Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo

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Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo
Directed by	Tom Chaney
Produced by	Tom Chaney, Bill Siemers, David Thiry
Written by	Tom Chaney
Starring	Ron Asheton, Lori Baker, Devlin Burton, John Bussard, Patrick Butler, Alan Madlane
Music by	Steve Quick
Cinematography	Tom Chaney
Editing by	Tom Chaney, Kaye Davis
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date(s)	1996 (direct-to-video)
Running time	98 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo, is an independent horror-comedy movie, filmed sometime in 1988 but released in 1996 by Troma Entertainment. One of the stars, Ron Asheton, is the former guitarist for Iggy & the Stooges.

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Two friends go hunting in the woods of Northern Michigan. While wandering the woods, they accidentally break a sacred circle, releasing a terrible monster: the Wendigo. The Wendigo goes on a terrible killing spree, leaving a gun-toting hero and his female love-interest to destroy the monster.

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The film owes a large debt to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead films with its mix of horror and comedy, in fact featuring a torn Evil Dead II poster in much the same way The Evil Dead features a torn The Hills Have Eyes poster. The film also gives "special thanks" to Bruce Campbell, the star of the Evil Dead films.

At one part of the film, footage from Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life," with some scenes in the film claiming to take place in Bedford Falls, much like the Christmas classic.