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Film Details:
Directed by Larry Fessenden (No Telling, Habit) Written by Larry Fessenden (See above, also an actor - played Craig McManus in Session 9) Starring Artisan Home Entertainment This is a small film that stars Erik Per Sullivan (Dewey from "Malcolm in the Middle") and several other people as well. At its core, it is somewhat of a parable of Modern Man against Primitive Man. The Wendigo itself is quite creepy, if a bit low budget, and through lighting and camera work, the director makes full use of the weirdness of the beast. As near as I can tell, the movie is about a little boy who either creates the Wendigo or is psychically attuned with it in some way. While going on vacation with his parents, the family car hits a deer that some hunters were chasing, and one of the hunters is crazy and his name is, inevitably, Otis. Otis Stooky to be exact. This is our Primitive Man. The boy's father (representing Modern Man) argues with Otis and then argues some more. Things happen. Slowly at first, and then slowly some more. And then a little more slowly until they get to the house that belongs to some friends, which they are using while the friends in question aren't there. The house used to be the Stooky homestead, but Otis' sister sold the joint after the elder Stookys died. Otis is angry about this and can't let it go. He needs to move on, but he's a backwoods redneck fuck-head and decides instead that a mature way to handle the situation is to shoots bullets through their windows when they aren't home, and to spy on the boy's parents as they have sex. A real weirdo of a guy. The story grows from there and the boy meets a pointlessly mysterious Indian guy who may be a ghost... or not. It's never very clear, but I'm pretty sure he is. The Indian guy gives the boy a carved figure of the Wendigo and, in a cool little monologue, explains the nature of the creature, which seems a strange and frightening thing to want to tell a kid. "Hey, mister, what's that?" "A horrible monster that will devour you and your whole family. Wanna take it home?" "Sounds good, I'm in. Got any Frogurt?" Anyway, time goes by and you briefly learn that maybe the Dad possibly doesn't pay enough attention to the boy, even though he seems perfectly well adjusted to me. Except for the bit when the plot needs to point out that he doesn't spend enough time with the kid. Kid sees some creepy shit, a weird antler monster comes after some people, and a few people die. To say much more would give away the movie, and I don't want to do that. The film itself isn't all that good to be honest. The plot suffers a tad, the opening scene goes on WAY too long, and we do not learn of the Wendigo until a full 45 minutes or so into the film, which runs at 92 minutes. It moves a little slow and sometimes is a touch boring but the imagery makes it worth a look. I say Netflix it if you're a member. DVD Details: A commentary Track from the director which I have yet to watch but plan to. Further Information: |
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