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2 April 1999 (USA) more
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The week before he returns to school for his senior year, popular High School jock Tommy Dawkins is bitten and turned into a werewolf... more
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Decent teen comedy show ... more (37 total)

Cast

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Brandon Quinn ... Tommy Dawkins / ... (58 episodes, 1999-2002)

Danny Smith ... Merton J. Dingle / ... (58 episodes, 1999-2002)
Domenic Di Rosa ... Tim Eckert (36 episodes, 1999-2002)

Aimée Castle ... Lori Baxter (35 episodes, 2000-2002)

Rob deLeeuw ... Travis Eckert (35 episodes, 1999-2002)

Jack Mosshammer ... Dean Dawkins (27 episodes, 1999-2002)
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Le loup-garou du campus (Canada: French title)
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30 min (65 episodes)
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The sudden change in the werewolf makeup during the first season was due to actor Brandon Quinn's allergic reaction to the original makeup. more
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Merton: Do this, Merton. Do that, Merton. Where's the love? more

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Decent teen comedy show ..., 16 August 2005
Author: Noel (Werewolf-Moviesdotcom) from Bromsgrove, England

After working on "Sweet Valley High" and "Breaker High", I suppose "Werewolf High" seemed like the next logical step for writers Peter Knight and Chris Briggs ...

Tommy Dawkins (Brandon Quinn) is your typical high school jock -- popular, dumb and care-free ... that is, until he is out camping one night and is bitten by a werewolf. Thanks to his infliction he is forced to befriend nerdy goth outcast Merton J Dingle (Danny Smith), and together they work to conceal his lycanthropy and battle whatever evil forces set sights on the town of Pleasantville. As awkward as teenage years always are, Tommy finds that it is even more so when you're a werewolf -- especially since he wolfs out every time he gets close to Stacey Hanson (Rachelle Lefevre), the girl of his dreams. Later, Stacey is transfered to another school and Tommy sets his sights on the new girl, kick-boxing Buffy-wannabe Lori Baxter (Aimée Castle).

I caught a couple of episodes of this series when it was on, and it seemed like a pretty silly show that was aimed primarily at the teenybopper crowd. I was attracted to it at the time because obviously it featured werewolves and also it had strong similarities to Buffy, which I enjoyed. In the end I was put off by the silly WWF-style fight scenes, and the slapstick humour didn't really appeal to me all that much. However, when I watched the episodes back-to-back recently I began to really enjoy it. Many of the jokes are silly, but I'll admit it does manage to make me chuckle quite frequently. The constant movie references score particularly highly with me. The characters themselves are quite amusing ... Tommy really is an idiot, and Danny Smith who plays Merton J Dingle has become a kind of cult icon. Together the two of them form an interesting comic team.

It turns out there actually is an awful lot to enjoy here, especially if you happen to catch the series on a good day. At it's worst the show is like a kid's version of Buffy without the same level of atmosphere or wit (although it does seem to be conscious of this, throwing in direct references to the show). One problem is that the comic actors and guest stars often aren't particularly restrained, they're out there in full-on "I will make you laugh" mode which can come off more annoying than amusing. But hell, there are certainly worse things you could be watching.

If you're looking for an interesting, dark and brilliant werewolf series, check out Frank Lupo's Werewolf. But if you're just after an entertaining, amusing and diverting version of "Teen Wolf", then this is the best there is.

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