Snow White: A Tale of Terror1997
“The fairy tale is over.”
Directed by Michael Cohn
On the charts
🏆 Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. 7 nominations total
The premise
When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of all living things. After escaping an attempt on her life, Lili finds herself lost in a dark forest, where living happily ever after seems unlikely.
Horror Vault's take
This grim, adult reimagining of the Snow White fairy tale strips away the whimsy and replaces it with medieval dread and genuine malice. Sigourney Weaver delivers a ferocious turn as a stepmother whose consuming obsession with a magical mirror drives her to increasingly terrifying extremes. Young Lili must navigate both the dangers of a hostile wilderness and the reach of a woman who will not stop until she has absolute dominion. Far darker in tone than the source material suggests, this is a fairy tale told without mercy.
Content: Violence, Disturbing Imagery, Themes Of Child Endangerment, Dark And Intense Scenes Throughout
Cast
Sigourney Weaver
Lady Claudia Hoffman
Sam Neill
Lord Friedrich Hoffman
Monica Keena
Lilliana 'Lilly' Hoffman
Gil Bellows
Will
Brian Glover
Lars
David Conrad
Peter Gutenberg
Anthony Brophy
Rolf
Andrew Tiernan
Scar
Taryn Davis
Little Lilliana 'Lilly' Hoffman
Dale Wyatt
Maidservant Ilsa
Joanna Roth
Lilliana
Bryan Pringle
Father Gilbert
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