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Gretel & Hansel

2020 · 87 min

A slow, hypnotic descent into a grim fairy tale, heavy with dread and haunting imagery that lingers.

Tagline
A grim fairy tale.
Overview
A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • isolation
  • power
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • wilderness
  • single country house
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour1
Realism3
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror, fantasy
Directed by
Osgood Perkins
Written by
Rob Hayes
Starring
Sophia Lillis, Samuel Leakey, Alice Krige, Jessica De Gouw, Charles Babalola, Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Donncha Crowley, Jonathan Gunning
Music
Robin Coudert
Cinematography
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Runtime
87 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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