Review of Wendigo (1978) by Brenden R — 11 Nov 2007

Wendigo. He eats people and shits metal. Wendigo.

This review of Wendigo (1978) was written by Brenden R on 11 Nov 2007.

Wendigo has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Craig P (288) on 05 Jul 2004

A bunch of elitists over in GD were saying Wendigo was a good horror movie and I made the mistake of putting any value into their warped opinion…

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By Barry L (336) on 20 May 2008

One of the oddest films ive seen for a while.....I was slightly drunk but still…

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By Scott Simon M (56) on 26 Jun 2010

Wendigo may have a chilling atsmophere , but it can't do anything with it…

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By Vadim S (142) on 24 May 2008

Fantastic and complex. I'm definitley interested in seeing more films from Larry Fessenden…

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By Nickie M (2) on 28 Oct 2006

More lore/myth than traditional horror, interesting…

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By Ronnie P (177) on 28 Jun 2008

Well-acted and well-directed for the most part, the ending is great... everything else was pretty forgettable…

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By Brendon S (58) on 06 Jan 2011

Interesting story about a family thats spending a few days in a cabin but realise some blokes family lived there and he's being a bit of a…

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By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 18 Mar 2003

On the right track to something that's creepy and effective . . . It's just going to take more than a man in a Bullwinkle costume to get there…

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By Hafidha A (15) on 11 Apr 2008

Pretty good movie. It was slow though. It had a good story also. It started getting interesting in the last 30 minutes…

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By Jason D (1,490) on 28 Jun 2008

Effective and frightening little film from the delightfully demented Larry Fessenden that should be seen by everyone…

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