History Film / Howl2015

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Despite abandoning Joe and Ellen to save his own skin, Adrian would never find his way back to civilisation thanks to a turned Joe, while Ellen would go on to survive the ordeal.]]

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The werewolves in this film have a somewhat more human-like appearance than most portrayals, with the major wolf-traits present in their anatomy being their golden eyes, pointed ears, jagged teeth, claws, noses and triple-jointed legs. Otherwise, they still possess distinctly human features including being largely hairless. Jenny even flat-out states that the werewolf who attacked her looked more like a man than an animal. Their vocalizations are a mixture of wolf-like howls and snarls, and vaguely human-sounding grunts and distorted rasps, which sound particularly disturbing. Lycanthropy infects and turns new people into werewolves via bites; but unlike the mainstream [[{{Shapeshifting}} Shapeshifter]] depictions of werewolves, this version of lycanthropy is treated as a [[TheVirus pathogenic mutation]] which slowly and increasingly transforms the victims and makes them lose their human identities in a zombie-like manner. The transformation after infection appears to be one-way and permanent. It's unknown if the full moon has any influence over these werewolves or the disease that turns them (the film's events take place on the night of a full moon). It's also worth noting these werewolves were still about in the final scene in morning daylight. They're completely feral, but still somewhat intelligent, and Scar seems to be a {{sadist}}ic hunter.

* {{Jerkass}}: All the passengers (with the exception of [[NiceGuy Matthew]]) act like this to varying degrees at first, but once they all become aware of the danger outside the train, they turn into [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts of Gold]]. {{Reversed}} by Adrian, who is a BitchInSheepsClothing.

* [[spoiler:SoleSurvivor: Ellen is the only one to escape. Everyone else is either killed or transformed into a werewolf]].

* ZombieInfectee: Jenny, who is bitten by Scar during his initial attack, and then spends the rest of the film deliriously exhibiting signs of changing into a werewolf herself, with the group at one point coming to a confrontation on whether to kill her before she turns. [[spoiler: She eventually does change, and kills her husband Ged once she does so]].

* NoisyNature: Among the sounds made by the werewolves is the distinctive "yip-yip-auooo!" of a ''coyote''. Judging by their cries, alone, they'd almost make more sense as were-coyotes rather than werewolves ... if not that the film is set in Great Britain.

* HateSink: As the film progresses, Adrian increasingly earns the characters' hatred -- first due to the reveal of his implied gigolo work alongside his married life and his [[SocialDarwinist "survival of the fittest" urging to Joe]] regarding the other passengers, his expressed contempt for Ged based on the latter's old age, and his attempt to [[spoiler:kill the bitten Jenny against everyone else's wishes, which gets him tied up due to the danger he poses. Then there's his less-than-grateful response to Joe saving his worthless ass from a werewolf]].

* HellYesMoment: All members of the cast who aren't already dead (except maybe Billy with the position he's currently in) have one when [[spoiler:the train's power i restored and it starts moving out of the woods]]. [[spoiler:It doesn't last long though]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: As much of an amoral bastard as he was, Adrian was completely right not only that Jenny would turn into a werewolf due to her bite wound and try to kill them, [[spoiler:but also that restraining her wouldn't do any good once she turned]].

* SkewedPriorities: Paul decides leaving the barricaded carriage to take a dump with some vague ghost of decency in another carriage's toilet compartment is somehow not TooDumbToLive with a super-strong, man-eating monster stalking outside the train. [[spoiler:It gets him killed]].

* {{Jerkass}}: All the passengers (with the exception of Matthew) act like this to varying degrees at first, but once they all become aware of the danger outside the train, they turn into [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts of Gold]]. {{Reversed}} by Adrian, who is a BitchInSheepsClothing.

* {{Sadist}}: The Scar werewolf in particular seems to be having a lot of fun [[ItCanThink scaring and picking off the passengers one at a time]].

* [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie And Then John Was a Werewolf]]: [[spoiler:Joe is infected and turned into one of the werewolves at the movie's end]].

* TheVirus: Unlike most depictions of werewolves, in this film the plague which creates them is treated as this, slowly causing an apparently permanent transformation and turning the humans into feral predators who'll eat their loved ones and former allies alive.

* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: Ellen is the only one to escape. Everyone else is either killed or transformed into a werewolf]].

* LargeAndInCharge: Scar, the leader of the werewolf pack is distinctly bigger and more muscular in build than the rest of the werewolves in the film. Once he's dead the remaining three werewolves have amongst their number one notable female werewolf who seems to have superiority over the other two.

* NonMaliciousMonster: Averted. Scar in particular seems to be having a lot of fun [[ItCanThink scaring and picking off the passengers one at a time]].

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The werewolves in this film have a somewhat more human-like appearance than most portrayals, with the major wolf-traits present in their anatomy being their golden eyes, pointed ears, jagged teeth, claws, noses and triple-jointed legs. Otherwise, they still possess distinctly human features including being largely hairless. Jenny even flat-out states that the werewolf who attacked her looked more like a man than an animal. Their vocalizations are a mixture of wolf-like howls and snarls, and vaguely human-sounding grunts and distorted rasps, which sound particularly disturbing. Lycanthropy infects and turns new people into werewolves via bites; but unlike the mainstream {{Animorph}} depictions of werewolves, this version of lycanthropy is treated as a [[TheVirus pathogenic mutation]] which slowly and increasingly transforms the victims and makes them lose their human identities in a zombie-like manner. The transformation after infection appears to be one-way and permanent. It's unknown if the full moon has any influence over these werewolves or the disease that turns them (the film's events take place on the night of a full moon). It's also worth noting these werewolves were still about in the final scene in morning daylight. They're completely feral, but still somewhat intelligent, and Scar seems to be a {{sadist}}ic hunter.

The film centers around a train that becomes stranded in a forested part of the English countryside. Cut off from the rest of the world, the passengers are forced to band together to survive when they come under attack by a group of vicious werewolves.

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler: Joe's fate]].

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: The werewolves succeed in killing the passengers and turning Joe into one of them]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Adrian at first seems like a flirtatious gentleman and the OnlySaneMan of the group, but as the night goes on, his mask gradually slips, revealing the [[DirtyCoward cowardly]], {{smug|Snake}} {{Jerkass}} he really is.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Ellen survives and makes it back to civilization, but all of the other passengers are either dead or transformed into werewolves]].

* DirtyCoward: Adrian, to the point that he [[spoiler: deliberately sabotages the group's attempts to escape so that the werewolves will kill them and give himself a chance to escape.]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: Nina is pulled through a window by Scar and seemingly torn apart and killed on the roof of the train outside. However, when Billy and Matthew attempt to repair the train's fuel lines outside, Matthew hears Nina's voice crying out in the woods and wanders off to investigate. [[spoiler: He finds her half-eaten still alive body in a tree being devoured by one of the werewolves. Even worse, her eyes are golden in much the same way as the werewolves in this scene, hinting she was undergoing the metamorphosis into a werewolf whilst they were eating her alive]].
* HateSink: Adrian seemingly exists for the sole purpose of giving the audience someone to root against. He cheats on his wife, considers killing Jenny before finding out that the creatures outside are werewolves [[spoiler:[[TheSocialDarwinist just because she was wounded]], kicks Kate out the door when she's caught by werewolves and very well could have saved her, and finally leaves Joe and Ellen to die a violent death while he makes his escape into the woods.]]
* HopeSpot: The group manages to kill the werewolf that is picking them off and then manage to repair the train... and then the rest of the pack arrives.

* JerkassHasAPoint: As much of an amoral bastard as he was, Adrian was completely right that [[spoiler: Jenny was infected by her bite wound and would eventually turn into a werewolf herself and try to kill them. Her first victim ends up being her own husband, Ged]].

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: The werewolves in this film have a more human-like appearance that most portrayals, with the major wolf-traits present in their anatomy being their golden eyes, pointed ears, jagged teeth, claws and triple-jointed legs. Otherwise, they still possess distinctly human features including being largely hairless. Jenny even flat-out states that the lead werewolf who attacked her looked more like a man, than an animal. They also do infect people with lycanthropy through a bite, as per the norm, however the condition is treated more akin to a viral mutation. They don't require the full moon to transform and once they do turn, they stay werewolves permanently (the final scene of the film takes place in the morning daylight). They also seem to still possess certain aspects of human intelligence, and whilst they do howl and snarl like wolves, they also are heard making not entirely inhuman grunts and vocalisations.

* SupernaturalGoldEyes: The werewolves have these.

* KarmicDeath: Despite abandoning Joe and Ellen to save his own skin, Adrian would never find his way back to civilisation thanks to a turned Joe, while Ellen would go on to survive the ordeal.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Adrian at first seems like a flirtatious gentleman and the OnlySaneMan of the group, but as the night goes on, his mask gradually slips, revealing the cowardly, smug {{Jerkass}} he really is.

* HateSink: Adrian seemingly exists for the sole purpose of giving the audience someone to root against. He cheats on his wife, considers killing Jenny before finding out that the creatures outside are werewolves just because she was wounded, [[spoiler:kicks Kate out the door when she's caught by werewolves and very well could have saved her, and finally leaves Joe and Ellen to die a violent death while he makes his escape into the woods.]]

* NonMaliciousMonster: Averted: Scar in particular seems to be having a lot of fun picking off the passengers one at a time.

* IncorrectAnimalNoise For some reason, some of the werewolves have the distinctive "yip-yip-auooo!" cry of a ''coyote''.

* OurWereWolvesAreDifferent: The werewolves in this film have a more human-like appearance that most portrayals, with the major wolf-traits present in their anatomy being their golden eyes, pointed ears, jagged teeth, claws and triple-jointed legs. Otherwise, they still possess distinctly human features including being largely hairless. Jenny even flat-out states that the lead werewolf who attacked her looked more like a man, than an animal. They also do infect people with lycanthropy through a bite, as per the norm, however the condition is treated more akin to a viral mutation. They don't require the full moon to transform and once they do turn, they stay werewolves permanently (the final scene of the film takes place in the morning daylight). They also seem to still possess certain aspects of human intelligence, and whilst they do howl and snarl like wolves, they also are heard making not entirely inhuman grunts and vocalisations.

* NoisyNature: For some reason, some of the werewolves have the distinctive "yip-yip-auooo!" cry of a ''coyote''.

The film centers around a a train that becomes stranded in a forested part of the English countryside. Cut off from the rest of the world, the passengers are forced to band together to survive when they come under attack by a group of vicious werewolves.

* BittersweetEnding[=/=]DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Ellen survives and makes it back to civilization, but all of the other passengers are either dead or transformed into werewolves]].

* BittersweetEnding/DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Ellen survives and makes it back to civilization, but all of the other passengers are either dead or transformed into werewolves]].

* EyeScream: One of the werewolves gets stabbed in the eye.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The passengers gang up on a lone werewolf and beat it to death.
* OurWereWolvesAreDifferent: The werewolves can get killed by ordinary means, and they remain a werewolf throughout both day and night.

* SupernaturalGoldEyes: The werewolves have these.

* DirtyCoward: Adrian, [[spoiler: to the point that he deliberately sabotages the group's attempts to escape so that the werewolves will kill them and give himself a chance to escape.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Ellen survives and makes it back to civilization, but all of the other passengers are either dead or transformed into werewolves]].