History Film / Tusk2014

%%* CanadaEh: Where most of the film takes place, and it's full of different Canadian stereotypes from pronunciations to Canadians as nice, optimistic folks (granted it subverts them as well, with Canadians who are jerks or even a ''serial killer'').

''Tusk'' is a 2014 horror comedy film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, starring Creator/JustinLong, Creator/MichaelParks, Creator/HaleyJoelOsment, Creator/GenesisRodriguez, and Creator/JohnnyDepp.

''Tusk'' is also the first in Smith's ''True North'' trilogy, three films with self-contained stories all set in the country of Canada in the same movie universe; it is followed by ''Film/YogaHosers'' and the planned ''Moose Jaws''[[note]]which he says will literally be ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' with a moose[[/note]].

''Tusk'' is also the first in Smith's ''True North'' trilogy, three films in self-contained universes all set in Canada; it is followed by ''Film/YogaHosers'' and the planned ''Moose Jaws''[[note]]which he says will literally be ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' with a moose[[/note]].

* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Twice

''Tusk'' is a 2014 horror comedy film written and directed by Creator/KevinSmith, starring Creator/JustinLong, Michael Parks, Creator/HaleyJoelOsment, Creator/GenesisRodriguez, and Creator/JohnnyDepp.

* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Ally and Teddy decide to leave Wallace in a sanctuary once they find him and he is practically a walrus for sure. They apparently didn't try or think in getting him to a hospital so he could get medical attention and be separated from that suit (since Howe used a very poor surgery to turn him into a walrus). Sure he might not be able to talk as his tongue was removed and his legs are still amputated, but anything else that Howe did to him could be removed with practical medical attention. Of additional note is that by leaving him to live as a walrus, they are doing exactly what Howe wanted: to turn Wallace into a real walrus forever.]]

** Played straight with Howe, who's been kidnapping, deforming and killing countless people in his quest for "the perfect walrus" and drives Wallace to the point of insanity. Though his death is something he wanted, he still got a gruesome death as punishment for his crimes.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Howe succeeds in creating the perfect human walrus. He is killed by Wallace, but that was what he wanted all along. His goal was to find someone who so fully embraces and embodies the walrus that he overcomes Howe in a fight to the death, all because Howe wants to be punished for unnecessarily killing the real Mr. Tusk for survival immediately before being rescued even though the walrus saved his life after he was shipwrecked. This is semi mitigated by the ending showing that Wallace can still cry, which is said to be reflective of his humanity that separates him from an animal like Howe had wanted him to be.]]

''Tusk'' is also the first in Smith's ''True North'' trilogy, three films in self-contained universes all set in Canada; it is followed by ''Film/YogaHosers'' and the planned ''Moose Jaws''[[note]]which he says will literally be ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' with a moose[[/note]]).

When Wallace's latest trip sends him to UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}, he ends up meeting an eccentric retired seafarer (Parks) with a remote house in the backwoods who promises interesting stories. However, it isn't long before Wallace ends up in over his head and comes to realize that there's far, ''far'' more to the old man than meets the eye. As he fails to return from his trip, the film also follows Teddy and Wallace's girlfriend Ally (Rodriguez) as they team up to investigate what happened to him.

''Tusk'' is a 2014 horror comedy film directed and written by Creator/KevinSmith, starring Creator/JustinLong, Michael Parks, Creator/HaleyJoelOsment, Creator/GenesisRodriguez, and Creator/JohnnyDepp.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The Kill Bill Kid.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At first part of the movie during the podcast scene, Wallace says that he doesn't need both legs (referring to the kid who amputates his legs). Guess what happened to Wallace shortly after he met Howard?

* InstantSedation: Averted. Wallace takes ''forever'' to even ''begin'' to go down after Howe drugs his tea.

* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Ally and Teddy decide to leave Wallace in a sanctuary once they find him and he is practically a walrus for sure. They apparently didn't try or think in getting him to a hospital so he could get medical attention and be separated from that suit (since Howe used a very poor surgery to turn him into a walrus), sure he might not be able to talk as his tongue was removed and his legs are still amputated, but anything else that Howe did to him could be removed with practical medical attention. Of additional note is that by leaving him to live as a walrus, they are doing exactly what Howe wanted: to turn Wallace into a real walrus forever.]]

* LargeHam: Howard Howe, full-stop.
* MalevolentMutilation: Up to 11.

* SpidersAreScary: Howe tells Wallace that the reason his leg was amputated was because it had been bitten by a highly-venomous spider.
** Interestingly enough, the type of spider mentioned by Howe is actually disputed by arachnologists in regards to the levels of aggression and toxicity of its venom. In the States it's considered quite dangerous, while Canadian (in Canada, its bite is not seen as lethal or causing necrosis) and European (the spider comes from Europe, where it's co-habitated with humans for centuries without major problems) scientists consider it to not be a threat to humans. Whether the fact that a Canadian character used this excuse is simply a misconception caused by the creators being American, or a clever way to show that Howe simply fed Wallace a bullshit story he knew his victim would believe at first, is up to personal opinion.