Directed by:
Larry FessendenScreenplay:
Larry FessendenCinematography:
Terry StaceyComposer:
Michelle DiBucciCast:
Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber, Erik Per Sullivan, Daniel Stewart Sherman, John Speredakos, Christopher Wynkoop, Jack Fessenden, Richard Stratton (more)Plots(1)
The suggestive WENDIGO is the final installment in a trilogy of horror films from director Larry Fessenden (HABIT, NO TELLING). Beginning on a dark, snowy road in rural Connecticut, WENDIGO immediately slams into gear as a family of New York City visitors run over a deer and drive into a ditch. As George (Jake Weber), his wife Kim (Patricia Clarkson), and son Miles (Erik Per Sullivan) wait for a tow truck to rescue them, they cross paths with an unhinged hunter named Otis (John Speredakos) who finishes off the deer and begins terrorizing the family. Things take an unusual turn, though, after Miles meets a spectral Native American elder (Lloyd E. Oxendine) and learns the secrets of the hungering Wendigo spirit.Balancing jittery camera work with placid landscapes, Fessenden creates a foreboding mood for WENDIGO from the opening scene and never lets up. The movie shifts between the firm character grounding of the family, the edgy terror of Otis, and the elusive spirit-world of the beastly Wendigo in a way that seems to draw clear lines for the audience, only to redraw them with hairpin plot-turns and unsettling visuals. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Patricia Clarkson
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999)
Shutter Island (2010)
The Untouchables (1987)
Jake Weber
UK
Best movies:
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
The Honest Courtesan (1998)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Erik Per Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Armageddon (1998)
Daniel Stewart Sherman
USA
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (2008) (theatrical recording)
All You Need is Love (2007)
Marshall (2017)
John Speredakos
USA
Best movies:
Inside Man (2006)
Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) (series)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Christopher Wynkoop
USA
Best movies:
Ghostbusters (1984)
Clockers (1995)
Summer of Sam (1999)
Jack Fessenden
Best movies:
Stake Land (2010)
The Last Winter (2006)
The ABCs of Death 2 (2014)
Richard Stratton
Best movies:
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Whiteboys (1999)
Wendigo (2001)
Brian Delate
USA
Best movies:
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Brave One (2007)