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A 2011 remake starring James Marsden and Kate Bosworth has been released.
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▲* [[Anti-Hero]]: David displays few heroic qualities throughout the film.
* [[Berserk Button]]: David finally snaps when the local toughs try to {{spoiler|invade his home and drag out a man for some vigilante justice}}.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: David is acquiescent and does not protest his poor treatment at the hands of the locals, but then flips to gruesome killer when they try to invade his home.
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: None of the main characters are without serious flaws, and no one seems to be totally in the right.
** The vigilantes
** Amy's old flame Charlie
** David himself
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|The cornish game hen trap}}.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: David, who {{spoiler|manages to outfight a group of burly locals who had spent the entire movie browbeating and emasculating him}}.
* [[Daylight Horror]]: The cat scene uses its light source very effectively.
* [[Death
* [[Deconstruction]]: Of the typical revenge fantasy.
▲* [[Homage]]:
** The [http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9992/icdbstrawdogs2.jpg iconic poster] of ''Straw Dogs'' was ripped off for the poster of [[Tyler Perry]]'s Madea movie ''[[I Can Do Bad All By Myself]]''.
** The [https://web.archive.org/web/20111102134354/http://www.movieline.com/2011/06/is-this-new-straw-dogs-poster-for-real.php 2011 remake] uses the same concept as the original.
* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]: More or less David's stance on the vigilantes' rough treatment of Henry Niles, who is suspected of foul play.
* [[Jerkass]]: One way of interpreting the film is that masculinity is essentially a form of being a Jerk Ass: asserting your dominance over your territory and woman through violence.
* [[Protect This House]]: The finale.
* [[Rape Is Love]]:
** The original film was highly controversial for the scene in which Amy is raped by her former boyfriend, only to start enjoying it halfway through.
** The remake features a second case involving Janice (a teenager with a psychotic father) trying to rape the much-older Niles as he is unable to defend himself. {{spoiler|Niles ends up killing Janice in self-defense, which sets up the climax.}}
* [[A Real Man Is a Killer]]: A common interpretation of the film is that David is engaging in an alpha male struggle over his territory with the locals. He spends most of the film allowing them to invade his home and rape his wife until the end, when
* [[Sacred Hospitality]]: David fights to protect a man staying in his home, even though he knows the man is probably a murderer. The locals abuse their privileges as guests, stealing his possessions and forcing themselves on his wife.
* [[Serial Killer]]: Niles in the novel.▼
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: Deconstructed. David and Amy's relationship is complex, with scenes of playful flirtation intermingled with scenes of obvious
* [[The Siege]]: The book upon which the film was based is called ''The Siege of Trencher's Farm.'' David is ultimately moved to action when he decides to protect his home from invasion.
* [[Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Trailer]]: David Warner?!
* [[The So-Called Coward]]: David spends most of the film allowing the local workers to walk all over him, and quarrels constantly with his wife. When the locals try to rough up a guest in his house however,
▲* [[Serial Killer]]: Niles in the novel.
* [[Took a Level
▲* [[The So-Called Coward]]: David spends most of the film allowing the local workers to walk all over him, and quarrels constantly with his wife. When the locals try to rough up a guest in his house however, {{spoiler|he finally stands up to them and to his wife, who had openly called him a coward for not standing up to them earlier.}}
▲* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: During the finale, David takes levels in [[Badass]] and [[Jerkass]], essentially asserting his alpha male status of the household.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Throughout the climax, David stays level-headed and icy cold.
* [[Word Salad Title]]: The film was originally to be called ''The Siege of Trencher's Farm'', a bland and overly descriptive title, so director Peckinpah created an informal contest for a new name. A friend suggested ''Straw Dogs'', referring to the Chinese tradition of creating animal figures out of straw as religious offerings. Straw dogs were given special treatment during religious ceremonies, then discarded with the rest of the trash, mirroring the impartiality of the universe. However, even the producer of the film admitted that the term means nothing in the context of the plot. The remake actually explains the reference.
* [[Video Nasty]]: The original wasn't officially deemed a video nasty, but was often treated like one regardless.
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Critics argue about how sympathetic David's character is in the original film, or is supposed to be. Years after making the film, [[Word of God|Peckinpah himself claimed]] that David is the villain of the film and is
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[[Category:Films of the 2010s]]
[[Category:Films of the 1970s]]
[[Category:Straw Dogs]]▼
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[[Category:The Criterion Collection]]
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