Monster: It/WendigoMovie: The Last Winter
My brother and I sat down for a bit of a fright fest by picking up The Last Winter, starring Hellboy's Ron Perlman and a slew of unknown actors. I'd seen this advertised in some comics recently and decided to pick it up when I saw it at the video store. This is a first because usually I don't trust horror movies advertised in comics -- usually they're straight to video/dvd stinkers. This was something different. This I wasn't expecting. It plays its horror card in a fashion somewhat similar to Alien if you were to mash it with something like Amityville Horror. You know something is wrong, something unnatural, but you don't know what until the shit really hits the fan, and even then, you don't quite know what. There are overtones of Native American/Alaskan folklore and mythology, which I always love, and when you see the monster (I'm not even sure if that's the right word) it really is very well done and very cool when it happens. The only problem I had was with what happens to Ron Perlman's character at the end. I didn't think it was necessary and it detracts somewhat from the mystique of the film and the creature/creatures therein.