Hooooooowl! Yes, that was my feeble attempt at the sound a wolf makes. Don't judge me. Let's talk about Red Riding Hood, and that tale dealing with little girls, and wolves. This film appears to take place in medievel times, and deals with the whole mythology and urban legends surrounding the mystical werewolf. Call me weird, but I love werewolf films and monster flicks. My favorites being Ginger Snaps and Bram Stoker's Dracula.
So, let's dive into RRH. With this film, Amanda Seyfried (Jennifer's Body, Letters To Juliet) tells us a little bit about her past, and how she met this young boy named Peter (Shiloh Fernandez) and how the two instantly become friends. Eventually, the movie fast forwards about 10 years and we find out that the town of "Daggerhorn" is being terrorized by a werewolf. Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) and Peter decide to run off, and enjoy their lives together when the town's alarm starts sounding, announcing that the Wolf has attacked. The victim turns out to be Valerie's older sister Lucie, and the family greaves and a group of villagers are sent out to hunt down the beast, and slay it.
Eventually, the film picks up, people start dying and blood starts flying. I won't say this film is magnificient by any means, or that you should check it out, but I enjoyed it. Plus, I have nothing against a werewolf film. I love them, except for the crap that was portrayed in Twilight..bleugh. Red Riding Hood is a good film, and you should find yourself enjoying it, if you're into the whole carnage, and people getting torn to pieces kind of plot. However, the film does seem to throw in some plot twists here and there and we soon find out why the werewolf is attacking the village, and why he wants Valerie alive..
Red Riding Hood is roughly an hour and 45 minutes long and flows fairly nicely, however I was getting bored near the end. If you're into this kind of flicks, and love seeing blood being shed then you might enjoy this movie. My thumb can't decide, so there's two verdicts. If you're a fan of werewolves, and just want a blood-soaked, monster fest than thumbs up. However, if you like movies that have a good plot, and won't bore you with stupid horror cliches, and most importantly like some-sort of character development then you won't like this film, so a thumbs down if you're on that field. Myself, I'm joining the thumbs down team. Sure, the movie had some good ideas but it just fell flat trying to pull them off.
The twists made no sense, and the character development was atrocious. I never saw myself caring for any of the characters accept Peter, because he reminded me of one of my friends, that's about it. So, my recommendation is stay away.
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