Teen Wolf shares no continuity with the 1985 film Teen Wolf or its sequel, Teen Wolf Too,[REF][REF] but does contain allusions to the film which inspired its premise.
While the Teen Wolf film is a comedy, the MTV drama is a drama which includes dark themes, violence, and gore, as well as comedic elements; series developer Jeff Davis and other producers have referred to their indebtedness to Joss Whedon's supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer.