![]() ![]() Hunted is an economical film, with minimal information provided about the characters, which is a beneficial approach when it comes to the monster, because knowing as little as possible always accentuates the fear (see Michael Myers). ![]() Hunted decides to take these oft-told moral lessons, build its own folklore through a wonderful animated prologue which throws up shades of Del Toro, and weave a sporadically icky chase movie against the backdrop of a bleak wilderness. There have been countless deconstructions of the little girl who went to visit grandma, but who ended up in the belly of a wolf, and in all honesty there was never anything subtle about the warnings associated about climbing into bed with the wolf, or that the the pesky Lupus was a metaphor for man. Swapping hood for hoodie and yanking this days of yore Grimm fairytale into the #metoo generation, Persepolis co-director Vincent Paronnaud hasn’t had to scratch too far beneath the surface of Little Red Red Hood to ensure that its themes resonate now more than ever in this haunting chiller. This contemporary take on the Little Red Riding Hood fairytale pits a young woman named Eve (Lucie Debay) against an unhinged misogynist pursuer. ![]() Starring Lucie Debay, Christian Bronchart, Ciaran O’Brien, Jean-Mathias Pondant, Kevin Van Doorslaer, Gilles Vandeweerd, Dianne Weller, and Arieh Worthalter. ![]()
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