The Wendigo

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It really wasn't much. It was cheesy, hilarious and definitely not horror. The editing was over the top and makes the movie look cheap. It's an okay "mockumentary"/found footage movie. But its nothing ground breaking. It reminded me of VHS if you ever seen that. I wouldn't say it's bad by any means, but it's also not that good either. It's somewhere in the middle. Giving it a 5 would be too generous though. If you are expecting a movie with character backgrounds, lots of suspense and good effects, this probably isn't the movie for you. But if you are looking for a quick movie to watch just for fun and entertainment, then I would say go for it.

I had the opportunity to watch Jake Robinson's first feature film The Wendigo and overall, I liked what I saw. The acting is generally adequate, I did find the actor playing Logan a bit too much at times, although it's true that his character was supposed to be a bit annoying one. On the other hand, Hunter Redfern and (although he had a small role) Paul Hurley were very believable, as was Matthias Margraves, not to mention the design of the title character. Despite the fact it clocks out around 63-64 minutes, the story proved to be a bit thin in general, but the last 15 minutes was pretty effective. In terms of cameo actors - if the crew works with apparently high-definition cameras, the vloggers should have recorded their scenes in at least 720p. It was a bit distracting to watch the lifeless, low quality (not the acting, but the technical aspects) webcam footage for minutes to be honest. Overall though - especially as this was the director's first film- it was a fun and good creature feature. 7/10.

I implore you and all in your trade who think they are multi faceted, to please pick a profession and stick with it. Please listen to me and all the other poor souls who have to sit through and watch the results of such multi roles in a film. Its sad. Writers should write. Actors should act. Directors should direct. PERIOD. When you try, and I wish I could bold the word try, to do all three or even two of those roles, the end result is a sad display of ego on film. The product suffers, your viewers suffer and the craft suffers. Do one thing and do it well, and when you try to do all three, the outcome is a reassurance of why one should only attempt one of those roles.

I love a good found footage movie. Thing is, out of 10 found footage movies one will be watchable. Out of ten watchable ones, two will be better than fair. This is not one of those. With despicable characters and impossible occurrences combined with a slow pace this was doomed from the word go. The ONLY thing getting this a two star rating from me as opposed to a one star is the accuracy with which it portrays "influencers". Spend an hour on the cesspool that is Instagram for confirmation. With that said, there is no reason to watch this horrid, amateurish, lifeless imposter of a movie. None. Don't bother.

I could barely pay attention it was so boring. They got the wendigo lore wrong and didn't even try to just make a creative twist to the lore. The makeup was awful and cheesy most of the time. Occasionally it looked creepy but that didn't last long. The trail cams were so stupid in this black and white artsy style. Making the video lag or blur and freeze and then play over and over again in various scenes is the most annoying. We get it. Everything they really couldn't compensate for their budget they pretended the camera had an issue. Nobody seemed to be the main character. Dialogue was very stupid. Characters were so one dimensional I neither cared nor wished them dead. They just meant nothing at all. The wendigo itself looked incredibly awful. Like a walmart ghillie suit and a cheap halloween skull. Just a terrible movie. Awful. Don't fall for the movie poster.

I am not even sure what I was supposed to be watching. Did this have a genre you were reaching for? ... a script? ... were you and your friends just winging it? So let's start with a lot of cussing, then show a bunch of people that have nothing better to do than watch your vlog (the scene setups for those shots were lacking ... something? ... alot?). Call me unimpressed. I hope your high school drama or theater teacher at least gave you a passing grade for the effort. You probably pushed the boundaries of the art concept of 'suspension of disbelief' by even suggesting the main role has premium subscribers. For the love of god, don't do this again.

While the commentary in the live stream at the beginning was funny and seemed believable, it's all downhill from there. After the main character disappears we are tortured with over 30 minutes of people just driving, talking in apartments, hanging out in a parking lot. So many good low budget films have to leave stuff out due to time and budget, and directors and producers have to make tough calls on what to keep or cut. This film commits the crime of having a ton of time to tell a story and then wasting all of it. After 30-40 minutes of boring non-action there is a quick escalation of tension. Supposedly this was "the creature effecting the group" but this isn't conveyed. Instead it's just a bunch of people starting to get angry for seemingly no reason. The characters don't portray fear or confusion, just boring dialog interspersed with random outbursts of profanity. The rest of the film is okay. It's not a high budget film so effects, acting, and other factors are all easy to forgive. The biggest sin this film commits is having so much time to tell a story then abusing its viewers by wasting half the run time with pointless mind numbing junk. If you're going to make the viewer wait, make it worth it.

An annoying idiot goes into the woods completely unprepared and gets dragged out of his tent into the darkness. His even more annoying friends go searching for him with no plan, no supplies, no clues, but several cameras. They apparently reach some kind of critical mass of annoyance just as they find the obligatory deserted cabin and spontaneously turn into dollar store rip-offs of the Evil Dead, using up at least $3 of the $5 special effects budget. All that was missing was the tape recording of the demon-summoning chant. The original annoying idiot, now one of the rip-off Deddites,, shows up long enough to monologue what the writer apparently thought was a scary explanation for any viewers who are still hanging on in the vain hope that this piece of junk will get better. The dollar store wendigo, a guy whose deer skull and coveralls with sticks glued to them apparently used up the last $2 of the special effects budget, shows up. The next morning, the obligatory park ranger finds one of their cameras, so we have the Blair Witch rip-off explanation as to where this "found footage" came from. And that's it. I've seen my share of bad found footage movies. This is the worst I've seen to-date. This movie has absolutely nothing at all to recommend it.

I think Jake Robinson did a Fantastic job on The Wendigo!! Every great director had to have their first start in movie making. And as for Jake, I think the script was a great concept. Through the movie you can see the creature around the corner if you look closely. The actors did a great job coming together to find their famous YouTube friend in the woods. As the movie goes on, the creature slowly begins to get into their heads. They begin to turn irritable and then extremely violent. It just goes to show... sometimes when you seek out things... you just may find what you're looking for. 10/10 ALL THE WAY!!!