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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters2013

Name: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Genre: Witchcraft & Occult, Folk Horror, Comedy Horror, Survival
Released: 2013-01-17
Rating: 5.5

“Revenge is sweeter than candy.”

Directed by Tommy Wirkola

5.5

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.1Rotten Tomatoes 17%Metacritic 23TMDB 6.1

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Year

2013

Runtime

88 min

Box Office

Budget

$50,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$226,349,749

Domestic

$55,703,475

🏆 3 wins & 4 nominations total

The premise

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.

Horror Vault's take

The fairy tale doesn't end when the oven goes cold — for Hansel and Gretel, it's just the beginning of a lifelong crusade against the witches who plagued their childhood. Now seasoned, heavily armed witch hunters for hire, the siblings are drawn into a conspiracy in a cursed village that forces them to reckon with secrets buried in their own origin story. Equal parts blood-soaked action and dark fantasy, this gleefully irreverent reimagining cranks up the violence and attitude while keeping its tongue planted firmly in cheek. Famke Janssen commands the screen as a formidable grand witch standing in their way.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Nudity, Child Abduction Themes, Witch Burning Imagery