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* MagicalNativeAmerican: {{Subverted|Trope}}. See TransformationSequence below.
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* DangerTakesABackSeat: At one point, a wolfen is shown to be hiding in the backseat of a detectives car.
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'''''Wolfen''''' is a 1981 horror-mystery film based upon the novel by Whitley Strieber. The plot follows NYPD Detective Dewey Wilson, who is assigned to solve a bizarre series of violent murders in which it appears the victims were killed by animals. In his investigation, Wilson learns of an Indian legend about wolf spirits, and that there may be predatory shapeshifters living in the vicinity.
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'''''Wolfen''''' is a 1981 horror-mystery film based [[TheFilmOfTheBook based]] upon the novel by Whitley Strieber. The plot follows NYPD Detective Dewey Wilson, who is assigned to solve a bizarre series of violent murders in which it appears the victims were killed by animals. In his investigation, Wilson learns of an Indian legend about wolf spirits, and that there may be predatory shapeshifters living in the vicinity.
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* SavageWolves: The monsters of the story are mystical wolf-like creatures called "Wolfen".
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* TransformationSequence: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Eddie Holt strips naked and makes a bunch of lupine noises and gestures, but it appears he's just messing with Dewey's head.
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* EverythingsWorseWithWolvesCulturalPosturing: The film is pretty low key in this regard until the last act, when the protagonist arrives shell shocked at a Native American bar after his friend was mauled by a wolf. The Native American characters (one of whom is a Latino) begin rapid fire exposition/cultural posturing as they affirm their way of life is better, the wolf spirits are above our morality, white man's technology has failed him, and he's basically facing gods dishing out divine punishment.
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* LosingYourHead: Near the end one character's throat is torn out by a wolf, resulting in his head ending up separate from his body. When it's obvious from the attempted mouthing of words and blinking that the head is still functional, [[ShoottheFuelTank a colleague shoots the car he's next to,]] [[MercyKill putting him out of his misery]].
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* ThisIsWhatTheBuildingWillLookLike: Dewey smashes the model of the building that was going to be build on wolfen's land, so that they'll realizes that he isn't a threat and stop attacking.
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* SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying: Wolves apparently have thermographic vision in this Verse. Not just wolfen, but ''regular'' wolves.
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they are not regular wolves
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The film was released the same year as ''AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' and ''TheHowling''. While ''Wolfen'' didn't meet the success of those films, it was well received by critics and is somewhat of a CultClassic.
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The film was released the same year as ''AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' and ''TheHowling''.''Film/TheHowling''. While ''Wolfen'' didn't meet the success of those films, it was well received by critics and is somewhat of a CultClassic.
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* BizarreAlienSenses: Possibly the first film to use thermographic footage to illustrate this trope.
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adaptation decay only accepts in-universe examples
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'''''Wolfen''''' is a 1981 horror-mystery film based upon the novel by Wesley Strick. The plot follows NYPD Detective Dewey Wilson, who is assigned to solve a bizarre series of violent murders in which it appears the victims were killed by animals. In his investigation, Wilson learns of an Indian legend about wolf spirits, and that there may be predatory shapeshifters living in the vicinity.
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'''''Wolfen''''' is a 1981 horror-mystery film based upon the novel by Wesley Strick.Whitley Strieber. The plot follows NYPD Detective Dewey Wilson, who is assigned to solve a bizarre series of violent murders in which it appears the victims were killed by animals. In his investigation, Wilson learns of an Indian legend about wolf spirits, and that there may be predatory shapeshifters living in the vicinity.
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* NothingIsScarier: You don't even get to see the beasts until halfway through the film.
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It\'s not justified. They claim heat vision /for regular wolves/.
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* OhCrap: Two such moments happen during the climax of the film. One is particularly amusing as a wolf materializes in a car with one of the characters.
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* OhCrap: Two such moments happen during the climax of the film. One is particularly amusing as a wolf [[DangerTakesABackseat materializes in a
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