I Was A Teenage Wereskunk (2016)
a review by Evan Landon
When I first started Villainous Cinema a few years ago, it was mostly because of my love for spoofing bad movies. Podcasts like How Did This Get Made? & tv shows like Mystery Science Theater 3000 were huge in my decision to talk about B-movies, cult classics, & VHS trash. Speaking of MST3K, this one is a blatant satire of I Was a Teenage Werewolf starring Michael Landon (not my dad) and was featured on one of their earlier episodes. Sometimes, when these poorly made movies are made, they were made poorly on purpose. Movies like Velocipastor, Inhumanwich!, Return To Blood Fart Lake, & the entire Sharknado series are examples of these. Some of these movies are fun, even humorous. This is one is not.
Obviously, this movie was made as one of those farcical horror comedy movies, but it severely missed the mark with me. Apparently, it did not miss the mark with all of the critics, as it holds a 6.6 out of 10 on IMDB. I rarely pay attention to the critics, but I still do find that very funny; definitely funnier than this movie.
There are movies that are made terribly to be funny and movies made to be funny that are just terrible. This one is the latter.
The acting is deplorable and not just because of the terrible dialogue intended to resemble the candor and hip language of the sixties. I could try to recreate it or even quote some of it, but I cannot find any online and I don't think I will ever want to remember it, to be perfectly honest with you. The only part I thought was sort of interesting was when the hip beatnik guy with the beret introduces the protagonist to Charles Manson. Also, before they have an inane musical number in a diner, '”Cock & Balls” for ten cents is clearly on the menu. Besides that, nothing too memorable to even write about.
Anyone that follows Villainous Cinema should know how I feel about make up, gore, and special effects, so I'll just stop here.
Writer and director Neal McLoughlin released this pile of garbage in 2016 on a budget of $82,000 and made around $2 million on it, so it is considered a success.
If you don't want to take my advice or you just have an hour & a half of time to waste not laughing, go ahead and check this one out on Prime this month. If not, I don't blame you.
0.5 out of 5