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
- View Trailer: (link)
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.
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Comments, Trivia, Dedication
Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- race: Wendigo
- artefact: creepy Wendigo figuring
