disdressed12 i liked this movie.it's a bit slow at times,but it is enjoyable,for the most part.the creature isn't the most realistic i've seen,but i have seen a lot worse.there is lots of gore,so if you have a weak stomach,you might want to prepare yourself.but if you're a gore hound,you'll probably really like that aspect of it.there are no big name actors/actresses here,but i really liked the actress who played the female forest ranger.i thought she was very convincing.this won't likely be the best horror movie you ever see,but it's sure better than a lot of them out there.it has a 4.2/10 rating on this site,but i would rate it higher than that.i give It Waits a 6/10

Woodyanders An ancient lethal and powerful humanoid creature (Matt Jordan in a gnarly monster suit) of local Native American legend gets freed from its mountainside cave prison and goes on a bloody rampage in the woods. It stalks and torments troubled forest ranger Danielle St. Claire (a strong and sympathetic performance by the lovely Cerina Vincent of "Cabin Fever"), whose grief and guilt over the recent untimely death of her best gal pal Julie Cassidy (a winningly perky turn by Miranda Frigon) attracts the evil beast's sadistic attention. Director Steven R. Monroe maintains a steady pace throughout, effectively creates a spooky and gloomy atmosphere, and piles on the nasty gore during the brutal kill scenes. Better still, there's a thoughtful aspect to the script by Richard Christian Matheson, Thomas E. Szoilosa and Stephen J. Cannell which adds a welcome and refreshing element of poignancy to the story. Vincent effortlessly carries the picture with her excellent and affecting portrayal of the touchingly tragic heroine; she receives fine support from Dominic Zamprogna as her concerned, likable boyfriend Justin Rawley, Greg Kean as friendly fellow ranger Rick Bailey, and Eric Schweig as wise college professor Joseph Riverwind. The engaging main characters, Jon Joffin's polished cinematography, a nice soundtrack of pleasant pop-rock songs, the breathtaking sylvan scenery, and Corey A. Jackson's eerie, rousing, flavorsome score all further enhance the overall sound quality of this nifty little shocker.

Paul Andrews It Waits starts in the Canadian wilderness deep in some forest where some cavers discover something nasty inside a newly found cave... Jump forward 'Two Months Later' where forest ranger Danielle St. Claire (Cerina Vincent) is stuck in a watch tower on her own grieving for her dead friend who recently died in a car accident which she blames herself for, her friend & fellow forest ranger Justin Rawley (Dominic Zamprogna) joins her in an attempt to cheer her up & get into her bed. However they are not alone as an ancient winged creature terrorises them for reasons I have no idea about other than it's an evil creature & that's what evil creatures do for a living...Directed by Steven R. Monroe I thought It Waits was average at best. The script by Richard Christian Matheson, Thomas E. Szollosi & Stephen J. Cannell is rather ponderous & pedestrian, in fact the first 20 odd minutes absolutely nothing of merit happens & is a total snooze-fest. Once the creature turns up things begin to pick up although it seems to want to play games with the forest rangers & scare them although it could just as easily kill them & be done with it. We never really learn about the creature, what it is or where it came from. The character's are clichéd & dull, the dialogue isn't anything to write home about & I'll have forgotten everything about them by the end of today & I hated the boring back-story surrounding Danielle & her dead friend. This is also one of those films that spends a lot of time showing people running through a forest doing noting in particular, or that's how it felt. During the final 20 minutes the pace picks up & it becomes a half decent film although I thought it was too little too late. I don't know, I thought it was all very average, it could have been worse but it could have been better.Director Monroe does a decent job, the scenery is quite nice but but as I said there's too many shots of people walking around. There isn't much atmosphere probably because we know so little about the creature & barely see it until the end & there's no tension or proper scares either. One thing I can say about It Waits is that it has some decent if minor gore effects, while there isn't buckets of blood in it what's here is pretty good including an impalement where someone has a huge branch stuck up their bum in a scene that I'd imagine is a rip-off/homage/reference to Cannibal Holocaust (1980), a decapitated head & their headless body & a couple of mutilated corpses. I think the gore could have been more plentiful but whats here is quite impressive.With a supposed budget of about $1,200,000 It Waits was a pretty well funded film, I have to say I'd have liked to have seen more for that sort of money. There's barely any actors in it, the special effects are used sparingly, there's no action scenes or explosions & it takes place in exactly the same location throughout so where did the money go? I personally thought the acting was poor from everyone involved & the only character to stand out for me was Hoppy the Parrott, enough said.It Waits was average at best & a boring repetitive waste of time at worst, in reality I thought it was somewhere between the two. It's an OK way to pass the time but it's utterly forgettable & a tad dull if I'm honest.

innocuous OK, but basically an average horror movie.The most-excellent Cerina Vincent makes this better than it has any right to be.I was not aware that US Forest Service rangers regularly operate hydroelectric generation plants. I also thought that they were armed, but apparently not.The idea of a ladder-climbing elk is pretty good, though. But I didn't know that elk could turn vehicles over with their antlers. Guess you learn something new every day.Very non-scary beast/demon/creature. Fortunately, they hold off showing it until a good way into the film.Again, Cerina Vincent rescues this from the ho-hum.