I had to double check the date on this one, as i swore it said 2001. Why then, does Wendigo look like it was recorded off of a late 70s VHS Horror Anthology? The acting is fine, but everything else is from bad to worse. Visual effects scream shoestring budget, to the point of why even bother. Writing is awful, as someone seems to have attempted over an hour of pure character development, without anything actually ever happening. By the time the climax rolls around, my brain has all but checked out. I honestly don't know who this is made for. Most definitely not for me.

While I wouldn't necessarily recommend this film to a lot of people, I would recommend it to the avid horror fanatic who can appreciate a slow-moving melodrama with dark, mystical undertones and whatnot. However, just remember, this film starts off sloooow. And it pretty much stays that way for the majority of the picture. The film is very well thought out and thoroughly well-written. Larry Fessenden seems to have executed his ideas perfectly in his eyes, and it seems like he took his time get it right, and that's fine with me. There is a psychological aspect to the whole thing, but I wouldn't really say it is a psychological thriller or whatever you would call it, I would just call it horror interspersed with drama.The typical Bigfoot geek might walk away from this endeavor disappointed, this isn't your 70's style camp classic we have here. However, they might walk away feeling good about this one as well, like I did, if they can appreciate some solid filmmaking. It starts off with our broken family trying to spend some quality time together kind of thing for a good 45 minutes of the film a la 'The Shining', and won't really satisfy the horror fan until the second half of the film really. The film is sloooowww, like I said. Patricia Clarkson and Jake Weber's characters are both very well-written. John Speredakos plays his role naturally well, although I had never heard of him until this film. The dialogue is well written, and the most unimportant lines will end up meaningful in the end. The climax of the film is truly the most impressive, and by the end, 'Wendigo' manages to work up a bit of creepiness. The images are nice, lots of dead sticks and s**t. If you're looking for some ridiculously bloody slasher type flick, look elsewhere because that isn't what you'll be getting from this one. The legend of the 'Wendigo' isn't really discussed a whole lot, and someone seeking a ton of information of the folklore of this myth and other Indian myths should probably look elsewhere also, but if you can handle a well-made, unconventional, and original horror story then this could be for you. But be weary if you look to this hoping for it to be 'Urban Legend' or something.WENDIGO -----7/10.

I liked this one. It wasn't perfect by any means...far from it. It was however original and creepy.Most of the newer horror movies suck big time and the people making them suck even more. Larry Fessenden both wrote and directed this and I think he is awesome because he did a great job.The writing was unique and although I saw a likeness of many other films in the story, I have to say I've never seen a creature quite like that before. I often wondered if Wendigo was searching for the bad guy or was the little boy Miles somehow using the statue and sending the creature after the bad guy. Maybe thats obvious but I don't get it, either way its fun not knowing in this case.Fessenden is one hell of a director. The scenery and cinematography was amazing and when nothing was going on he was giving you something to see. Many times it's a waste of time and pisses me off when directors get all artsy and take away from the story (watch Oliver Stone movies) but Larry's shots add so much to it.The acting was great, all of the actors played their part well, and I have always loved little Erik Sullivan because MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE is one of my favorite shows.My only problem with this movie was it was a bit slow. It didn't really start getting good until the last 30 minutes of it. There seems to be a great back story here with "Otis" and his childhood in that house and its one prequel I'd like to see. I still recommend this one to any horror fan.I have to end by saying I wish Todd McFarlane would make an action figure of the creature. He doesn't have to add it to M.Maniacs just pop it in any where. If he can do the tooth fairy and characters from the god-awful Texas Chainsaw remake then why not this.

As I was watching this movie I was thinking,OK it'll get good any moment...I was wrong. The real best part of this movie was when it was over. A complete waste of 92 minutes. All seriousness aside the best part was when the Wendigo finally showed up which was at the end and you couldn't really even see him that good. And the tail end was really kind of dumb as well. There was too many sections in the movie where you thought something was going to happen but was a let down. The worse part is there was more talk of the Wendigo then there was Wendigo. For the creature to be so bad,you definitely couldn't tell it by this movie.