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3''Mexican Werewolf in Texas'' is a 2005 horror comedy film written and directed by Scott Maginnis. It is inspired by sightings of the Chupacabra in Texas.
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5In the dusty little town of Furlough in Texas, nothing happens, and some of the locals have thinly veiled animosity towards its Hispanic residents. When an animal is slaughtering the cattle and the locals. When a teenager is killed, Anna Furlough, her Mexican-American boyfriend Miguel Gonzalez, Jill Gillespie and Rosie finds that a Chupacabra is the killer and they plot a plan to kill the beast.
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7Despite its title, it is not a sequel, or related to ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' or ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInParis''. Not only that, but the monster in this film isn't a werewolf. In fact, werewolves are brought up in the movie, but only loosely.
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11!!This film contains examples of:
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13* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Downplayed with Brad. He survives the events of the movie, but gets shot, mauled and his by a tranquilizer dart, for his efforts at killing Miguel.]]
14* BestialityIsDepraved: Discussed. Jill certainly dresses immodestly while Chupacabra hunting, talks to Anna about the possibility of being knocked up by the thing, and flashes it as a distraction.
15* BigBad: Anna's father Brad, functions as the human antagonist of the film, plotting on using the hysteria to kill his daughter's boyfriend. [[BigBadWannabe However, he is not a source of conflict in this movie, with the characters being more focused on the chupacabra]].
16* BlackComedy: How quickly Jill gets over her boyfriend's death. The next day, she describes the horrific ordeal to the police, and treats it as if it was nothing. All with a smile on her face.
17** Deputy Stan's hunting party proving incompetence, which results in Stan getting shot in the arm by his own team.
18** [[spoiler: When Brad is incognito as the Chupacabra, he gets shot by Miguel. All the while, Miguel is talking with Brad's daughter Anna over the radio, who encourages Miguel to keep shooting.]]
19* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Brad, who [[spoiler: actually tries to go through with his threat to kill his daughter's boyfriend.]]
20* CoolBigSister: Anna seems to have an AnnoyingYoungerSibling, but she's actually pretty playful about it.
21%%* DumbBlonde: Jill.
22* HateSink: Anna's parents Brad and Carol are real pieces of work. Part of the founding family of Furlough, they're more concerned about their status, and their disdain for the Hispanic citizens in their town, than they are about the chupacabra attacks. Carol is constantly heckling Brad about their lack of wealth, despite them being well off all things considered; Brad takes advantage of the chupacabra attacks for his plan to kill Anna's boyfriend Miguel, simply because he's Mexican-American. They two also half-ass their empathy towards Brad's traumatized uncle when his son is killed by the chupacabra, with Carol making it a matter of inheritance. [[spoiler:This makes Brad getting shot by Miguel (at Anna's encouragement no less) and being mauled by the chupacabra all the more amusing to watch.]]
23* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Brad spends the movie planning to kill Miguel, Anna's boyfriend, and prepares a coyote skin suit to carry out the deed. When he attempts to take this plan into action, he is mistaken for the Chupacabra and shot by Miguel (with Anna encouraging him over the radio no less). When he flees, the blood and coyote skin attracts the Chupacabra, which mauls him.]]
24* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Brad and a number of the townsfolk are prejudiced against Mexicans living in their town. Brad is especially irate over his daughter dating Miguel due to his ethnicity, and resolves to kill him.
25* SexSignalsDeath: The chupacabra's first human victims are a couple who where spending an evening in the field.

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