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Nov 14, 2022 · "Antlers" features a piece of Native American folklore not often referenced in horror: the wendigo. Scott Cooper told us about the creature's true meaning.
- Antlers Ending Explained
- Why Julia Returned to Oregon After So Long
- Antlers Mythology Explained & Why Wendigo Was Used
- How The Wendigo Lore Is Different in Antlers
- How Antlers’ Twist Ending Sets Up A Sequel
Following Warren Stokes’ explanation of a wendigo, Julia and Paul find themselves embroiled with the creature, who followed them home in a bid to find Lucas. The middle schooler was convinced that if he kept feeding the wendigo, under the belief that it’s a new version of his dad, it would love him no matter what and he could keep it happy. Lucas i...
The abuse Julia faced at the hands of her father growing up is shown in flashbacks to her youth. However, Antlers keeps things vague, alluding to brutality and devastation without showing the grisly details. The reason she returned to Oregon after living in LA for so long was to be closer to her brother Paul, whom she left behind in a bid to get aw...
Antlers adapts the wendigo mythology, which originated with the First Nations Algonquian tribe. The creature is a part of the folklore of Algonquian-speaking peoples, passed down through the generations. In mythology, a wendigo is a supernatural creature that can possess humans and take on their form, becoming malevolent and cannibalistic. This can...
In Indigenous stories about the wendigo, the creature is humanoid and has a heart made of ice. Additionally, Native folklore suggests the surrounding environment turns cold whenever a wendigo is near, which is not dissimilar to a spirit entering a room in ghost stories. The coldness is specific to the creature’s lore, which is most closely associat...
Antlers ends in a fairly ominous way. Sure, all the loose ends have been seemingly tied up, with Julia and Paul taking Lucas in to care for him (at least for a while). What is unexpected is seeing Paul start bleeding from his eye as Julia and Lucas walk away. There is a close-up on the black, soil-like substance staining Paul’s hands and it’s clear...
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Nov 9, 2021 · The notion of antlers on the creature arose largely from the King novel, which gave it ram’s horns, as well the independent horror movie Wendigo, which placed a stag’s head on the creature. It had no basis in the folklore, but it made for a striking image, and subsequent movies and TV shows ran with it.
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Jan 7, 2022 · By Britta DeVore. Published Jan 7, 2022. Hear from the film's director, Scott Cooper, and the master of monsters himself, Guillermo del Torro in this featurette. Image via Searchlight Pictures....
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Oct 29, 2021 · One of the physical attributes this creature’s known for is its fearsome rack of antlers, which allow it to maim, gore, and fatally penetrate prey.
Dec 20, 2021 · December 20, 2021. By. Meagan Navarro. Searchlight Pictures finally releases Antlers, its creature feature from director Scott Cooper and producer Guillermo del Toro, on Digital December 21 and...
Jul 28, 2020 · Horror film Antlers centers on the wendigo mythology. We look at how the creature has previously been depicted and why Antlers' portrayal will differ.
