The Phoenicia Playhouse, as part of its 50th Season, the next screening in our Local Filmmakers Series - Wendigo, an Award-Winning Film by Larry Fessenden!
Wendigo
Directed by Larry Fessenden
“WINNER! Best Film”
- Woodstock Film Festival, 2001
Friday, November 13th
Screening @ 7:00 pm
(Doors @ 6:30 pm)
Tickets $10
Popcorn will be available at concessions!
@ The Phoenicia Playhouse
10 Church Street
Phoenicia, NY 12464
Please be mindful when parking - do not block driveways with your vehicle when parking on Church Street and other nearby streets. Parking on / in front of the vacant lot across from the Playhouse is not allowed by the owner of that property.
Synopsis:
A blue Volvo makes its way through the fading light this chilly winter evening in Upstate New York. Kim, George and their eight-year old son, Miles, are city dwellers stealing a weekend away at a friend’s country farmhouse. But a fluke accident sets off a chain of events that alters their lives forever and conjures up the ferocious spirit of the Wendigo, a Native American Myth made manifest in Miles’ imagination.
Running Time: 91 mins
Filmed w/ super 16, 1.85
Reviews:
”A lean, brainy horror fable … blurs the distinction between reality and myth, spiraling us into a harrowing deluge of panic and fright.”
- Scott Foundas, VARIETY
“WENDIGO succeeds and satisfies in a way that few films even think to attempt. It is a stunning character piece, a deeply unsettling horror film, and a meticulously crafted clockwork as spare and tight as a drum.”
- Walter Chaw, FILMFREAKCENTRAL.COM
“…creates tension and fear out of thin air…”
- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN TIMES
“Spectacularly smart and scary! a spine-shivering example of indie ingenuity.”
- David Sterritt, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
“A reminder of the days when zero budgets could produce small miracles…”
- FILM COMMENT
“…deeply unsettling…”
- PAPER MAGAZINE
“…darkly beautiful, genuinely scary…”
- Hazel Dawn-Dumpert, LA WEEKLY
“…one of the best indie features in years..”
- FANGORIA
DIRECTOR BIO:
LARRY FESSENDEN (writer, director, editor) – winner 1997 IFP “Someone to Watch Award”is the writer, director and editor of the art-horror movies HABIT (1998 Spirit Award nominations for best director and best Cinematographer) and NO TELLING, OR THE FRANKENSTEIN COMPLEX. As an actor, Fessenden stars in HABIT, co-stars in Ilya Chaikens debut feature MARGARITA HAPPY HOUR (Sundance 2001) and appears in Martin Scorsese’s BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, Steve Buscemi’s ANIMAL FACTORY, and Brad Anderson’s SESSION 9. He was actor, editor and associate producer of Kelly Reichardt’s critically acclaimed debut film RIVER OF GRASS. Fessenden has created numerous video and film features and shorts since 1979, and he has played and recorded with the band JUST DESSERTS since 1987.
Learn more about Larry Fessenden and Glass Eye Pix here: glasseyepix.com
