History Film / TheWraith

* OhCrap: When Rughead connects the digital radio killer to The Wraith's car, he gets a glimpse of what the Turbo Interceptor's engine looks like. His look is a combination of super-impressed and scared. Packard doesn't even care enough to look for himself, more obsessed with the ongoing race.

* BrickJoke: There are two. The first is whenever Loomis confronts Packard and his gang, they invoke some legal knowledge, specifically warrants. Later on Loomis does have a warrant to question Packard regarding Minty's death. The second one is when The Wraith confronts Packard and the gang at their garage, Packard warns him that his shotgun might set off the Ether and Acetylene. [[spoiler:The Wraith later crashes his car into the garage killing Skank and Gutterboy and destroying the garage in a big Ether and Acetylene fueled fireball.]]

* AssholeVictim: Packard and his gang. Sheriff Loomis investigates the Wraith's killing spree because it's his job to do so, not because Packard's gang deserve justice, [[spoiler:and once he figures out the Wraith is only chasing the gang, that it's revenge for Jamie's death, and all of the involved members of the gang have been killed, Loomis decides it's okay to let it go.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: According to Mike Marvin, the reason why the Wraith's braces disappear after every kill is that [[LevelUp he is getting stronger.]]

* AssholeVictim: Packard and his gang.

-->'''Loomis:''' There's a kid out there using his car to kill people. Not that it's such a big deal since [[AcceptableTargets it seems to be your gang he's got it in for.]].. so, if you guys try to take the [[VigilanteMan law into your own hands,]] and that killer turns up dead, I'm gonna see you all sniffin' cyanide in the Arizona gas chamber.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Skank and Gutterboy. Their humor almost makes you forget that [[spoiler:they are a pair of cold-blooded killers that helped murder Jamie Hankins.]] They're such a tight pair that [[spoiler:only one brace disappears when the warehouse explodes, implying that the two of them only count as a single kill.]]

* ShoutOut: Skank has one after The Wraith shoots up their garage with his gun.

* RareVehicles: The Wraith's Interceptor Turbo is a Dodge [=M4S=], a [[SuperPrototype concept car]] never intended for production; only four were built.
-->'''[[spoiler: Jake]]''': Turbo Interceptor. The only one in existence.

* TheStoner: Skank takes it UpToEleven, by getting high off car-related chemicals, such as washer fluid, brake fluid and WD-40.

-->'''Packard:''' Skank, why is it that you continue to question my authority?
-->'''Skank:''' Cool it, man! You got a big audience with Rughead out there; it'll be first-degree murder.
-->'''Packard:''' You're right.

* RunningGag: You have to listen closely, but Billy has a habit of casually calling Jake 'bro'. [[spoiler:Becomes something of a {{Tearjerker}} when you realize he does this because he misses Jamie. Even more so when [[FridgeBrilliance you realize that Jake ''is'' Jamie]]; maybe Keri wasn't the only one who subconsciously recognized him.]]

''The Wraith'' was made in 1986 starring, alongside Sheen, Creator/NickCassavetes (yes, that [[Film/FaceOff Nick]] [[Film/TheNotebook Cassavetes]]), Creator/SherilynFenn, Creator/RandyQuaid and Creator/ClintHoward.

* PoliceAreUseless: Zigzagged. Loomis would very much like to bust Packard and his gang, but he never seems to be able to get enough evidence. You'd think if he talked to the couple from the beginning of the movie, or maybe actually did a little, you know, detective work...
** Possibly because everyone young enough to be victimized by Packard is [[TheDreaded scared shitless of him]]?

* {{Yandere}} The driving plot point to the movie and to why [[spoiler: Packard killed Jamie.]]

* VaderBreath: The only sounds you'll ever hear the Wraith make.* ste

* ThoseTwoGuys: Skank and Gutterboy. Their humor almost makes you forget that [[spoiler: they are cold blooded murderers that helped murder Jamie Hankins.]] They're such a tight pair that [[spoiler:only one brace disappears when the warehouse explodes, implying that the two of them only count as a single kill.]]

* PainfulTransformation: The Wraith's transformation into [[spoiler: Jake]], show's that although nothing physically painful happens to [[spoiler: him]], the expression on [[spoiler: Jake's]] face shows that it hurts when [[spoiler: he]] does it.

Not to mention, when Packard finds them walking and Skank tells him "We... uh... had a little trouble with the 'Cuda." Packard's response is simply a silent sigh and an eyeroll.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Skank and Gutterboy. Their humor almost makes you forget that [[spoiler: they are cold blooded murderers that helped murder Jamie Hankins.]] They're such a tight pair that [[spoiler:only one brace disappears when the warehouse explodes, implying that the two of them only count as a single kill.]]