Teen Wolf Too

"High school was easy. But college is a whole different ANIMAL."

1987 1h 35m EN

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★4.2TMDB · 241

ComedyFantasyFamily

Synopsis

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Although awkward college student Todd Howard is particularly adept at science, he's paying for school with an athletic scholarship that he will lose should he not fare well in an upcoming boxing tournament. Luckily for Todd, he has inherited the same family curse that once turned his cousin into a werewolf. As he transforms into the hairy, fanged, howling monster, he finds both his physical agility and his popularity skyrocketing -- but at what cost?

“High school was easy. But college is a whole different ANIMAL.”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christopher Leitch
Writers: Tim Kring, Jeph Loeb, Matthew Weisman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Teen Wolf Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Christopher Leitch, shot by Jules Brenner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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ERA

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Original score by Mark Goldenberg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Raja Gosnell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jason Bateman and Kim Darby and John Astin carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "High school was easy. But college is a whole different ANIMAL.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Christopher Leitch directs. Jules Brenner behind the camera. Mark Goldenberg scores. Raja Gosnell cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Teen Wolf Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Christopher Leitch, shot by Jules Brenner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mark Goldenberg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Raja Gosnell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jason Bateman and Kim Darby and John Astin carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "High school was easy. But college is a whole different ANIMAL.".
9IMDB entry: tt0094118 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jules Brenner
Original score: Mark Goldenberg
Editing: Raja Gosnell
Production design: Peg McClellan
Costume design: Heidi Kaczenski
Makeup / hair: Romy Fleming
Stunt coordinator: Chris Howell
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,000,000
Box office: $7,900,000
Return: 263% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Teen Wolf Too (1987)

Part of

Teen Wolf Collection

Teen Wolf is a flip-flop of the horrorific I Was a Teenage Werewolf story: this time, lycanthropy makes the afflicted high-schooler a big man on campus. An otherwise routine teen comedy, this one works because of the customary bounce of Michael J. Fox, in one of his first leading roles (it was shot before Back to the Future but released in that blockbuster's wake, and cashed in nicely). Although his werewolf makeup makes him look more like Bigfoot than Lon Chaney, Jr., Fox manages to convey his peppy personality even under all that hair. Teen Wolf Too, however, is not even bearable. Here Fox is replaced by Jason Bateman, who finds that his wolfish inclination helps him become the big dog on the college boxing team. The sole bright spot is veteran actor Paul Sand as the boxing coach. The rest is howlingly unfunny.