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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.

The film was released the same year as ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' and ''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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!! The following tropes can be used to describe the film:

* BigBadassWolf
* BizarreAlienSenses: Possibly the first film to use thermographic footage to illustrate this trope.
* BlackComedy: There are some moments of this.
* EverythingsWorseWithWolves
* TheFilmOfTheBook
* GainaxEnding
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* {{Gorn}}: While it's not quite so gory by today's standards, the wolves do rip out people's throats, bite off hands, bite off heads, etc.
* JawsFirstPersonPerspective
* MaleFrontalNudity
* NothingIsScarier: You don't even get to see the beasts until halfway through the film.
* OhCrap: Two such moments happen during the climax of the film. One is particularly amusing as a wolf [[DangerTakesABackseat materializes in a car]] with one of the characters.
* OffWithHisHead
* SomewhereAMammalogistIsCrying: Wolves apparently have thermographic vision in this Verse. Not just wolfen, but ''regular'' wolves.
* SparedByTheAdaptation
* ThisIsWhatTheBuildingWillLookLike
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