Windigo, The (2024)

[bunniefuu]

Hello?

Tell me!

Grandma?

It's come.

- What?

- It's come for me!

Grandma, What's going on?

Grandma?

Grandma...

Grandma, talk to me!

What's come?

Grandma?

Well, it's

pretty crazy this year.

Rain one minute, snow the next.

Temperatures dropping fast.

And we've had bands of snow

moving in

from the north all day.

Might be clear for you now,

but don't count on that

lasting much longer.

Are you north of the interstate?

Well, if you are,

you'd see plenty of snow by now.

Yes. Sorry,

I must have missed the turnoff.

It's been about 20 years

since I've been out here.

Use the GPS.

It's not working.

All right, well

double back to

mile marker 23

and make a right.

Do we have

to listen to this sh*t?

Make a left.

Now that you turn around,

just stay on that

until you run out of road.

See it yet?

There it is.

Yeah. Got it, Sheriff.

We'll be right there.

Sheriff?

Hey! Really?

This sucks.

You'll survive

without a candy crush fix.

It's Fortnite.

And it rules,

and I happen to kick a*s at it.

At least you're

not getting your butt kicked

by a video game too

Shut up!

All I'm saying is, if

you hadn't quit jujitsu

a couple of years back,

you would have

had your brown belt like me.

And you wouldn't be

getting picked on all the time.

I'm not.

I'm not getting picked on.

You're getting picked on?

Any time I'm not around.

Roderick Sharp and his wannabe

posse play tag with Ry's Head.

Can we go to Mackinac Island?

Ryan, why am I just

hearing about this?

Did you report this

to the principal?

Oh yeah, telling the principals

gonna make things way better.

Don't worry.

I can choke out

any guy that messes

with RY.

Somebody's got a Wonder

Woman complex.

I don't want you choking anyone

out.

Ryan, you can't just let

bullies push you around.

This kind of thing gets out of

control

if you don't deal with it.

Ah!

Sheriff Elkins.

Claire Scott.

This is Brianna and Ryan.

Your kids?

How was the drive out?

Not bad.

What the hell?

Please tell me

this isn't the right place.

This house looks like it's

going to fall down.

Amazing.

What are those things?

Seriously?

They're dream catchers, doofus.

But by the time

we got back on the road...

Anyway,

RY: What's his problem?

Hey! Back off, jerk.

No, not at all.

I appreciate you

checking up on my grandmother

until we could get out here.

It's part of the job.

It was a little strange

getting a call

for a welfare check

all the way from California.

I guess she didn't know

who else to call.

911, maybe?

She tends

to keep things in the family.

The EMT said your grandmother's

suffering from slight dementia,

going on about a lot of crazy

stuff

and not making a lot of sense.

I don't recall her ever

making a whole lot of sense.

So what's a Windigo?

Where is she?

She's just inside.

I can have a caseworker

come out.

No, I'm here now.

I'll take care of her.

You, uh, Chippewa?

Ojibwe.

And we take care of our own.

It's Claire, right?

Uh...

Give me a call

I mean

if you need anything.

Thank you.

Come on, guys.

Let's go inside.

Wow.

It's exactly the same.

You lived here?

Yeah.

Oh, cool

Bree.

Okay.

Grandma?

Grandma?

Grandma?

Gross.

Grandma!

You guys check upstairs.

Yeah.

Grandma! Where are you?

Grandma?

Grandma! Well...

On this week's

episode of Hoarders,

Shut up.

I'll check this door.

Okay, I'll go in here.

Grandma?

Grandma?

sh*t!

Found her.

Grandma.

What was she doing up there?

I don't know, Ry.

It's her house.

How old is she anyway?

I'm not sure.

I remember my grandmother

used to call her grandmother.

So, you do the math.

Is this mom?

When she was your age.

Oh, my God. You were hot.

Yeah.

Do you have any of you

when you were young, grandma?

I don't even remember

ever being young.

My son,

my daughter.

Anyone in your

family still alive?

Ry.

Just the...

three of you.

Must be cool to live forever.

To live forever means watching

everyone that you ever loved die

No one should be cursed

to live so long.

Do you have pictures of your mom

and dad?

No.

No.

Why don't you two

bring in the bags?

So we're staying?

Hey! Get off me.

Stop! Come on, Bree.

Cut it out!

Guys! Cut it out!

When we said

magical Christmas in Michigan,

This isn't what I expected.

The bedrooms are, like,

all messed up.

Where are we gonna

sleep?

Right here.

I got dibs on the couch.

I'll wrestle you for it!

Come on, Bree. Stop!

- Tap out.

- Bree, cut it out!

Grandma?

Grandma!

Grandma?

Not again.

Grandma!

She's not upstairs.

Okay.

Check out front.

Grandma!

Grandma?

You know,

if she had a cell phone

and we had service,

and I don't know

this was the 21st century

we could just

find my iPhone her.

Hey!

Come on.

You going in?

Yeah.

You're not scared, are you?

No.

Grandma?

Help!

God. I hate this place.

What is that thing?

I don't know,

some kind of scarecrow

or something?

About what I'd expect around

here.

How could she be alone out here?

Freaky.

I don't think

she could have made it this far.

Grandma?

She can barely walk.

Grandma!

Oh, my God.

Should have worn better boots.

These are my docs.

They're worth like

150 bucks.

Not anymore.

Do you not see them?

Shut up.

This is so stupid.

There's no way she

could have walk this far.

I mean, she walks like...

You know,

she's probably in the house

hiding in one of the rooms,

just...

waiting to jump out at me

again.

You know, we should

really just tell mom that she...

Shh.

You're disturbing the spirits.

This is amazing.

What are you doing out here,

Grandma?

Finding a safe place to die.

A safe place to die?

Isn't that an oxymoron?

How come every time you have

a vocabulary, it's only

when you're being mean?

That's a dream catcher

right, Grandma?

Mhm.

Goodwill passes through it.

Evil is caught in the web.

Must be a lot of evil

around here.

You need so many of them.

But there's like 100 of them

hanging on the house already.

The greatest of all evil

Windigo.

You ask.

When the evil is too great

for a man to judge.

Windigo is called upon.

It eats the flesh of evil

and becomes the evil.

Sometimes the dreamcatcher,

can...

bind, and keep it away.

But sometimes the dreamcatcher

fails.

It lives to k*ll.

And it won't die...

until the one that it's

summoned to punish...

dies with it.

Right.

Can we go home now?

Yeah.

Come on grandma,

let's go home.

Where was she?

Checking out burial plots.

Grandma.

Nakoma, you can't

just go wandering off like that.

I wasn't wandering.

I want to go to my room.

Yeah, come on.

Mom, she hit me in the

head with a stick.

Did you deserve it?

She's crazy.

Why can't we just

put her in a rest home?

Because

we don't do that.

So we just go chasing after her

every time she wanders off.

What if it were me, Ryan?

Would you put me in a home

with strangers

to wash me and dress me,

telling me when to sleep and eat

and just ignore me?

No, mom, I wouldn't-

Neither would I!

Are you okay, mom?

Yeah.

Why don't you two go upstairs

and clean up

some rooms for yourselves?

None of the lights work.

You can't even see up there.

I'll go into town

later and buy some bulbs

Here.

But don't drop it.

Oh!

Now I know why grandma hit

you with the stick.

How old do you suppose

all this stuff is?

Who cares? Let's just get

it out of here.

Hey! Check this out.

What is it?

Some Christmas lights.

Hmmm.

Want to decorate?

Not really.

You know, it's still

not Christmas without a tree.

What?

Take your pick.

Perfect.

This'll do.

Definitely you.

It's so beautiful out here.

Are you kidding me?

No. Look at it!

This is terrible.

Okay.

How are we going to get home?

There's still no GPS.

We're lost, aren't we?

Do you plan on GPS-ing

your whole way through life?

We'll figure it out.

So how long do you think we're

gonna have to stay out here?

A while. I hope.

Did you really like living here?

Sure.

And look on the bright side.

New school, new start

for you.

Yeah. It'll be the same.

Just a whole

new set of jerk-offs.

to give me crap for no reason

at all.

Sometimes I wish dad was

still around.

Well, you know,

I can teach you a few moves.

You can give them crap.

Still nothing to do around here.

We're cutting down our own

Christmas tree.

That's not cool enough for you.

You know, they sell them

in parking lots

already

cut down and everything, right?

Why do you always have to act

like that?

Like what?

Like you pretend

you hate everything.

Because maybe I do.

Don't you want to learn

about your heritage and stuff?

I'm half Indian.

What's the big deal?

No, you're half Native American.

Ojibway.

I mean, you can learn

a few things from grandma.

Imagine how much she's seen in

her life, how much she knows.

Bree.

How much could she know?

She gets lost in her own

backyard.

Granted it is one big a*s

backyard.

Yeah, but you don't gotta be

mean about it,

you know.

Whatever.

What's that smell?

Over there.

What is that?

I don't know.

What is all this stuff?

I don't know.

That's not good.

What is this stuff?

None of your

business is what it is.

What are you doing in here?

Nothing! Just-

Just what?

You alone?

I'll go. I'll just go!

No, you won't.

Kevin give me that rope!

Yo, Ben!

We got a problem.

m*therf*cker!

I know you.

I know this son of a b*tch.

Kid ain't even from around here.

Then nobody'll miss him,

right? Right?

That's right.

People wander off into the woods

all the time

around here. Get eaten by

coyotes and sh*t!

I got a better idea.

Get over here!

Come on!

Come on! Follow him!

Go! Go!

Keep crying! No one's

gonna save you.

You want to see

what we're doing, huh?

- What is it?!

- Please, no!

Over the well!

Let's sh**t him first!

Not if we want it to look like

an accident.

How is it going to look

like an accident?

But he's got his f*cking

boot on his face, genius.

He's not even going

to have a face after the rats

get at him down there.

Just throw him in there.

I got the well

I'm gonna show you

something!

You're going in there!

Run! Go!

sh*t.

I know where you live.

I know where you both

f*cking live!

We'll find you!

I'll watch the door!

911, what's your emergency?

We just got attacked by a bunch

of hillbilly drug addicts.

They're going to

throw me in a well.

And what's your location?

No, I don't

know where we were!

There was a barn,

and then there's three guys.

They put a rope around my neck,

and you

didn't get any last names?

They weren't

introducing themselves.

They were trying to m*rder me.

One of them I saw before, the

day we got here, in your car.

Ben.

You had a run

in with Ben Halstead.

Where was this at?

In the woods

somewhere at an old barn.

Like about-to-fall-down old.

And you attacked him with

an axe?

I didn't attack them.

They had a g*n, and they were

going to sh**t my brother.

Look, Ben's got his problems.

He gets into some trouble.

But I've never known him

to be violent.

Oh yeah? How about this.

Look, I don't know

what happened to you kids-

You been writing this

down or is

that just for effect?

Ry.

Look, I'm just trying to

get at the truth here, son.

And they pay you for that?

I'm going to go out on a limb

here.

You tell me how close I am to

the truth.

I think the two of you went out

looking for a little party

and Big Ben ripped you off.

Sold you some baking powder

or something.

And now you want me to bust him

for something

that you didn't get?

How am I doing?

Not very well, in my opinion.

They just told you

what happened.

Now, what are you going to do

about it?

Look, with all due respect,

you're not from around here

And I've seen plenty of kids-

Enough.

You can go now.

Sheriff, my kids don't do that

stuff.

Are you sure?

Yes, I am.

So are you going to

check it out?

You know, there got to be 50

abandoned barns in this county

ready to fall down.

Half of them they got meth labs

in them.

By the time I got out there,

they would have just moved

it anyway.

So that's a no.

Alright.

I'll find Ben.

I'll talk to him.

I'll see if I can figure out

what happened, okay?

Let me know what you find out.

White man's law

is only good

for taking away the bodies

after they've been k*lled.

I can see the logic.

You didn't hear that.

Bree, they know where we live.

It'll be okay.

Bree! Come help

me with dinner.

What do you want for dinner?

How about some chicken?

No, let's save that.

How about just,

like, soup and salad?

Keep it simple.

Yeah,

We should use up these grains.

We've got these canned soups.

Chicken noodle or tomato basil?

Let's do tomato basil.

Hey, Mom said dinner.

Do you even know

how to use that thing?

How come you're always so much

better at this stuff than me?

I just am.

Look,

I know you're still freaked out

about what happened,

but you don't need to worry.

I won't let

anything bad happen to you.

I don't need you

to take care of me.

Okay.

I should be taking care of you.

You're my sister.

We take care of each other, Ry.

I better get this back to where

it belongs before Mom finds out

or meth heads will be the

least of our worries.

For the wounds. Sit.

Jeez, grandma. It stings.

Just to help you sleep.

It tastes like crap.

Remedies for such

things are seldom pleasant.

Finish all of it.

I know where you live.

I knocked.

It's okay.

Grandma,

look at my face.

How?

You make jokes.

Maybe now you believe.

Can it get rid of those guys?

It can.

It can take away your enemies.

And your fears

and everything else.

If you're not careful.

It's a very dangerous thing,

very difficult to control,

but you can control it?

What the Wendigo does

cannot be taken back.

Please, grandma, I need it.

They'll k*ll me!

Grandma.

Tonight,

when the others are asleep,

bring it to me.

The

medicine will allow the

Windigo to see

what you see.

Know what you know.

You will ask it to

find the evil.

The ones who would do you harm.

And the eyes of the Windigo.

will be your eyes.

What must be done

Must be done

as it has always been done.

You must give it form

of the forest

and of you.

You give it purpose.

But its will is its

own.

You must speak to it,

in Ojibwe.

Ask of it what you wish.

and when you're done

you must send the Windigo back.

You must never say its

name again.

You promise me.

Say it!

I promise, Grandma.

I promise.

Up!

You okay?

Yeah. Hmm.

It feels like

it's about to explode.

I had the craziest dream

last night.

Yeah?

You better get downstairs, fast.

What is that?

It's, uh...

It's for Christmas.

I was going to put a red nose

and a Santa hat on it.

h*, h*, h*!

Seriously?

Get rid of it.

It nearly scared me to death.

What were you thinking?

Here's some more

chicken. Anybody want some?

Yes, please.

So what are you thinking about

for Christmas dinner?

I'm not sure.

What sounds good to you?

What do you think, Ry?

Huh?

Turkey or ham?

Um...

Turkey.

How long you think we got?

Just hurry up!

I want everything gone

in case the sheriff comes

snooping around.

I think they called him.

More than likely.

f*ck!

I got it!

Make sure all those cold

medicine boxes are out of there.

They can trace them!

Alright, yeah.

What the hell?

Who's out there?

You don't want to f*ck with me!

Tuck, this ain't funny!

Ben?

Help!

Kevin, help! Get me out of here!

Kevin!

You as*h*le! Get me out of

here!

Hurry!

There's something down here!

Hang on!

There's something f*cking big in

here!

Get me out of here!

Grab the rope!

Come on, keep climbing, man.

Keep climbing!

There you go! Almost there.

Yeah.

f*ck me.

You see, like,

a raccoon or something?

f*cking raccoon, man.

Something big!

What, like a bear?

Not a g*dd*mn bear, either.

Well, what then?

One of those...

I don't know. Something

like one of those things

my grandpa used to tell me about

Your crazy old Indian grandpa?

Yeah, So?

So you're not 12 anymore.

Get over it.

There ain't no f*cking monsters

or evil spirits out here.

Well, he ain't down there now.

Did you go by his house?

I called him, like,

ten times, man.

No answer.

After you took off

squealing like a little b*tch!

He probably climbed out of the

well himself.

He's going be pissed for you

leaving him in there.

Screw off, man.

Oh, sh*t!

Oh, f*ck, man!

Yo. We've got to get the

f*ck out of here, man. Come on!

f*ck!

The greatest of all, evil

Windigo.

It can take away your enemies

and your fears!

and everything else.

If you're not careful.

Ry!

What are you doing?

Where were you?

Mom would freak out if she knew

you're running in the woods.

Let's just tell her

that you were in the barn, okay?

Yeah. Okay.

- Where is she?

- Who?

Grandma!

Grandma!

Where were you guys?

Over in the barn.

Grandma.

Grandma, answer me!

It's real, isn't it?

It's not just a dream!

Grandma!

Grandma!

Grandma!

I swear, mom,

I don't know.

Anything at all!

Something we don't know.

Maybe a girl?

No, I swear, I have

no idea what's happening.

You okay?

Can you please just tell me

what's going on?

We can get help, if-

I'm not taking anything!

Then what is it, baby?

I'm not your baby.

I'm tired.

I'm just tired.

Aw, the baby done fall!

Over the well!

You're going in there!

Ask of it what you wish.

I was doing mine anyway.

Hey, sleepyhead.

You hungry?

Starved.

Where's Grandma?

She's still in her room.

She's all dry, quirky.

She's set in her ways

What she does

and the stories she tells.

She's

just always been like that.

We just love and accept her.

She doesn't eat pizza, right?

It's all yours.

And the eyes of the windigo.

Will be your eyes.

I'm hungry.

You just ate

like five pounds of pizza.

Drake!

I thought I told you

to stay inside.

All right, suit yourself.

Let me go!

Oh no!

Hey, if you're gonna be out

here, mom said-

Mom!

Hey.

Hey! Hey.

Oh, my God.

When we

get his bloodwork back

it'll show any toxins, drugs-

He doesn't...

do any.

He's 17 years old,

and there have been

some pretty nasty

hallucinogens

floating around lately.

Let me get the tox report back.

We'll know what we're dealing

with.

I'll have a nurse

finish up with you.

Mom. Ry doesn't do drugs.

I'm not sure if that's

comforting or not.

It's a very dangerous thing,

very difficult to control.

But you can control it.

What the Windigo does.

Cannot be taken back.

Hey.

Hey.

Where's Mom?

She went to the store.

You know what we should do?

We should get mom a

Christmas tree.

How?

Like out there?

Yeah.

Ry, the last thing we should be

doing is going back out there.

Do you remember the last time

we tried to get mom a Christmas

tree?

Bree, it's fine.

Nothing's going to happen.

You know how much mom wants

Christmas.

We can surprise her.

Okay.

Yeah, fine...

But!

I'm taking this.

Don't worry so much.

I got this.

Perfect.

Sure that's going to

fit through the door?

I'll make it fit.

Whoo!

Yeah.

Now, this is Michigan Christmas.

You like the snow?

Yeah. It's nice.

Don't you think

you should be worried about Mom?

What do you mean?

Well, she's really stressed out

about Grandma.

What about Grandma?

She locked herself in her room

and won't come out.

And we have to go back to Cali

in a week and it's not like

we have a spare room.

I'll stay.

You'll stay, what?

Stay with Grandma.

Take care of her.

Ry, you hate it here.

You should stay with us.

You said you like it here.

I do.

But I'm not you.

I'm not me either.

I love it here.

That's good. Yeah.

Oh, Grandma loves this CD.

Totally.

She made me go get it for her.

Yes, I remember.

We should put it on.

She would love to hear it.

I wonder if that's like

the now-seventeens

and now-sixteens.

Okay, power!

Grandma, it's me.

I bet you're hungry.

I'll bet

that you are hungry, also.

I'm always hungry, no matter

how much I eat.

Its hunger is never ending.

You must not give in to it.

It takes and it takes

until there's nothing left.

I can control it.

You cannot.

If you're so afraid of it,

then why did you help me

bring it back?

There's a debt

I have not paid.

There was a winter

that was far worse

than any winter

that had ever come before

the ground frozen.

We couldn't even bury

the bodies.

Many starved to death.

My father,

ate of the dead.

The Windigo

was called

upon to punish my father.

He knew that for what he had

done,

I too would be punished.

He gave me a

dreamcatcher to protect me

but he could not stop the curse.

I am cursed

to live

until the Windigo

comes to take me.

No, Grandma, I won't let it.

You must renounce. Now!

Send it back before it's

too late.

But I'm not finished yet.

It wants to protect me.

I feel it. I can guide it.

No!

It seduces you and uses you.

It will consume you.

I've put you in danger.

I've used your pain

and it was wrong.

No.

Grandma, it was right.

All my life I've been the weak

one, the scared one,

the one everyone

has to look out for.

Well, I'm not weak now.

I'm not scared anymore.

You will be.

So I have a playlist for later.

Okay.

Ry, check this out,

Mom used to listen to music

on these things.

Crazy.

Okay.

So I have a playlist for later,

and this!

and this.

I ain't calling no f*cking cops!

I don't know how the sheriff

found them.

The m*therf*cker was up

in the tree!

No, like in the tree.

I'm serious. Hanging there.

Nah, Tuck

wouldn't have called them!

Said it was a mountain lion

or some sh*t.

Yeah, no sh*t.

I know mountain lions do that,

but this was

something else, man.

Grandpa told me

there was sh*t in these woods

not to f*ck with.

I know what I saw!

It was one of them things.

Whoa! Damn.

What the f*ck are you?!

Grandma,

you came out of your room.

We were starting to worry.

What?

Ry, what are you doing?!

They're annoying.

What's going on?

I don't know.

I got a call from some hunters

a few days ago.

Said they found something

interesting out near

where you said you had a run

in with those kids.

They weren't kids.

Yeah. That's the guy.

He was the one in charge.

Yeah, went and

talked to his known associates.

found this young man in his

backyard

and, uh, in the woodpile

actually.

He was

the one who said to tie Ry up.

Hmm.

and uh, and him.

And he was the one with the g*n.

found him by his pickup

and under his trailer.

What do you mean, found them?

There they are.

Still look familiar?

Sheriff, please.

You don't

look all that surprised.

Hey, bad things happen

to bad people.

Are you on something right

now, son?

Some scumbags got k*lled, and?

And these weren't accidental

deaths.

Somebody butchered them.

- And?

- Ryan!

Sheriff, what are you saying?

These two admit

they had a run in

with the victims, and a

few days later, they're dead.

- Oh, they're the victims.

- Ry!

They beat me, try to k*ll us and

throw us in a f*cking hole

and you say you'll

check it out.

Something happens to them,

and they're the victims.

Son,

I warned you about your tone.

No, I'm warning you.

Leave us alone.

We have nothing to do with this.

Nothing!

Ry, Bree, go upstairs now!

We're not done here.

Yes, we are.

Your son could be a suspect

in a triple homicide.

Is he?

Are you suggesting this boy

butchered three grown men

Upstairs, now!

Leave us alone.

Sheriff.

We're done here.

What's the matter with you?

I'm not gonna let him push

me around.

He's just doing his job!

He shouldn't have messed

with me.

He's dead.

Ry, stop it.

Don't say stuff like that.

What are you doing?

Hey!

Don't make me do this, Ry.

I love you!

It's coming!

You have to let me go.

Not until you calm down.

This thing will k*ll you!

What is coming for me,

Ry?

What the hell is going on

in here?

Bree, let him go!

It's coming.

I can't stop it.

I thought I could-

I'm sorry.

She used to

tell us the same story

when I was growing

up. Scare all us kids.

Right, Grandma?

If someone

was bad, the Windigo-

Not bad, evil.

And Bree. I'm surprised

at you.

Getting wrapped up in

all this stuff.

I thought you were smarter

than this.

We're not evil.

Not even bad.

Why would it come after us?

It can't be controlled.

It feels what he feels

and distorts his emotions.

It's watching right now.

Waiting.

Waiting for what?

- I don't know.

- That's enough, Ry!

Ry.

Please!

Just tell me

what's wrong with you.

Now it will be coming for

you too.

Ry!

Let's Go! Upstairs!

Grandma.

Grandma!

Go. Go!

Ry!

Come on, Ry, let's go!

Ry, let's go!

Come on!

The lights. The light!

- Let's go!

- Come on! Come on!

Wait. Wait.

Stop, stop, stop!

You can't hide from me!

Mom!

Leave us alone.

Let's go! Let's go.

Help me get the lock.

I got it!

Go! Go! Get back!

There's got to be a way to

stop this thing.

Ryan, think!

I don't know how to do this!

- There's a trick.

- Okay.

Get down!

In the loft!

- In the loft!

- Okay. Okay.

Ry!

Mom!

You okay?

I think we're okay.

Mom!

Get back! Get back.

Get back. Get back!

Go!

No!

- Ry.

- What do I do?

Protect them. Protect them!

No!

Ry!

Grandma!

Ryan, go. Go, Ryan!

Grandma!

Grandma, wait!

Leave her alone!

Leave them alone!

I am the last.

It's me you want!

No!

Ry! Let's go.

Just a sec.