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The Company Of Wolves
1984
If you go down to the woods today in The Company of Wolves, you're sure of a big surprise! Little Red Riding Hood and Werewolf legends abound in this film bathed in explicit sexual imagery. Enter a magical, mysterious world where little girls should beware of men whose eyebrows meet in the middle and where men transform .. Read more
| Starring | Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Stephen Rea |
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| Director | Neil Jordan |
| Genres | Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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The Company Of Wolves
If you go down to the woods today in The Company of Wolves, you're sure of a big surprise! Little Red Riding Hood and Werewolf legends abound in this film bathed in explicit sexual imagery. Enter a magical, mysterious world where little girls should beware of men whose eyebrows meet in the middle and where men transform nightmarishly into wolves...Director Neil Jordan, who adapted Angela Carter's short story for the screen, takes us deep into a macabre fairy tale, developing the rich and lurid dreams of Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson - in her debut film role), an adolescent girl in a world where legends of wonder and fear woven by her Grandmother (Angela Lansbury), becomes reality. It dovetails the sensual, grotesque and magical with the folklore of witches and wolves, but Rosaleen is determined to confront and dispel the myths which assail her.
| Starring | Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Stephen Rea, Tusse Silberg, Micha Bergese, Graham Crowden, Brian Glover, Kathryn Pogson |
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| Director | Neil Jordan |
| Studio | ITV STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 31 mins |
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| Genres | Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 17 Oct 2005 Blu-ray: 15 Oct 2007 Production year: 1984 |
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Dark variations on the Little Red Riding Hood theme are adeptly explored by Crying Game director Neil Jordan, co-writing with Angela Carter, in this arresting visual treat that at times resembles a pretentious Hammer horror. Dreams within dreams build up a psychological fright mosaic, as young Sarah Patterson goes through the broadest spectrum of emotions generally known as adolescence. Angela Lansbury is in super-eccentric form as an archetypal granny ready with “Once upon a time” werewolf fairy tales. Overall, a fine exercise in art design, lyrical mood and sinister allegory.
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Fragmentary adult fantasy which had an unexpected box-office success, chiefly because of its sexual allusiveness, its clever make-up and its pictorial qualities.
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23 out of 25 people found this review helpful
The best films are hairy on the inside...
Ahh, lashings of sexual allegory - I love it! Saucy symbolism abounds in this highly enjoyable adaption of feminist writer Angela Carter's 'The Bloody ... more
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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it's the most daft film I've seen, don't waist your time even if there's no more films left to watch...
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