Wendigo (2001 film)

Wendigo (2001 film)...

Summary

"Some myths are real." A highly-stressed family takes time away from the city to vacation in upstate New York for the winter, strike a deer on the icy road, and find themselves troubled by the legend of the Wendigo.

Details

• Release Date: 2001
• Country/Language: US, English
• Genres/Technical: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
• Runtime: 1 hr 31 min
• Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber, Erik Per Sullivan
• Director: Larry Fessenden
• Writer: Larry Fessenden
• Producer/Production Co: ContentFilm, Antidote Films (I), Glass Eye Pix
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Ratings

MPAA Ratings

• Rated: R (Violence, Profanity, Adult Content, Nudity, Sexual Situations)

Tentacle Ratings

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

• S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

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Synopsis

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A blue Volvo makes its way through the fading light this chilly winter evening in upstate New York. Kim, George and their 8-year-old son, Miles, are city dwellers stealing a weekend away at a friend's country farmhouse. But a fluke accident sets off a chain of events that alters their lives forever and conjures up the ferocious spirit of the Wendigo, a Native American myth made manifest in Miles' imagination.

Notes

Associated Mythos Elements

• TO DO
• race: Wendigo
• artefact: creepy Wendigo figuring