History Film / TheWolfman2010

* SuspiciouslySpecificSermon-Reverend Fisk gives one (although given how the presence of the werewolf is an open secret, it's not that surprising) shortly before Lawrence's first transformation.
--> Reverend Fisk: There are those who doubt the power of Satan. The power of Satan to change men into beasts. But the ancient Pagans did not doubt, nor did the prophets. Did not Daniel warn Nebuchadnezzar? But the proud king did not heed Daniel. And so, as the Bible says, he was made as unto a wolf and cast down from man. A beast has come among us! But God will defend his faithful. With his right hand, he will smite the foul demon. I say to you, the enemy's ploy is a devious one, twisting the accursed into beasts he seeks to bring us low, and make us as animals. Teach us self-loathing so that we forget that we are made in the image of almighty God himself. Why does our Lord tolerate this mockery? Pride goeth before destruction? A faulty spirit before the fall? I say it is because we have sinned against him. Because our crimes reek to Heaven, and they demand vengeance!

** The sadistic [[HerrDoktor Dr. Hoenneger]] and his equally cruel orderlies subject Lawrence to torturous "treatments" such as dunking him in ice baths, drugs, and electroshock therapy, and are later killed by Lawrence during the public display to the other doctors [[note]]To be fair these were thought of as legitimate medical treatments for the insane at the time period. Frankly the mere thought that someone could help them at all was radical and noble but it doesn’t mitigate their assholeness one bit[[/note]]

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: {{Subverted}}. During one of Lawrence's rampages, he chases one of his hunters into a bog. Trapped, the hunter fires his revolver at Lawrence. It doesn't work, and the hunter attempts to shoot himself. Turns out that he spent his six on the beast, and gets graphically decapitated instead.

%%* SwordCane

** The sadistic [[HerrDoktor Dr. Hoenneger]] and his equally cruel orderlies subject Lawrence to torturous "treatments" such as dunking him in ice baths, drugs, and electroshock therapy, and are later killed by Lawrence during the public display to the other doctors.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Averted with [[spoiler:both werewolf Lawrence and Talbot]], who viciously kill dozens of humans but never attack or harm any animals. Notably, a deer being used as bait and a dancing bear are both spared.

!!This film has the examples of:

* AssholeVictim: The sadistic [[HerrDoktor Dr. Hoenneger]] and his equally cruel orderlies certainly fit this trope. The hunters slain by Lawrence during his first rampage might fit as well, considering their earlier attempt to lynch him (though in light of the fact that he [[JerkassHasAPoint actually did become a ravening monster under the full moon]], their conduct might have been justified). [[spoiler: Sir John counts, too, though he's less of an asshole victim and more an asshole losing combatant in a fight.]]

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Averted with [[spoiler: both werewolf Lawrence and Talbot]], who viscously kill dozens of humans but never attack or harm any animals, notably a deer being used as bait and a dancing bear are both spared.
* BaldOfEvil: the asylum orderly and Kirk the racist bartender.

* BattleAmongstTheFlames: [[spoiler: Lawrence and Sir John fight to death as wolfmen as the Talbot mansion burns down.]]

* BedlamHouse: Lawerence Talbot is sent to Lambert Asylum as the police believe he's a random but human nutcase rather than, well, the WolfMan. Their attempts to cure him of believing he is a werewolf includes forcefully dunking him, repeatedly, into ice water (this was [[TruthInTelevision an actual medical treatment]] at the time). [[spoiler: As you can imagine, once the next full moon comes around, he escapes quite easily, killing most of the doctors in the process]].

** In the Extended Cut, Creator/{{Max Von Sydow}}'s character implies that the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Gevaudan Beast of Gévaudan]] was a werewolf.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Lawrence shows a bit of this to Ben in the flashbacks, and when he heard that his brother had dissapeared, he did go back home to see if there was anything he could do, and seems determined to find out what happened to Ben before his own infection distracts him from that.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Talbots got issues to say the least.

** It's a remake of a horror film made when the Hays Code was at its strictest, so this is hardly a surprise. Numerous extras are mauled to death and even decapitated. The main character's [[PainfulTransformation transformation]] is also considerably more graphic.
** To really drive the point home, the original film has a total body count of four, [[spoiler: including Bela and Larry, our two werewolves]]. In the remake, over a dozen people die before Lawrence is even bitten, and by the time the credits roll, there are probably upwards of thirty people dead, at least.

* CombatMedic: Dr. Lloyd, who treats Lawrence's injuries (and alerts the rest of the village about how unnaturally fast their healing), takes part in the attempt to trap the werewolf.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight [[spoiler: After Gwen's ShootTheDog moment, Lawrence [[ThisWasHisTrueForm returns to human form]] and spends his last moments of life in Gwen's arms before he appropriately dies at the end]]

* DumbassHasAPoint: Colonel Montford scoffs at Kirk's theory that the gyspsy dancing bear is behind the deaths.

* HeroicSuicide: {{Discussed}} when Lawrence asks [[spoiler: his father]] why he didn't kill himself to prevent anyone else's death when he became a werewolf. However, he couldn't do it even knowing what would happen.

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: In the final scene, we see that Gwen is able to reach Lawrence and stops him from attacking her. It seems, for a moment, that Lawrence may actually pull through. That is, until the hunters show up, and [[InterruptedCooldownHug break]] his moment of clarity, which inevitably forces Gwen to shoot him.]]
* HorrorStruck: Lawrence is initially skeptical to being a werewolf and towards werewolves in general, until, you know, he actually ''becomes'' one. Played a little more straight with [[spoiler:Aberline, upon realizing he's been bitten]].

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Lawrence sneaks back into his home and borrows the Loyal Servant's cache of silver shotgun bullets. He finally confronts his father and pulls the trigger... [[spoiler: only to have his father smile and say "I removed the powder from those cartridges years ago."]]

%% * ManOnFire: In the battle between Lawrence and [[spoiler: his father]].

** A big offender; dozens of men are killed and messily dismembered on screen while the very few female deaths are merely implied. [[spoiler: Or, in the case of Lawrence's mother played for maximum tragedy and horror as against the {{Gorn}} the male victims go through.]]

** [[spoiler: Whilst in the Hindu Kush, the locals who told Sir John about the feral child in the cave, thus causing him to get infected.]]

%%* NightmareSequence

--> Reverend Fisk: There are those who doubt the power of Satan. The power of Satan to change men into beasts. But the ancient Pagans did not doubt, nor did the prophets. Did not Daniel warn Nebakanezer? But the proud king did not heed Daniel. And so, as the bible says, he was made as unto a wolf and cast down from man. A beast has come among us! But God will defend his faithful. With his right hand, he will smite the foul demon. I say to you, the enemy's ploy is a devious one, twisting the occursed into beasts he seeks to bring us low, and make us as animals. Teach us self-loathing so that we forget that we are made in the image of almighty God himself. Why does our Lord tolerate this mockery? Pride goeth before destruction? A faulty spirit before the fall? I say it is because we have sinned against him. Because our crimes reek to Heaven, and they demand vengeance!

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Maleva tells Gwen that there ''might'' be a way to [[ThePowerOfLove lift the curse]], albeit very risky one... but we don't get to hear it. [[spoiler:Cruelly subverted: looks like it's working, but ultimately the plan fails due to hunters arriving.]]

* WhatTheHellHero-: Mrs. Kirk is pissed at Aberline for staying in the pub during the full moon instead of being out with the hunters, which would bolster their numbers and give him a larger chance of actually encountering the werewolf/killer (which is his job). Aberline counters by saying that he's in a position to protect a larger number of villagers by actually staying in the village.

* BadassBeard: [=McQueen=], Dr. Lloyd, Singh and Sir John.
* BadassMustache: Colonel Montford, Inspector Aberline and Constable Nye.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Averted with [[spoiler: both werewolf Lawrence and Talbot]], who viscously killing dozens of humans but never attack or harm any animals, notably a deer being used as bait and a dancing bear are both spared.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Averted with [[spoiler: both werwolf Lawrence and Talbot]], dozens of humans but never actually attack or harm any animals, notably a deer being used as bait and a dancing bear are both spared or ignored.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Averted with the werewolves, they kill dozens of humans but never actually attack or harm any animals, notably a deer being used as bait and a dancing bear are both spared or ignored.

%% * DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Sir John, Dr. Lloyd, and Colonel Montford]]

The remake of ''Film/TheWolfMan1941'', released in 2010 and starring Creator/BenicioDelToro and Creator/AnthonyHopkins. A PragmaticAdaptation and more of an {{Homage}} to its predecessor, some of the most noticeable differences from the original are that it's now set in [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain 1891 England]] as opposed to [[TheForties 1940s]] Wales, and is also much [[DarkerAndEdgier darker]] and more [[BloodierAndGorier violent]] than its counterpart.

* FamousLastWords:
** "Help! Help me! Somebody help me! Help!" [[spoiler:Ben Talbot]]
** "Help me! Help!" [[spoiler:Doctor Hoenneger]]
** "You're heir to my kingdom, Lawrence. You've always been heir to my kingdom." [[spoiler:Sir John Talbot]]
** "Thank you." [[spoiler:Lawrence Talbot]]

* OnlySaneMan: [=McQueen=] is the first of the villagers to realize what they're dealing with, isn't afraid to say so out loud, and seems to draw a distinction between the man and the werewolf, as he is the only prominent surviving villager not to take part in the attempted lynching of Lawrence. Reverend Fisk may also count, despite being TheFundamentalist, he's the only member of the lynch mob not to take part in the ill-fated attempt to trap the creature, he was correct in pointing out that Lawrence's having been bitten couldn't just be ignored, and in the novel he's the first one to [=McQueen=]'s warnings.

%% * BattleAmongstTheFlames: The climax.

* EvilDetectingDog: More like "Evil Detecting Horses", in this case. Also evil detecting bear and evil detecting deer. Ironically averted by the single one dog (it ''always'' growls at Lawrence, well before he is infected, while it is completely oblivious to the original werewolf [[spoiler:because he is its owner]]).

** Creator/{{Max Von Sydow}}'s DeletedRole (still present in the director's cut) implies that the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Gevaudan Beast of Gévaudan]] was a werewolf.

* * ChestOfMedals: Constable Nye has several medals on his uniform.

* BadassBeard: McQueen, Dr. Lloyd, Singh and Sir John.

* CassandraTruth: McQueen's warnings that they're dealing with a werewolf are initially ignored.

* FalseReassurances: During the near-lynching scene, Squire Strickland asks Lawrence to help them look for a logical explanation to this, and show them his wounds. It’s hard to tell if he’s sincere but given how Lawrence’s wounds have completely healed by that point, he doesn't exactly feel reassured.

* LosingYourHead: Several people are quite headless by the end of this movie.

* OnlySaneMan: McQueen is the first of the villagers to realize what they're dealing with, isn't afraid to say so out loud, and seems to draw a distinction between the man and the werewolf, as he is the only prominent surviving villager not to take part in the attempted lynching of Lawrence. Reverend Fisk may also count, despite being TheFundamentalist, he's the only member of the lynch mob not to take part in the ill-fated attempt to trap the creature, he was correct in pointing out that Lawrence's having been bitten couldn't just be ignored, and in the novel he's the first one to McQueen's warnings.

%% * BadassGrandpa:
%% ** Sir John Talbot.
%% ** Singh.

* BadassBear: McQueen, Dr. Lloyd, Singh and Sir John.

* ChestFullOfMedals: Constable Nye has a few prominently displayed.

* FalseSeassurances: During the near-lynching scene, Squire Strickland asks Lawrence to help them look for a logical explanation to this, and show them his wounds. It’s hard to tell if he’s sincere but given how Lawrence’s wounds have completely healed by that point, he doesn't exactly feel reassured.

* OnlySaneMan: McQueen is the first of the villagers to realize what they're dealing with, isn't afraid to say so out loud, and seems to draw a distinction between the man and the werewolf, as he is the only prominent surviving villager not to take part in the attempted lynching of Lawrence. Reverend Fisk may also count, despite being TheFundamentalistas he's the only member of the lynch mob not to take part in the ill-fated attempt to trap the creature, he was correct in pointing out that Lawrence's having been bitten couldn't just be ignored, and in the novel he's the first one to McQueen's warnings.

* WeirdMoon: Averted: The time between each transformation is roughly 28 days apart.

* WolfMan: [[CaptainObvious Duh]]. This is a remake of [[TropeNamer the movie who named]] [[TropeMaker and made this trope popular]], after all.

* TransformationSequence: What's a werewolf movie without a transformation sequence?. Except here, it looks even worse.

%%* TransformationSequence

%%* PointyEars