If this had an A24 logo tacked onto it... reception would be different...

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Very beautifully shot. I felt I was almost in a dream sometimes myself. Shapes and designs we’re almost hypnotic. I also enjoyed the use of sound. Normally kids in a horror to me is the kiss of death to enjoyment. It retells a children’s story in an new and inventive way. The rating before the ending was going to be high but the ending was a little disappointing. As a whole the movie was entertaining though! If you haven’t seen it yet check it out on Hulu!

This is good and deserves better than a January dump release

15

Listen, I'm all for New England folklore adaptations with peerless set-design, not to mention jangling synth scores and precise color palettes, but this is completely undermined by terrible compositions, performances, writing, plotting etc. Basically anything that isn't the set-design and soundtrack is fucking garbage. Weird how Oz Perkins had his own success with The Blackcoat's Daughter and here he's copying the Robert Eggers/Ari Aster playbook pretty aggressively.

THE VISUALS!!!!!! LITERALLY THE VISUALS!!!!!! YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND I’M OBSESSED!!!!!! LIKE THAT’S MY AESTHETIC!!!! THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO ACHIEVE!!!!!!!

oz is right, women be doing scary, toxic witch shit meanwhile the fellas just wanna chop wood and eat food.

This is like if A24 produced a CW pilot.

Really creepy moments and visually cool. I just hated the end though, it just feels so awkward and unlike the tone set the rest of the movie.

“Ooooó look at me trying to be Robert Eggers”

the cinematography is phenomenal!!!!

A hallucinatory and sickly nightmare. Not much in terms of plot, but that initial story sequence immediately drew me in. This is a very cool, if kind of gross, looking movie. The colors and shot composition are interesting and engaging.
Seriously there is some wild imagery here.
The film itself doesn't have much meat on the bone but it is a short movie so it never overstays its welcome.

It’s boring. There, I said it. This movie moves so fucking slowly. Normally, slow-burn movies do not brother me. I enjoy seeing stories slowly unfold or descend into madness. That being said, this movie just… doesn’t do it for me. I thoroughly enjoyed Sophia Lillis’s performance. She did an incredible job playing Gretal. But everyone else in the movie? Oof. I do like the way that the story deviated from the original story, but it wasn’t done to the best it could have been. I think the idea of making Gretal the main character and making her “special” is awesome. It just wasn’t executed in the best way. The cinematography is probably the best thing about this movie. It’s very interesting. Aside from that, this movie really just doesn’t do it for me.

they switched the name around and expected us to think its a new story

This movie was not at all what I expected. This is a beautifully dark telling of a story that been terribly told many times before. More of a slow burn folk horror flick. I loved it.

A commendable addition to the currently popular style of horror films: Deliberately slow, atmospheric, with a swift, unforgettable ending. Sophia Lillis is the standout reason to watch this twisted fairy tale adaptation, followed closely by the soundtrack if you’re a lover of the 70s & 80s horror films with synth soundtracks.

Habiendo leído cientos de veces los cuentos clásicos, debo decir que es la primera vez que visualmente una película me resulta tan cercana a lo que mi imaginación creaba cuando era chico. Solo que en este caso bastante más oscuro y perverso.
La arquitectura para generar terror es un recurso brillante. Tiene una forma de narrar y crear climas que me resulta muy atrapante. Los benditos y maravillosos silencios con sentido en los diálogos.
Cómo criticable me quedó el desenlace, torpemente veloz e infantil para lo que la película venía planteando.
De todas formas vale y mucho la pena el viaje.

This twisted movie about that wicked witch is some weeeiiird shit.

i feel like i blinked and it was over

C/65 (Unsatisfactory) 3 Stars