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Summary

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?

Cast

Sarah Patterson

Rosaleen

Angela Lansbury

Granny

David Warner

Father

Graham Crowden

Old Priest

Brian Glover

Amorous Boy's Father

Kathryn Pogson

Young Bride

Stephen Rea

Young Groom

Tusse Silberg

Mother

Micha Bergese

Hunstman

Georgia Slowe

Alice

Susan Porrett

Amorous Boy's Mother

Shane Johnstone

Amorous Boy

Dawn Archibald

Witch Woman

Richard Morant

Wealthy Groom

Danielle Dax

Wolfgirl

Vincent McClaren

Devil Boy

Ruby Buchanan

Dowager

Jimmy Gardner

Ancient

Roy Evans

Eyepatch

Edward Marksen

Lame Fiddler

Jim Brown

Blind Fiddler

Jim Carter

Second Husband (uncredited)

Terence Stamp

The Devil (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Neil Jordan

Novel, Screenplay

Angela Carter

Writer

Charles Perrault

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

January 12, 2023

1

This film is pretentious.

Wizard of Oz meets a horror movie to discuss the s(REDACTED)xuality of a (REDACTED FOR ARBITRARY REASONS!!!!)aged girl. This is a pretentious art house movie and one that thinks that it is vastly more intelligent than it really is.

It wants to retell the Little Red Riding hood story in a semi-erotic way, but never actually achieves it.

But, at least it's pretty.