Horror film Antlers draws on deer-like evil spirit of folklore
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Antlers stars Keri Russell (right) and Jeremy T. Thomas. It opens on Oct 28, 2021.
PHOTO: TWENTIETH CENTURY STUDIOS
LOS ANGELES - In the movie Antlers, a teacher in a small town discovers a quiet boy at her school is hiding a terrifying creature at his house.
And the monster conjured up by the film-makers - horror maestro Guillermo del Toro and director Scott Cooper - is based on the chilling Native American legend of the wendigo, a deer-like evil spirit that possesses people and turns them into bloodthirsty beasts.
