I Was a Teenage Werebear (2011)

A repressed gay teen transforms into a beast after being bitten by a hunky classmate.

Director:

Tim Sullivan

Writer:

Tim Sullivan

Stars:

Sean Paul Lockhart, Anton Troy, Gabby West

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Paul Lockhart	...	Ricky O'Reily
Anton Troy	...	Talon
Gabby West	...	Peggy Lou (as Gabrielle West)
Lin Shaye	...	Nurse Maleva
Adam Robitel	...	Butch
Thomas Christopher Colby	...	Wearbear Talon (as Thomas Colby)
Chris Staviski	...	Werebear Dan
John Mccormick	...	Werebear Den (as John F. McCormick)
Darren Billam	...	Dan
Pat Billam	...	Den
Paul Ward	...	Mr. O'Reilly
Jack McDowell	...	Jimmy
Tim Sullivan	...	Coach Tuffman
Robbie Vinton	...	Big Toe
Earl Roesel	...	Mr. Paisley

Storyline

A spoof of 1960's Drive-In flicks, 'I Was a Teenage Werebear' features five rock and roll musical numbers in a mash-up of Roger Corman and John Waters that follows a day in the life of closeted new kid Ricky O'Reilly (played by Sean Paul Lockhart, aka adult film superstar Brent Corrigan) who falls for Malibu High's mysterious bad boy Talon (Anton Troy). When aroused, the two transform into bestial leather daddies, the titular 'werebears'.

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Plot Keywords:

gay | leather | 1960s | spoof | high school | 

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Genres:

Short | Comedy | Horror | Musical

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Because of the rushed schedule, the actors had to lip synch to recordings of composer Patrick Copeland and re-dub the songs after filming was completed.

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Goofs

Mr. Paisley is a featured dancer during "Room for All (Everybody's Gay)" despite the fact he was brutally beheaded in the previous scene.

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Alternate Versions

Although this short is featured in the film Chillerama, the stand-alone festival version is longer and ends on a completely different note, with Sean Paul Lockhart performing a gay anthem entitled "Room for All." The song was included in the original Comic-Con screening of 'Chillerama,' but it was decided that the tone of the ending was wrong for the compilation film. Subsequently, writer/director Tim Sullivan began independently selling DVD-Rs of the "Hairy & Uncut Ultimate Edition," which included the longer version of the film, an exclusive 5.1 audio mix and a variety of other extras which were excluded from the "Chillerama" disc.

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Connections

Featured in Full Moon Fever: Behind the scenes of I was a Teenage Werebear (2011)

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Soundtracks

Do the Werebear (and Let the Werebear Do You)
Written by Tim Sullivan and Patrick Copeland
Performed by Anton Troy, Thomas Christopher Colby and Chris Staviski

User Reviews

"I dig bananas, you dig pears...there's room for all"

Any film with songs called "Purge the Urge" and "Love bit me on the Ass" has got to be worth a watch! Sean Paul Lockhart is a cute young man, as yet unsettled with his sexuality, until he falls for the local bad boy "Talon" (Anton Troy - surely a made up name if ever I heard one) who wrestles with him, bites his butt and turns our scantily clad hero into a "werebear". This film is a parody of just about everything from "Grease" (1978) "Rocky Horror" (1975) with bits of Elvis and Roger Corman thrown in too - and this all happens in just half an hour! Lin Shaye has some fun as the mystic "Nurse Maleva" who tries to avert the corruption of SPL - but will she succeed? Who cares, it's dreadful - but he does bear a worrying resemblance to Michael J. Fox at the end and I rather liked it!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color