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Wendigo (2002)

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Reviews Counted:49

Fresh:28

Rotten:21

Average Rating:6.2/10

Consensus: An artsy horror flick, Wendigo effectively creates an eerie atmosphere.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: The suggestive WENDIGO is the final installment in a trilogy of horror films from director Larry Fessenden (HABIT, NO TELLING). Beginning on a dark, snowy road in rural Connecticut, WENDIGO... The suggestive WENDIGO is the final installment in a trilogy of horror films from director Larry Fessenden (HABIT, NO TELLING). Beginning on a dark, snowy road in rural Connecticut, WENDIGO immediately slams into gear as a family of New York City visitors run over a deer and drive into a ditch. As George (Jake Weber), his wife Kim (Patricia Clarkson), and son Miles (Erik Per Sullivan) wait for a tow truck to rescue them, they cross paths with an unhinged hunter named Otis (John Speredakos) who finishes off the deer and begins terrorizing the family. Things take an unusual turn, though, after Miles meets a spectral Native American elder (Lloyd E. Oxendine) and learns the secrets of the hungering Wendigo spirit. Balancing jittery camera work with placid landscapes, Fessenden creates a foreboding mood for WENDIGO from the opening scene and never lets up. The movie shifts between the firm character grounding of the family, the edgy terror of Otis, and the elusive spirit-world of the beastly Wendigo in a way that seems to draw clear lines for the audience, only to redraw them with hairpin plot-turns and unsettling visuals. [More]

Starring: Jake Weber, Patricia Clarkson, Erik Per Sullivan, John Speredakos

Starring: Jake Weber, Patricia Clarkson, Erik Per Sullivan, John Speredakos, Christopher Wynkoop, Lloyd E. Oxendine

Director: Larry Fessenden

Director: Larry Fessenden
Screenwriter: Larry Fessenden
Producer: Jeff Levy-Hinte
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/20/08
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
Variety
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
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11/01/05
Cole Smithey
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08/11/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
07/21/05
Houston Chronicle

This blend art house and horror won't satisfy either audience.

Full Review Source: About.com | comment Comment
10/16/03
Jurgen Fauth
Jurgen Fauth
About.com

On the right track to something that's creepy and effective . . . It's just going to take more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume to get there.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
03/18/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

[Fessenden] is much more into ambiguity and creating mood than he is for on screen thrills

Full Review Source: ToxicUniverse.com | comment Comment
02/13/03
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
ToxicUniverse.com

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Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
02/01/03
Kurt Dahlke
Kurt Dahlke
Apollo Guide

When an ominous Indian who can be seen only by the child arrives and talks about an evil creature in the woods, things start to go down hill.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
01/14/03
Mark Robison
Mark Robison
Reno Gazette-Journal

A finely tuned mood piece, a model of menacing atmosphere.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
12/16/02
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
L.A. Weekly

Wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd, but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Tim Sanger
Tim Sanger
Film Threat
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Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
08/09/02
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News

... a post-modern pop scare show that doesn't quite work.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
07/20/02
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

It is nature against progress. In Fessenden's horror trilogy, this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale.

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07/01/02
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The acting is just fine, but there's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes, especially with the weak payoff.

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06/28/02
John Venable
John Venable
Supercala.com

Until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes, Wendigo, Larry Fessenden's spooky new thriller, is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
06/28/02
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

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06/15/02
Reel.com

It's a horror movie that knows how to be scary, but not at the expense of fascinating characters.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
06/10/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
 
 
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