Poignant addition to the teen wolf movie pack
mainstreamed the idea of the monster as a proxy for queer liberation. It's howperpetually connected lycanthropes with adolescent female sexuality. But the underlying myths are difficult to kill: In the case of the cinematic werewolf, it all goes back to the curse of Larry Talbot in the originalTalbot's sharp-eared shadow hangs long over Jacqueline Castel's dark and tragic, and most especially over Heather .
Where so many queer creature features attempt to refract and reframe fairy tale tropes, Jae Matthews' script foris intriguing because there's always the threat of the real world at the edges. Heather's struggle for acceptance in the hockey rink becomes a symbol for her perpetual outsider status, and that Jonny even looks at her – never mind in the longing way that she so desires – is as powerful an influence as the waxing and waning moon.
Breathtaking as those hyper-stylized moments are, it's in a handful of short, moving scenes with McHattie thatfinds its real kinship with those Universal werewolf flicks: poignancy. Those moments of father-daughter intimacy, in which they bond over their shared curse and he passes on whatever shreds of wisdom he has acquired, are truly touching.
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