| 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 |
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 The Stooges.
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.
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.