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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Grendel's Mother is always barefoot.
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* GorgeousGorgon: Grendel's Mother in her human form.
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* GorgeousGorgon: Grendel's Mother in her human form. And perhaps her monster form too, if you [[NightmareFetishist fancy that sort've thing]].
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* ArrangedMarriage: Hrothgar married his daughter to the son of some powerful family outside.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Hrothgar married his daughter to the son of some powerful family outside.from outside his domain.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Grendel and his mother are slain, ending their wickedness for good, Beowulf and Kyra are free to ride off to new places, new adventures, but Hrothgar and everybody else at the castle are dead.]]
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* CursedWithAwesome: Beowulf considers himself cursed by his heritage, which he believes it will make him evil some day. However, in present time he is superhumanly strong and agile and has a HealingFactor.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Beowulf wears black and is the son of a dark god, who battles monsters for the sake of not being like them
* DarkIsNotEvil: Beowulf wears black and is the son of a dark god, who battles monsters for the sake of not being like them
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* CursedWithAwesome: Beowulf considers himself cursed by his heritage, which he believes it [[TheCorruption will make him evil some day.day]]. However, in present time he is superhumanly strong and agile and has a HealingFactor.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Beowulf wears black and is the son of a dark god, who battles monsters for the sake of not being likethemthem.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Beowulf wears black and is the son of a dark god, who battles monsters for the sake of not being like
* HalfBreedAngst: As Beowulf himself puts it he's "trapped between two worlds."
* MysteriousPast: Aside from how his parents met and conceived him, we learn very little about Beowulf's past, his various comments such as "ghosts don't eat people" implying a long life spent fighting many different types of supernatural creatures.
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* VillainousCrush: Grendel's Mother holds some pretty twisted affection towards Hrothgar, constantly referring to him as "my love."
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* WalkingTheEarth: Beowulf has embraced this, traveling the land, slaying monsters wherever he stops by, never setting down any roots. By the end of the film [[spoiler: Kyra joins him.]]
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* BlindIdiotTranslation: Russian bootleg translation of the film's title was "Biovolk", i.e., "Biological Wolf".
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* HornyDemons: Grendel's Mother is a literal succubus here. She spawns demonic offspring from human fathers.
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* SuccubiAndIncubi: Grendel's Mother is a succubus who spawns demonic offspring from human fathers.
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** Beowulf's father. Was it really a god? A demon like Grendel's Mother? SomethingCompletelyDifferent?
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** Beowulf is [[HeroicBastard a result]] of [[HumanMomNonhumanDad his mother sleeping with a being]] that apparently was a "god of darkness".
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** Beowulf is [[HeroicBastard a result]] of [[HumanMomNonhumanDad [[HalfHumanHybrid his mother sleeping with a being]] being that apparently was a "god of darkness". darkness".]]
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Kyra and Grendel]] are this in virtue of being [[spoiler:Hrothgar's offspring]] making [[Grendel, Kyra's half brother]].
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Kyra and Grendel]] are this in virtue of being [[spoiler:Hrothgar's offspring]] making [[Grendel, [[spoiler:Grendel, Kyra's half brother]].
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Kyra and Grendel]] are this in virtue of being [[spoiler:Hrothgar's offspring]] making [[Grendel, Kyra's half brother]].
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Beowulf wears black and is the son of a dark god, who battles monsters for the sake of not being like them
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Though she's never described in the original poem, Grendel's mother is usually portrayed as an ogress or a she-monster. Here, she's a beautiful seductress played by former playmate Layla Roberts (beautiful until her OneWingedAngel form, that is).
* AdaptedOut: The dragon is nowhere to be seen in this story, although some of his physical attributes are given to Grendel's Mother.
* AntagonisticOffspring: Grendel is only loyal to his mother, and thus becomes an enemy to his father Hrothgar.
* CompositeCharacter: Although there's no dragon in the film, its version of Grendel's mother has a second form that vaguely resembles an insectoid dragon.
* CursedWithAwesome: Beowulf considers himself cursed by his heritage, which he believes it will make him evil some day. However, in present time he is superhumanly strong and agile and has a HealingFactor.
* CursedWithAwesome: Beowulf considers himself cursed by his heritage, which he believes it will make him evil some day. However, in present time he is superhumanly strong and agile and has a HealingFactor.
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* HealingFactor: Beowulf is, in his own words, "cursed", and thus can regenerate from wounds that would kill a normal man.
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* HornyDemons: Grendel's Mother is a literal succubus here. She spawns demonic offspring from human fathers.
* HornyDemons: Grendel's Mother is a literal succubus here. She spawns demonic offspring from human fathers.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: When she transforms, Grendel's Mother turns her limbs into a pair of wings/claws each, and she also sprouts a couple pair more from her back.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Hrothgar's unnamed wife and Kyra's husband both died before Beowulf's arrival.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Hrothgar's unnamed wife (presumably Wealthow) and Kyra's husband both died before Beowulf's arrival.
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* TheVamp: Grendel's Mother uses her beauty to entice men (although, in a subversion, it seems she actually conceived Grendel by raping Hrothgar in his sleep rather than seducing him).
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** What caused the Film/MadMax-esque CrapsackWorld of the film?
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: This movie made [[spoiler: Hrothgar sleep with the mother and father Grendel]] eight years [[OlderThanTheyThink before]] [[Film/Beowulf2007 the animated film.]]
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: This movie made [[spoiler: Hrothgar sleep with the mother and father Grendel]] eight years [[OlderThanTheyThink before]] [[Film/Beowulf2007 [[WesternAnimation/Beowulf2007 the animated film.]]
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* NoBudget: According to Lambert, the film was made on $3.6 million after the producers promised 20-30.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: This movie made [[spoiler: Hrothgar sleep with the mother and father Grendel]] eight years [[OlderThanTheyThink before]] [[Film/Beowulf2007 the animated film.]]
* AfterTheEnd: The world has regressed to a pseudo-Medieval state, with guns and cars presumably becoming LostTechnology.
* AllForNothing: Beowulf gets in a fight with the army besieging Hrothgar's fortress because they want to execute a girl who abandoned it. When she learns that Beowulf is heading [[NothingIsScarier there]], [[spoiler: she jumps from his horse and runs straight into the besiegers, who kill her.]]
* AfterTheEnd: The world has regressed to a pseudo-Medieval state, with guns and cars presumably becoming LostTechnology.
* AllForNothing: Beowulf gets in a fight with the army besieging Hrothgar's fortress because they want to execute a girl who abandoned it. When she learns that Beowulf is heading [[NothingIsScarier there]], [[spoiler: she jumps from his horse and runs straight into the besiegers, who kill her.]]
* ArrangedMarriage: Hrothgar married his daughter to the son of some powerful family outside.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Hrothgar, his wife ([[DemotedToExtra killed before]] [[PosthumousCharacter the movie events]]), Roland (who sort of replaces Unferth) and the castle itself with everyone inside except Beowulf and OriginalCharacter Kyra]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: After learning that her husband impregnated the woman who'd became Grendel's Mother, Hrothgar's wife killed herself.
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* DrivenToSuicide: After learning that her [[spoiler:her husband impregnated the woman who'd became Grendel's Mother, Mother]], Hrothgar's wife killed herself.
* FeudalFuture: Hrothgar conquered an "outpost" built over a medieval castle, arranged his daughter's marriage for some lands, and is besieged to make sure that nobody leaves the place until the monster is dealt with.
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** Same goes for Grendel, who's the result of Hrothgar [[spoiler:Hrothgar]] sleeping with the demonic woman only known as Grendel's Mother.
* HotterAndSexier: Than the epic poem, for sure. Specially when it comes to Grendel's mother.
* OfCorsetsSexy: All of Kyra's outfits have a built-in, visible corset showing lots of cleavage.
* PosthumousCharacter: Hrothgar's unnamed wife and Kyra's husband both died before Beowulf's arrival.
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** Beowulf's father. Was it really a god? A demon like Grendel's Mother?SomethingCompletelyDifferent?SomethingCompletelyDifferent?
** What caused the Film/MadMax-esque CrapsackWorld of the film?
** Beowulf's father. Was it really a god? A demon like Grendel's Mother?
** What caused the Film/MadMax-esque CrapsackWorld of the film?
* TokenMinority: Besides the occasional mook, Will and his uncle are the only black people in the movie.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Though we never learn how much into the future it is.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: Though we never learn how much into the future it is.
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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: The girl saved early in the movie by Beowulf was Will's girlfriend and they planned to escape together.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Grendel's Mother is always barefoot.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Grendel's Mother. Her nature is never exactly revealed, but her inhuman form is quite demonic-looking.
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A 1999 sci-fi action film based on the [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} epic poem of the same name]], starring Christopher Lambert and Creator/RhonaMitra.
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A 1999 sci-fi ScienceFantasy action film based on the [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} epic poem of the same name]], starring Christopher Lambert and Creator/RhonaMitra.
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* BlindWithoutThem: The Outpost's weapons master drops his glasses during a patrol, and while he's flumbling for them on the ground, he doesn't realize that Grendel is right on front of him until it is too late.
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* CuteMonsterGirl: Grendel's Mother in her human form.
* GorgeousGorgon: Grendel's Mother in her human form.
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* OneWingedAngel: When Beowulf rejects her offer of sleeping with her, Grendel's Mother reveals her true demonic form to fight him to the death.
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* OneWingedAngel: When Beowulf rejects her offer of sleeping with her, Grendel's Mother reveals her true demonic [[GiantSpider demon-spider]] form to fight him to the death.
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* AdaptationAngstUpgrade: Beowulf from the epic poem was a dude who slayed monsters. This film made the character a HalfHumanHybrid who is tormented by the idea of him turning completely non-human, and fights monsters because of it.
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* AdaptationAngstUpgrade: AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Beowulf from the epic poem was a dude who slayed monsters. This film made the character a HalfHumanHybrid who is tormented by the idea of him turning completely non-human, and fights monsters because of it.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[{{Tagline}} Unleash your dark side]]''.]]
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A 1999 sci-fi action film based on the [[Literature/{{Beowulf}} epic poem of the same name]], starring Christopher Lambert and Creator/RhonaMitra.
Hearing about a monster bothering a castle, a monster hunter named Beowulf goes there to ply his trade.
!!This film has examples of:
* AnArmAndALeg: Beowulf's second encounter with Grendel ends with him managing to cut of the beast's right arm off. The arm is then hoist up on display.
* BigBad: Grendel's Mother, who has her son slaughtering the populace of the Outpost because it has been built on the land that belongs to her.
* BlindWithoutThem: The Outpost's weapons master drops his glasses during a patrol, and while he's flumbling for them on the ground, he doesn't realize that Grendel is right on front of him until it is too late.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: Despite Beowulf's warning, Will keeps fiddling with one of his weapons and almost gets shot in the face with arrows.
* TheDragon: Grendel to his mother.
* DrivenToSuicide: After learning that her husband impregnated the woman who'd became Grendel's Mother, Hrothgar's wife killed herself.
* EyepatchOfPower: Sported by the guy who's second-in-command to the leader of the forces besieging the Outpost.
* {{Fainting}}: Will faints when he sees Grendel murdering his assistant Karl on front of him.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Believing that anyone still alive in the outpost is plagued by its evil presence, the forces surrounding the place execute anyone trying to leave it with a device that chops them half.
* HalfHumanHybrid:
** Beowulf's supernatural powers are a result of his mother sleeping with a being that apparently was a "god of darkness".
** Same goes for Grendel, who's the result of Hrothgar sleeping with the demonic woman only known as Grendel's Mother.
* HealingFactor: Beowulf is, in his own words, "cursed", and thus can regenerate from wounds that would kill a normal man.
* KillItWithFire: During the final confrontation, Beowulf sees that the blood shed from Grendel's Mother is inflammable. He uses this fact a moment later to set her on fire, which leads to her explosive death.
* MsFanservice: Kyra's outfits might be very heavy on the cleavage, but Grendel's Mother barely bothers to cover herself up with her net-like dress.
* OneWingedAngel: When Beowulf rejects her offer of sleeping with her, Grendel's Mother reveals her true demonic form to fight him to the death.
* ProtagonistTitle
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: During the final confrontation, Grendel's Mother claims to be "older than sin".
* SerratedBladeOfPain: Hrothgar's weapon of choice is a {{BFS}} with serrated edges.
* WalkingArmory: Beowulf carries lots of weapons on his person: a sword, crossbows, daggers, two picks that double as grappling hooks, a BladeBelowTheShoulder, and so on.
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Hearing about a monster bothering a castle, a monster hunter named Beowulf goes there to ply his trade.
!!This film has examples of:
* AnArmAndALeg: Beowulf's second encounter with Grendel ends with him managing to cut of the beast's right arm off. The arm is then hoist up on display.
* BigBad: Grendel's Mother, who has her son slaughtering the populace of the Outpost because it has been built on the land that belongs to her.
* BlindWithoutThem: The Outpost's weapons master drops his glasses during a patrol, and while he's flumbling for them on the ground, he doesn't realize that Grendel is right on front of him until it is too late.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: Despite Beowulf's warning, Will keeps fiddling with one of his weapons and almost gets shot in the face with arrows.
* TheDragon: Grendel to his mother.
* DrivenToSuicide: After learning that her husband impregnated the woman who'd became Grendel's Mother, Hrothgar's wife killed herself.
* EyepatchOfPower: Sported by the guy who's second-in-command to the leader of the forces besieging the Outpost.
* {{Fainting}}: Will faints when he sees Grendel murdering his assistant Karl on front of him.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Believing that anyone still alive in the outpost is plagued by its evil presence, the forces surrounding the place execute anyone trying to leave it with a device that chops them half.
* HalfHumanHybrid:
** Beowulf's supernatural powers are a result of his mother sleeping with a being that apparently was a "god of darkness".
** Same goes for Grendel, who's the result of Hrothgar sleeping with the demonic woman only known as Grendel's Mother.
* HealingFactor: Beowulf is, in his own words, "cursed", and thus can regenerate from wounds that would kill a normal man.
* KillItWithFire: During the final confrontation, Beowulf sees that the blood shed from Grendel's Mother is inflammable. He uses this fact a moment later to set her on fire, which leads to her explosive death.
* MsFanservice: Kyra's outfits might be very heavy on the cleavage, but Grendel's Mother barely bothers to cover herself up with her net-like dress.
* OneWingedAngel: When Beowulf rejects her offer of sleeping with her, Grendel's Mother reveals her true demonic form to fight him to the death.
* ProtagonistTitle
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: During the final confrontation, Grendel's Mother claims to be "older than sin".
* SerratedBladeOfPain: Hrothgar's weapon of choice is a {{BFS}} with serrated edges.
* WalkingArmory: Beowulf carries lots of weapons on his person: a sword, crossbows, daggers, two picks that double as grappling hooks, a BladeBelowTheShoulder, and so on.
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