Red Riding Hood2011

Name: Red Riding Hood
Genre: Werewolf, Folk Horror, Gothic, Supernatural
Released: 2011-03-10
Rating: 4.9

“Who's afraid?”

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke

4.9

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.4Rotten Tomatoes 10%Metacritic 29TMDB 6.0

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Year

2011

Runtime

100 min

Box Office

Budget

$42,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$89,162,162

Domestic

$37,662,162

🏆 5 nominations total

The premise

Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when Valerie's older sister is killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect ... and bait.

Horror Vault's take

Set in a snow-blanketed medieval village perpetually shadowed by an ancient werewolf threat, Red Riding Hood reimagines the classic fairy tale as a moody gothic mystery. When tragedy strikes her family, a young woman torn between two loves finds herself drawn into a dangerous game with the creature — and begins to suspect the beast may be closer than anyone dares believe. Director Catherine Hardwicke wraps a whodunit at the heart of the horror, keeping viewers guessing as paranoia spreads through the terrified community. Lush visuals and a brooding romantic undercurrent give this familiar legend an eerie, fairy-tale darkness all its own.

Content: Violence, Creature Attacks, Threat To A Child, Some Disturbing Imagery