:PG | UK:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Pomona College - 333 N. College Way, Claremont, California, USA

Company:

Atlantic Entertainment Group

Trivia:

Fox declined to reprise his role in the sequel, in part saying he had no desire to go through the arduous process again of getting into makeup to play the werewolf.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The boxes that Uncle Howard carry in are supposedly heavy, but they're obviously empty by the way Stiles tosses them aside.

Quotes:

Stiles: [after Todds first transformation into the Wolf] You seem a little upset...
Todd Howard: Upset? Me Stiles? UPSET?
Stiles: [Stiles nods]
Todd Howard: I just had a beard over every inch of my body... fingernails the size of french fries... teeth from here to Texas... and she called me a dog... A DOG...
Stiles: So...?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Heroes Unmasked: Telling Tales (#1.13)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

OUTRAGEOUS

Ouch

It's a sad truth that there are a lot of bad werewolf movies out there. But there are a few that really stand out as being among the worst of the worst ... and "Teen Wolf Too" is undoubtedly one of them.

It follows pretty much the same plot as the first movie, which was itself a recycled formula. Todd Howard (cousin of Scott from the first movie), a hard-working science student, arrives in college wanting to work towards becoming a vet. But there's one snag -- he's there under a sports scholarship, and unless he performs well in the boxing tournament his place in the college is at stake. Thankfully, he finds himself succumbing to his cousin's lycanthropic curse and becomes a popular and agile werewolf. But in the process he, of course, forgets who his real friends are.

There are numerous recurring characters from the first movie, some of whom have inexplicably moved to this college. There are Scott's high school chums, Chubby and Stiles -- Stiles is this time played by Stuart Fratkin, who also appeared in an episode of the TV show "Werewolf" the same year ("A Material Girl"). Scott's dad also makes a few appearances, as well as the Scott's coach, who is also played by a different actor this time. But of course, none of this matters ... without Michael J Fox, this movie was pretty much doomed from the start. He was pretty much the only thing that saved "Teen Wolf" from being a flop.

The dialogue is unbearable, the directing is clumsy, and the acting in places is downright appalling. Since this is basically a remake of the first movie, there's absolutely no reason to watch it. Just watch the original, and forget about this one altogether. There's hardly anything good to say about it at all. And believe it or not, it still made money. In fact it's very surprising that we didn't see a "Teen Wolf Three" the next year. Thank heavens for small blessings ...