Wuchak
Short, one-dimensional cabin-in-the-woods flick with padding
Six youths mysteriously find themselves at a remote cabin with a graveyard nearby. The problem is, some sort of barrier prevents them from leaving the area. Meanwhile they discover an ancient stone totem pole in the graveyard. Whats going on?
"Totem" (1999) is cabin-in-the-woods horror that mixes "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things" and Evil Dead with the Zuni doll of Amelia (from Trilogy of Terror) and a little Subspecies. The runtime is only 68.5 minutes while the overlong opening credits run 4 minutes, 40 seconds, and the end credits 6.5 minutes. This combined with 2 minutes of footage from 1958s The Vikings leaves less than 55.5 minutes for the actual story. ...