At a mercifully brief 80 minutes Teen Lust does its best not to overstay its welcome, but even at that length, the jokes in this Canadian teen "horror comedy" spoof are starting to wear gossamer thin by the second half.
The first act has the lion's share of laughs and surprises as we are introduced to high school buddies and virgins Neil and Matt, who, themselves and their families, are part of a suburban Satanic worshipping church. Neither realises, unlike their parents and the other members, that a ceremony held just prior to Neil's 18th birthday will involve the young virgin lad being sacrificed to Satan. Neil escapes the knife of cult leader Sheldon played by a lovingly over-acting Cary Elwas and he and Matt thereafter engage in a continuous chase over the ensuing night, attempting to both evade pursuing Satanists, while trying to bust their cherries and thereby make their capture irrelevant.
Although promoted as such, there's no serious horror in this flick, which, despite its title, adopts an incredibly prim and proper perspective to the premise of 2 supposedly randy young guys trying desperately to bed any available females. There's more nudity in the theatrical release poster than in the film. Surely all Canadians don't continually try to bonk each other with their clothes on, as suggested in this movie, including inside brothels? And why do the boys continually make themselves very visible on the sides of busy, well - lit roads, if they are trying to hide from those hunting them?
There's a few giggles to be had involving Neil's skill with card tricks and Annie Clark is a welcome presence, as his true flame Denise, but Teen Lust does suffer a few identity problems in the second half, where it doesn't seem to quite know whether to ramp up the laughs or the thrills of the chase. All in all, it's a mildly amusing diversion of short duration, guaranteed not to leave any lasting memories, good or otherwise.
