‘Sudden Storm’ is due out on Feb. 16.
The Wendigo even features in last years video gameUntil Dawn, which Fessenden wrote with longtime collaborator Graham Reznick.
Theres a lot to chew on, if I can use the expression.
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Fessenden first became interested in the Wendigo as a child.
What I love is that it does sort of slip through the fingers and therefore it becomes more mysterious.
Its a fun collection of strange and odd things, he says.
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A lot of people are covering the same ground but not approaching it in exactly the same way.
I have somebody (Flavorwire writerAlison Nastasi) who insists thatCannibal Holocaustis about the Wendigo.
So, it follows an interesting trajectory.
The director admits he would consider remaking his filmWendigo, which originally starred Jake Weber and Patricia Clarkson.
I feel like I never depicted the creature right, he says.
I think I captured some of the mood inThe Last Winter the sort of oddness and off-kilterness.
Fk all the Val Lewton bullshit!
Let me see it!
