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Don't listen to the negative reviews

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Wendigo is a pretty good psychological thriller, the film has some great drama between the characters and some good creepy scenes. The acting is good, the characters act like a normal family. The Wendigo effects are good, the Deer Form reminded me a little of the Rabbit in Donnie Darko.The film sees a family going to stay at a house for a while but accidental hit a deer, a group of hunters arrives and one of the hunters named Otis starts to argue with the Dad George, after the car is lifted they drive off to the house. The Son Miles is a little shook up about the Deer but his Parents try to tell him that it's natural for things like that to happen. That night while he's in bed he starts to see weird things in bedroom, the next day they go into to town and Miles meets a man at the counter who gives him a little statue of the Wendigo, when Miles shows Kim the statue and tells her that a man at the counter gave it him the owner says the she only works there. Once returning home George takes his son sledding and while there sledding he's knocked off the board and Miles is chases by the wind, after gaining conciseness they go looking for George, they find him outside the house where he tells them he was shot, in the Hospital Kim tells the Sheriff that Otis may have shot him, the Shrieff goes to Otis's place where he's bashed over the head with a hammer, as Otis drives down the road he finds that the Wendigo is after him.Wendigo is a pretty good thriller that has some chilling moments. Check this out. 10/10

It was a cold winter night and I was driving home slowly because of the snow-covered roads. Suddenly, as I peered through the falling flakes, there it was, right in front of me. I ended up with nearly a thousand dollars damage to the front of my truck…dang wendigos! I liked Wendigo but it's not really for everyone. It's a bit slow moving in parts and I'm sure some would just find it dull. Also, it's easy to tell the budget was limited during some of the creature's scenes. Still, I enjoyed it. I had read several short stories about this legend in my younger years and it was pretty cool to see it brought to film in a serious, even sometimes creepy, manner (as opposed to Troma's very silly Frostbiter). This film was able to give me a feeling that this forest spirit could possibly exist for real, at least more so than similar films. The story was not always focused on the Wendigo and when it was, it was mostly by way of the young boy. The way this was handled is what gave this movie its air of believability, as if we are KNOWING it through the child's eyes, the eyes we all used to have. Anyway, the acting was, for the most part, good and the direction low-key yet stylish. For me, Wendigo captured the imagination that I had as a child…that there was "something" out there but really only I knew or at least, thought, about it. Life still went on as normal, of course, but from time to time, in the background, those feelings came to me, just like in the movie.Larry Fessenden's Habit is also worth a watch.

George and Kim are traveling with their young son Miles to a remote cabin in upstate New York when their car hits a deer and swerves into a ditch.But what seems to be a mere occurrence of misfortune marks the beginning of a terrifying journey,where myth becomes reality and a flesh-eating spirit,half animal and half man Wendigo,haunts a small town..."Wendigo" by Larry Fessenden is a thought-provoking horror film that often tenderfoot's into a somber family drama.The acting is great,the characters are well-developed and there are some bone-chilling moments.The subtle glimpses of Wendigo are handled effectively and it's never clear what is real and what is imagined,or even if the story is taking place entirely in Miles' head.Overall,"Wendigo" is my first contact with Larry Fessenden's work and surely won't be the last.Give this film a chance,if you don't mind watching something unconventional.8 out of 10.

Wendigo tells the tale of George (Jake Weber) his wife Kim (Patricia Clarkson) & their young son Miles (Erik Per Sullivan) who are on their way to an isolated house deep in the snowy woods not too far from New York City for the weekend, however tragedy strikes almost immediately as they run into a deer & badly injure it. It seems that three hunters had been tracking the deer for 18 hours & one of them, Otis (John Speredakos), is rather annoyed at George for wounding his prey & worse still breaking it's antler which is worth a fair bit of money. George manages to keep the situation under control & is glad to get to the house, they all spend some quality family time together but inbred redneck Otis still seems to be holding a grudge. Miles is also told by a spooky local (Lloyd Oxendine) that an evil spirit called Wendigo is out there, somewhere in the dense, hostile woods waiting to be called upon...Edited, written & directed by Larry Fessenden I personally didn't think to much of Wendigo. The script doesn't know what it wants to be, this is as much of a family bonding drama as it is horror. The Wendigo creature that the title refers to doesn't appear until 10 minutes before the end & until that point has no relevance to the story except as some local legend, it isn't really a monster indiscriminately killing innocent people so forget about any high body count as only one person dies for sure & no-one actually dies on screen. The film is painfully slow at times & virtually nothing happens, family drive to isolated house, kill deer, annoy local idiot & that's about it! There are very few character's, only four main ones, the dialogue isn't that interesting & it takes itself far too seriously for it's own good. I just found the whole thing boring, dull, uneventful & a bit of a waste of 90 minutes of my life which I will never get back. Wasn't keen on the nothing ending either.Director Fessenden does a good job at creating a nice atmosphere throughout with the nice snowy, desolate, remote & bleak locations & they certainly would make a great location for a good horror, unfortunately this isn't it. It has the look of The Blair Witch Project (1999) about it, woods, jerky hand held camera movements & a certain documentary style & feel to it. The Wendigo creature is barely seen & when it does make an appearance at the end it looks like a man in a deer suit running through the woods, then again that's probably what it was. Forget about any gore, a dead deer, some chopped up deer meat, someone is hit with a hammer & that's yer lot.Technically Wendigo is alright & has a certain unique style about it, but then so did The Blair Witch Project & look at how many people hated that. I personally didn't think the acting was up to much & Weber in particular seems totally uninterested & lifeless.As far as I'm concerned Wendigo is another low budget boring piece of crap that was as exciting as watching paint dry, what's wrong with good old fashioned exploitation, monsters, blood, gore, murder & off beat likable character's? Horror film fans might want to give it a go but even they might find the whole thing rather tame & flaccid. I did like the end credits though as they scrolled up over some nice blue silhouette's of trees as flakes of snow fall...