History Film / Shiver

* DirtyOldMan: Gryphon/Rood, the killer, is a man in his early sixties who lusts after younger girls.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:At the end, as Rood is bleeding out from his gunshot wounds, Wendy coerces him into repeating after her in the same way he tried to force her to, admitting how powerless he is.]]

There’s a SerialKiller on the loose known as the Gryphon (Creator/JohnJarratt of ''Film/WolfCreek'' fame), after his calling card, which is to leave a figurine of a gryphon on the bodies of his victims Wendy Alden (Creator/DanielleHarris), a shy and insecure woman working as a technical writer, finds himself in his line of sight. He tries to kill her once, but when he fails, he returns with a vengeance.

''Shiver'' is a 2012 thriller based on a novel of the same name by Creator/MichaelChrichton (under the pseudonym Brian Harper).

Shiver is a 2012 thriller based on a novel of the same name by Michael Chrichton (under the pseudonym Brian Harper).

There’s a SerialKiller on the loose known as the Gryphon (John Jarratt of ''Film/WolfCreek'' fame), after his calling card, which is to leave a figurine of a gryphon on the bodies of his victims Wendy Alden (Creator/DanielleHarris), a shy and insecure woman working as a technical writer, finds himself in his line of sight. He tries to kill her once, but when he fails, he returns with a vengeance.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Wendy’s mother, and the Rood, as well. See AbusiveParents and AGodAmI above, respectively.
* OffWithHisHead: A major part of the Rood’s MO. He severs the heads of his victims post-mortem and keeps them in jars [[CreepySouvenir as trophies]].

Shiver is a 2012 thriller based on a novel of the same name by Brian Harper.

* AxCrazy: Subverted with Rood. While he’s not very sociable around the fairer sex, he is intelligent and (mostly) organized in his crimes. [[spoiler:Played straight after his confrontation with Wendy, after which he becomes more and more unhinged until he finally shoots up Wendy’s workplace while looking for her.]]

* {{Expy}}: The Gryphon, aka Franklin Rood, is essentially [[Literature/RedDragon Francis Dolarhyde]] without any redeeming or sympathetic traits. Like Dolarhyde, his god complex is manifested in the form and the name of a mythical creature, and he views his murders as works of art.

* ImAHumanitarian: Speculated, but never confirmed, by the cops searching for the Gryphon.

* SerialKiller: Franklin Rood, aka the Gryphon, has killed 3 women by the start of the film — always with a garrote — and claims a fourth with the intention of claiming a fifth. He always takes their heads and leaves a gryphon figurine at the crime scene.

* AGodAmI: The Gryphon displays shades of this. He boasts about how he can “wipe out a world in less than a minute whenever [he] please[s].

* RazorFloss: The killer's weapon of choice is a garrote.

* AbusiveParents: Wendy’s mother isn’t exactly mother-of-the-year material. She refuses to hear what her daughter has to say about her encounter with the Gryphon, assuming instead that she was either dumped or impregnated by Jeffrey, and is constantly pushing her to get a raise. Wendy believes her behavior stems from her father walking out on the family. This may or may not have also been the case with the Gryphon himself.
* AxCrazy: Subverted with the Gryphon. While he’s not very sociable around the fairer sex, he is intelligent and (mostly) organized in his crimes. [[spoiler:Played straight after his confrontation with Wendy, after which he becomes more and more unhinged until he finally shoots up Wendy’s workplace while looking for her.]]

* FreudianExcuse: Attempted with the Gryphon. He was shown being harassed by bullies in a schoolyard, and he is briefly stated to have had a “rough childhood”, although aside from that flashback, it’s never shown in detail, and this doesn’t explain anything about his misogyny.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Wendy’s mother, and the Gryphon, as well. See AbusiveParents and AGodAmI above, respectively.
* OffWithHisHead: A major part of the Gryphon’s MO. He severs the heads of his victims post-mortem and keeps them in jars [[CreepySouvenir as trophies]].

* SerialKiller: The Gryphon has killed 3 women by the start of the film — always with a garrote — and claims a fourth with the intention of claiming a fifth. He always takes their heads and leaves a gryphon figurine at the crime scene.

* {{Expy}}: The Gryphon, aka [[spoiler:Franklin Rood]], is essentially [[Literature/RedDragon Francis Dolarhyde]] without any redeeming or sympathetic traits. His god complex is manifested in the form and the name of a mythical creature, and he views his murders as works of art.

* WouldHurtAChild: Julia pleads with the Gryphon in front of her child to spare her because she has another baby coming. He ignores her, and it’s later said that he killed her child.

--> Gryphon: Now, repeat after me. You're far greater and stronger than I. You're the strongest. I'm blinded by your radiance. Overwhelmed. Chastened. Humbled.

Not to be confused with the ''[[Literature/WolvesOfMercyFallsSeries Wolves of Mercy Falls'' novel or the [[VideoGame/{{Shiver}} video game series]] of the same name.

Not to be confused with the ''Literature/WolvesOfMercyFallsSeries'' novel or the [[VideoGame/{{Shiver}} video game series]] of the same name.