The Company of Wolves1984
“The Desire...The Fantasy...The Nightmare.”
Directed by Neil Jordan
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🏆 Nominated for 4 BAFTA 10 wins & 5 nominations total
The premise
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?
Horror Vault's take
Rooted in Angela Carter's revisionist fairy tales, this lush British fantasy-horror plunges a young girl named Rosaleen into a dream-world of dense, fog-laden forests and whispered warnings. Her grandmother spins darkly seductive stories of men who are not what they seem — creatures whose true nature lurks just beneath the skin. Neil Jordan's film unfolds like a fever dream, layering tale within tale as Rosaleen edges toward womanhood and the wolves draw ever closer. It is fairy tale horror at its most poetic and provocative.
Content: Werewolf Transformation Body Horror, Mild Sexual Content And Sensuality, Dark Thematic Content Involving Young Women And Predatory Men, Animal Imagery And Peril
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