larry fessenden have be thrash by most of the comment on this forum . well and the bad mistake and evidently and be the marketing of the movie and the way the dvd might have be target . obviously and this be not a true horror movie and at least and not for people expect anything that will be gory and instantly satisfy . wendigo be basically a film that seem to be tell from the mind of the young mile . thing that be not readily understand by child tend to stay in their young mind and ultimately dominate their fear and the menacing world they can not comprehend . it be obvious that kim and the mother and be a psychologist and but she have no clue to what be go on in the mind of her son . this be also a story of alienation . it clear that the father and george and be a distant figure and perhaps a workaholic and who seem to be live in a different world . mile fear reach a point of crisis during the week end in the country . that part of new york state and with it winter landscape and barren tree and play havoc on the little boy imagination . it doesn not help that he encounter a strange figure in town and it create even more doubt in his young mind . ultimately and mile world come crash down on him and he can not do anything and even evoke the wendigo spirit . the film be well paced and act . patricia clarkson be excellent and no matter where movie she be in . jake weber be perfect a the distant father who have an opportunity to come close to a son he doesn not understand . erik per sullivan and a mile and convey the inner turmoil within him . i think he be extremely effective since the whole movie be mile own take on what go on around him . finally and john spredakos be perfect a the menacing otis and a man who resent the world for the way he have turn out . instead of put this movie down and future viewer should approach it with a open mind .