The Company of Wolves

Movie

1984

1h 35m

English

Horror, Fantasy

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6.7

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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...

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The Company of Wolves

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1984

1h 35m

English

Horror, Fantasy

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Cast

Rosaleen

Granny

Father

Old Priest

Amorous Boy's Father

Young Bride

Young Groom

Mother

Hunstman

Alice

Amorous Boy's Mother

Amorous Boy

Witch Woman

Wealthy Groom

Wolfgirl

Devil Boy

Dowager

Ancient

Eyepatch

Lame Fiddler

Blind Fiddler

Second Husband (uncredited)

Terence Stamp

The Devil (uncredited)

Directed By: Neil Jordan

Written By: Charles Perrault, Neil Jordan (Screenplay), + 2 more

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Buck Flower Sings says...

6 years ago

Beautiful set design, and a great cast, but the story itself is all over the place. Felt like scenes were just pushed forward to complete the movie, but it all felt unfinished and rushed with the story.

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peteo says...

2 years ago

That was just weird - I can't remember any other movie like this.. Perhaps it was the drugs movie execs took in 1984. It used the special effects of the time, but I went into it expecting something like an adult Little Red Riding Hood. I couldn't see that here at all. I don't know who this would appeal to in the 2020's, and I don't understand the good reviews others have given. To be honest, the scariest thing was how Angela Lansbury looked old so long ago

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Jim222001 says...

3 years ago

The first murder makes you wonder why the movie earned a rated R rating. It was just a girl running around screaming until she just fell down. Yet, she died apparently. The great casting of Angela Lansbury as the Grandmother kept my interest though. I just don’t get why there’s cars around, yet they are living like it’s the 1800’s.

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jekyl6669 says...

7 years ago

Strange and surreal take on Little Red Riding Hood. It's kind of disjointed with the multiple levels and tales inside dreams, it's hard to tell what's ever actually going on. But there are some quality sequences. And the sexual awakening undertone is interesting.

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GenerationofSwine

2 years ago

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 Ri More

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CinemaSerf

one year ago

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 wi More

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