Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

BeSummers Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Lee Eisenberg I first learned of the Wendigo many years ago in one of Alvin Schwartz's "Scary Stories" books: according to that story, the Wendigo - after calling your name in the wind - drags you along, and then pulls you up into the sky and pulverizes you. While it sounds like a pretty bizarre notion, Schwartz's story turned it into a fairly coherent idea.The movie "Wendigo" doesn't. It basically consists of every horror flick cliché: family moves to new house and strange things start happening, anyone who harms them is asking for it, and everyone had better listen to the old Indian guy. I've seen this stuff so many times that I no longer bother to count.Anyway, avoid it. Patricia Clarkson and Erik Per Sullivan (Dewey on "Malcolm in the Middle") have done far better than this.

Arlis 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.

Golgo-13 It was a cold winter night and I was driving home slowly because of the snow-covered roads. Suddenly, as I peered through the falling flakes, there it was, right in front of me. I ended up with nearly a thousand dollars damage to the front of my truck…dang wendigos! I liked Wendigo but it's not really for everyone. It's a bit slow moving in parts and I'm sure some would just find it dull. Also, it's easy to tell the budget was limited during some of the creature's scenes. Still, I enjoyed it. I had read several short stories about this legend in my younger years and it was pretty cool to see it brought to film in a serious, even sometimes creepy, manner (as opposed to Troma's very silly Frostbiter). This film was able to give me a feeling that this forest spirit could possibly exist for real, at least more so than similar films. The story was not always focused on the Wendigo and when it was, it was mostly by way of the young boy. The way this was handled is what gave this movie its air of believability, as if we are KNOWING it through the child's eyes, the eyes we all used to have. Anyway, the acting was, for the most part, good and the direction low-key yet stylish. For me, Wendigo captured the imagination that I had as a child…that there was "something" out there but really only I knew or at least, thought, about it. Life still went on as normal, of course, but from time to time, in the background, those feelings came to me, just like in the movie.Larry Fessenden's Habit is also worth a watch.

penisandtesticles I recently viewed this film for the first time. Now, I do admit that I am a fan of gory horror movies, but at the same time movies that intrigue the human mind. By no means should a horror movie be classified by the amount of gore because there have been dozens of great movies in the past that have scared the wits out of me without the need of graphic violence. Now as you read the first half of my comment, you see that I have yet to talk about the film. The film was quite similar in that the first half all but gave me the greatest sleep I've had in years. The opening scene possibly makes you think something exciting is going to happen and yet nothing does. To be perfectly honest, as I was watching, I had to check the genre classification of this film to make sure I saw right because in now way could this be viewed as a horror film as there is NOTHING scary about it what so ever. The actual creature (which I practically laughed at when it first appeared on screen) that is supposed to scare you did nothing of the sort. The only person who gave the movie any life was John Speredakos whose character (as little as it appeared) was still quite plausible. The movie was only an hour and half long and the first hour had NOTHING. Yet, they still managed a sex scene which proves to me that the director felt that sex would grab the audience's attention more so than an actual "thrill". The acting was good, but there was no substance to the plot and I was very disappointed. Luckily, I caught it on IFC and did not have to pay money for such a wrongly-classified film.