Ski Wolf is writer/director Chris (Filthy McNasty) Seaver’s mash-up of Ski School and Teen Wolf. It’s the sort of combination you might come up with late at night while you’re either high as a kite or drunk as a skunk. Unfortunately, you might have to be a little of both to fully enjoy this one.
Scott (Casey Bowker) goes to his uncle’s ski resort for one last vacation before it gets sold to a rich asshole preppie named Ralston Zabka (Troma vet Trent Haaga). After Scott is bitten by a werewolf on the slopes, he transforms into the trash-talking Ski Wolf. He gains newfound popularity on the mountain, but eventually decides to be himself when it comes time to race Ralston for ownership of the resort.
Although the concept certainly had potential, it often feels like Seaver is holding back with this one. His films are usually filled to the gills with offensive jokes and crude humor, but it all feels relatively subdued this time around. (Either that or I’m just becoming increasingly numb to Seaver’s antics after watching four of his flicks in the past four days.) While this slightly watered-down approach worked for Wet Heat, Ski Wolf could’ve used a bit more raunch to it, especially given the fact that it’s a send-up of ‘80s teen sex comedies and sports movies. It doesn’t exactly help that Bowker plays Ski Wolf as a sort of half-assed version of Teen Ape.
That said, the film still has its moments. There is one funny group sex film that seems to be trying to one-up the orgy sequence from Zoolander. It’s also fun seeing how Seaver turns the typical sports movie cliches on their ear in the finale. Seaver’s work is usually hit and miss to begin with, but up until that scene, Ski Wolf was a lot more miss than hit. At least the voluptuous porn star Alix Lakehurst steals every scene she’s in as a massively mammaried snow bunny named Fantasia Snow.
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