Warning! Spoilers ahead for Teen Wolf: The Movie. Despite being a direct sequel to the MTV show, Teen Wolf: The Movie has swearing and nudity, which is surprising but can easily be explained. Scott re-assembles the McCall Pack after a new threat emerges in Beacon Hill following a series of suspicious forest fires. In the middle of the story is the mysterious return of Allison Argent, who is embracing her hunter nature and goes after Scott and other werewolves in his pack. While the Teen Wolf Movie features mostly familiar characters, its overall tone feels different because of the added layer of drama that comes from featuring mature content such as swearing nudity.
Teen Wolf: The Movie revisits one of the most heartbreaking moments in the MTV series — Allison's death in Teen Wolf season 3. Her return in the Paramount+ sequel film is its narrative's primary mystery, and while certain details are left murky, the character's resurrection is revealed to be all part of the Nogitsune's plan to kill Scott, once again continuing story threads from the supernatural show. Despite being a film sequel, however, Teen Wolf: The Movie feels like it's geared toward an older audience compared to its small-screen predecessor.
Streaming On Paramount+ Allows The Teen Wolf Movie To Be More Mature
The Teen Wolf franchise revival is an endeavor of Paramount+ and not MTV. Being on a streaming service frees the Teen Wolf movie of certain restrictions that the original show was subjected to when it was still on cable TV. This is the reason why several characters in the Teen Wolf movie are able to curse, while Malia and Parrish's intimate scene is quite revealing. The same thing happened to Criminal: Minds Evolution on Paramount+ after the police procedural was resurrected by the streaming platform a couple of years since it ended its 15-year run on CBS.
It's also worth noting that the events of Teen Wolf: The Movie take place more than a decade since the series finale. This means that despite its title, the Paramount+ film is no longer about teenagers. Scott is a full-grown adult, and so are many of his allies. The project didn't divulge much information about how they spent the last several years since moving out of Beacon Hills, but it's certain that experienced more of life. Between this and their ages in Teen Wolf: The Movie, seeing them engage in adult behavior makes sense.
Why The Teen Wolf Movie's Mature Content Seems Weird
While the Teen Wolf movie shows Scott and the rest of the McCall Pack are now fully grown adults, it can still be jarring hearing them curse or engage in intimate scenes. The fact that Teen Wolf aired on MTV for so many years and this marks the first time the cast returns on the small screen, it takes a little while to get used to this more mature take on the supernatural universe. However, between Wolf Pack on Paramount+ and the possibility of Teen Wolf: The Movie getting a follow-up, it's only a matter of time before this becomes the norm in the evolving universe.