This film is pretentious. Wizard of Oz meets a horror movie to discuss the s(REDACTED)xuality of a (REDACTED FOR ARBITRARY REASONS!!!!)aged girl. This is a pretentious art house movie and one that thinks that it is vastly more intelligent than it really is. It wants to retell the Little Red Riding hood story in a semi-erotic way, but never actually achieves it. But, at least it's pretty.
The Desire...The Fantasy...The Nightmare.
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?
Top Cast
Sarah Patterson
Rosaleen
Angela Lansbury
Granny
David Warner
Father
Graham Crowden
Old Priest
Brian Glover
Amorous Boy's Father
Kathryn Pogson
Young Bride
Stephen Rea
Young Groom
Tusse Silberg
Mother
Micha Bergese
Hunstman
Georgia Slowe
Alice
Susan Porrett
Amorous Boy's Mother
Shane Johnstone
Amorous Boy
Dawn Archibald
Witch Woman
Richard Morant
Wealthy Groom
Danielle Dax
Wolfgirl
Vincent McClaren
Devil Boy
Reviews
There's a lot of "Little Red Riding Hood" to this Neil Jordan fantasy about the young "Rosaleen" (Sarah Patterson). This woman is prone to vivid dreams set many centuries earlier, where she lives happily with her parents (and without her dull as ditchwater sister) and where she is regular regaled with portentous stories by her grandmother (Angela Lansbury). It's in one such dream, and whilst walking through the…
*The Company of Wolves* initially looks as though it has been trapped indoors. Its forests are obviously constructed, its village feels theatrical, and even the electronic score occasionally threatens to wander in from an early-1980s *Doctor Who*. Then the film quietly makes the case that this artificiality is not something to forgive. It is the point. Rosaleen is dreaming, and Neil Jordan’s film allows the dream…
FAQ about The Company of Wolves
What is The Company of Wolves about?
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…
When was The Company of Wolves released?
The Company of Wolves was released in 1984.
What genres does The Company of Wolves belong to?
The Company of Wolves is categorised as Horror, Fantasy.
Who stars in The Company of Wolves?
The cast of The Company of Wolves includes Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden, Brian Glover.