There is always a pinch of goodness in everything no matter how bad it is or how bad it gets. I've been consistent about the bad traits of Windigo Psychosis. How it makes humans crave for human flesh and how it morbid it is. But regardless of how gruesome it is. This disorder inspired people to make profit out of them.
In literature, film, and painting, Windigos and Windigo Psychosis could abundantly be found.
There was an article entitled, "Wendigo - Cannibalistic Spirit" from the site wordpress.com that was written by T.F. Walsh. Wendigos have been referred to in literature for many decades, most notably in Algernon Blackwood’s 1910 story “The Wendigo,” which introduced the legend to horror fiction, and in Stephen King’s novel Pet Cemetery, recently they have become something of a stock character in horror and fantasy films and television, along the lines of werewolves and vampires. Appearances include the movies Wendigo and Ravenous and in episodes of the television series Blood Ties, Charmed, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Supernatural, and others. They also appear as characters in a number of computer and video games, including Final Fantasy, The Legend of Dragoon, and the Warcraft Universe, as well as role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons. Additionally, there is a Marvel Comics character known as “Wendigo”. They are referenced in music as well: the Cree singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie’s song “The Priests Of The Golden Bull” asserts that the “money junkies” of the world are Wendigos.
According to Blackwood's book entitled, Wendigo, "That same instant old Punk started for home. He covered the entire journey of three days as only Indian blood could have covered it. The terror of a whole race drove him. He knew what it all meant. Défago had seen the Wendigo."
Wendigos though gruesome and immoral. They are still used as science fiction characters in different forms of art such as literature, film, and music. Windigos can be diverse creatures. There are a lot of varieties and legends that you could choose from regarding the windigo. Maybe that's why people get intrigued by it and makes it a subject of their own enigmatic and strange masterpiece. Though Windigos are foul and merciless creatures, we still acknowledge it. It's amazing how us human beings could make something good out of something bad. Kudos to the one who conceptualized making the wendigo as a good character, a hero for a change.
Another article that I've read was entitled, "Taboo and Truth in Cannibal Holocaust" by Jennifer Brown. Cannibalism in popular culture is a cliche and recurring theme, especially within the horror and gore genre. Artists who have worked with the topic of cannibalism include Ruggero Deodato, Herschell Gordon Lewis and Bret Easton Ellis.
Many works in popular culture depict groups of people for whom cannibalism is a cultural norm. A lot of horror films, known as cannibal films, have over-used the theme of cannibal tribes. This subgenre experienced a period of popularity through the work of Italian filmmakers in the 1970s and 1980s. These films commonly concern the discovery of cannibalistic tribes by documentary filmmakers or anthropologists. The best known of these films was Ruggero Deodato's Cannibal Holocaust. Later horror films to feature cannibal groups include The Hills Have Eyes series, with its clan of cannibalistic savages, and the cannibalistic mountain men of Wrong Turn and its sequels. In the science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, some human culture is transformed as a result of the Martians' practice of eating one's dead friends as an act of great respect.
Popular culture depictions of cannibalism sometimes involve people who are unaware of their act, and have been served human flesh by a murderous host. In Greek mythology, Tantalus served the Olympian gods the flesh of his son, Pelops. None of the gods were fooled except for Demeter, who ate part of his shoulder. In another myth, the Thracian king Tereus raped his wife Procne's sister Philomela and cut out her tongue to prevent her from telling anyone. Philomela nevertheless notified Procne, who gained her revenge by serving Tereus the flesh of their son, Itys. The victims of legendary murderer Sweeney Todd are baked into meat pies, which are then sold in the streets of London. A variation on this theme occurs in The Untold Story series of Category 3 films. In William Shakespeare's late 16th century play Titus Andronicus, the character Tamora is unknowingly served a pie made from the remains of her two sons. In C. S. Lewis's The Silver Chair, the protagonists stay in a castle of Narnian giants, who serve them venison. It is revealed that the venison came from a talking stag, which in Narnia is tantamount to cannibalism.
According to Ruggero Deodato, in explaining how to eat a human being. "First you take the liver out, then you open the rib cage and take the innards out. Then you fill it with hot stones and aromatic herbs …"
He didn't actually ate a human being but that's how he explained it during filming his movie. A lot of films, books, and other works of art have been inspired by gruesome death and cannibalism. It's odd because we get ideas such as those to create something that will entertain people. That will satisfy their sadistic nature and this genre is being overused. A lot of movies that involves cannibalism rotates on one concept. A group gets lost in the middle of nowhere, finds themselves in the midst of cannibals, gets eaten, and dies. I've been watching those kinds of movies since I was in high school and got sick of it.
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