this be one of those unique horror film that require a much more mature understanding of the word horror in order for it to be appreciate . the main thing people may fail to realize that this story be tell through the point of view a little boy and and a with most young child and he get frighten easily . mainly because he simply doesn not understand thing and like why his father be hardly ever there for him . from watch the film you can see the husband argue with his wife the balance between work time and family time and you can easily understand it and but the little boy doesn not . also one can imagine the boy be afraid of the wood and a it be establish early on in the film and that the family be from the city . also and in the beginning a the family be travel to the house they hit a deer and then get hold up and then they argue with the local about it and and the little boy surely do not find this introduction to the wood pleasant at all . the wendigo be ultimately what his young and innocent mind fabricates to explain all of this . there be the american indian legend and but when look at the scene where the young boy hears about about it and it be explain to him like bluntly and simplistically . not because that what the wendigo actually be and but because that be how he understand it . when you look at the film from this point of view you can really begin to appreciate it . obviously it be low budget and shot cheaply and but the jumping montage and use of light and and general eeriness more than make up for it . and the final question the film ask be represent be it all in your head and or be it really out there . positive rat r represent profanity and violence and and a sex scene .