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Red Riding Hood

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

With lush Rome backgrounds and a rather unique plot, RED RIDING HOOD is a little better than I had expected. Newcomer Susan Satta looking like a feminine young Corey Feldman plays Jenny, a somewhat deranged 12 year old who takes it upon herself to bring justice to criminal types. This justice is meted out in pretty gory violence, with the aid of her mysterious friend George. Kathleen Archebald combines the hammishness of Tallulah Bankhead and Joan Crawford in her role as the actress grandmother of Jenny who comes to Rome to take the child back to New York. Of course, Jenny doesn't want to go and she goes to extreme measures to keep granny disabled.
A weird little thriller, with some unique twists, RED RIDING HOOD is actually a derivative of psycho thrillers dating back to BAD SEED, PSYCHO and others, and despite its innate cheesiness, it's a diverting thriller for fans of the genre.

Basically what you have is this kid, Jenny, who is really mentally deranged and does crazy damage to people who she thinks has wronged her. The grandmother gets caught up and trapped in her delusions and is put through utter hell. I literally had to cover my eyes and not watch some of the stuff, it was that GROSS and the most memorable one involved a nail gun shot straight into an eyeball.

This movie will be no landmark
in 21st century film history.
However, in terms of gore and violence,
"Red Riding Hood" is a champion.
This film is successful in its attempt
to shock and disturb the viewer.
There's no great acting achievements
to witness here, but the lead actress
definitely maintains a psychotic air with
a straight face throughout the movie. Sadly,
there isn't much else to say about this
movie that's positive.
The credibility level of this movie is less than 0.
For starters, an unseen mother abandons her 12 year old
and runs off with a man 20 years her junior. BUT WAIT!!!
She is considerate enough to leave her with untold thousands
of dollars and a posh apartment in Rome. Get real. Also,
why is no one ever suspicious of a 12 year old walking
through the streets of Rome at all hours of the night wearing a black hooded cape and red boots?
Nonetheless, this is a bold interpretation of an old tale.
I did appreciate the attempt to parallel Jenni
with Don Quixote. At least they tried to inject some intelligence into this movie. Unfortunately, it was
a low dosage injection that didn't quite ciruclate
through the rest of the film.

O.K. for those who have watched this your probably saying 3 stars "YA NUTS"well maybe I am but to make a movie really good
is no easy task and to make a horror movie good is by far the
hardest look at comedy,drama & action see how many good ones there are and then compare to all the good horrors?horror's
don't even come close,so to see even a O.K. horror film in the
year 2000 is a treat.With red riding hood you are going to like the lead character or hate her(my friends did)I will point out the good points of RED there is a scene in which susan and her
friend george follow a shoplifter to a subway and the wolf plunges a knife in the woman that SCREAM fans would be proud
of,also the dentist was very funny (MARIA!!!)and his nurse was
a plus.(va,va,voom)but most of all there is one scene where
jenny(satta)is talking to george her wolf and she is putting on
her shoes and saying how everyone must pay she looks up at george and James K Cimini directs this wolfs mask inside red
tapestry that would make John Carpenter & Tobe Hooper say
"WOW MAN"so again is it great well no but how many great horror
films are there between 2000-2006 yeah,yeah thought so.Again
I liked the movie you will like Susan Satta or hate her.I think
she is a cutie and was trying her best,so here's to seeing you
in a movie again Susan K Satta.

1) this movie (and I use the word losely) is pathetically predictable; 2) worst acting ever; 3) worst writing ever; 4) worst soundtrack ever. This is a story about a physcho young girl who has this imaginary friend who commits unjustified acts of vigilante, including acts like handicapping her grandmother by taking out her knee cap, etc. I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone, upon seeing the screen writing of this movie, would actually put a dime into it. The only people who would even entertain the idea that this movie is worth watching are either retarded or disturbed. There isn't even enough imagination here to satisfy the people who are just into gore. If there is a minus 5 star rating that's what I'd rate this movie as. Oh my God I cannot believe what a waste of time this is; this movie needs to take the title of worst movie ever made (currently the title belongs to I Spit on Your Grave, I believe). DON'T DO IT!

The only good thing about this movie is that *some* of the filmwork and a *few* of the ideas are interesting. Otherwise, this awful story turned my stomach with its wholly despicable lead character, largely predictable plot, and the glee with which the scenes of torture were portrayed. I suppose that on the other hand, films that are truly sickening are hard to come by, but that wasn't what I was hoping for when I rented it. I almost took it back to the store halfway through, and if I had, I wouldn't have missed much. The father/daughter reunion ending was idiotic and more along the lines of what you might see in some high-school-made B flick.

I am sorry, but I really wanted to like this movie but found out that I really hated it. To me, this teenager of a girl needs to be institutionalized for the rest of her life. She is self righteous to the point of being very obnoxious which made the movie very unbelievable and down right stupid. I am not a person to write bad reviews, but this movie does more than deserve a bad review. If you want to see a horror flick about a fairy tale, then see the tooth fairy. Yes, even that one is very stupid but compared to this, it is an excellent movie.

Red Riding Hood is an odd, offbeat movie to say the least. A marriage of French art film and horror movie, this is not your typical film. The basic premise is that Jenny, the troubled daughter of a murdered Judge, is abandoned in Rome by her floozy mother. Yet Jenny is happy in her circumstance, because at 12 she has unlimited freedom, until her grandmother, Rose, comes to bring her back to America. Jenny proceeds to launch a campaign of murder and terror on her grandmother, tutor, and all of Rome.

While this movie is a marriage of art and horror, it's a rocky marriage at best. At times the movie descends into wackiness, with an original song track of cute songs that at times distracts from the scene. The ending is beyond horror, into an odd, head scratching finale. Jenny is utterly unlikable, which makes the film hard to enjoy.

Overall, not the best movie out there.

Let me explain my 4 star rating. I can see why someone would give this a good review, and I can also see why someone would give it a terrible review. Yes it had bad acting in it. As a matter of fact, the lead girl was about the worst child actress I have ever seen. She was terrible. Yes it was a B horror movie, at time very generic, IT HAD TERRIBLE MUFFLED SOUND and it was very predictable (I knew who "George" really was in the first 15 minutes of the movie). The movie also stole ideas from every other movie, BUT for some reason I really liked this movie. Maybe I'm just a sucker for revenge plots, and vigilante plots. Or maybe I just bought into the gore, but I thought it was a twisted spin on an over told story. I think they successfully beat a dead horse. The gore in this is very outdated. By that I mean, you just don't see horror movies these days putting that much gore into a movie anymore. For that, I was generous with my stars. Next, some of the things this girl does to her granny are just plain twisted. Yes, stolen ideas from the movies like "Misery," but we are talking her own granny! Anyway, my gore meter was pretty full after this one, It made me laugh. I was laughing at the dumb acting, the bad lines, and the way that some of the victims died. I think the movie is a 4 star movie and probably need to see a shrink. If I had to compare it to something, it would be a generic "Donnie Darko", meets "Misery", meets "Omen", meets "Death Wish" (maybe?) For the record though, I should mention that my wife thought it was stupid and would probably give it 1 or 2 stars.

I saw the cover to the movie and after reading the synopsis on the back decided to rent. Sounded original and the wolve mask appeared somewhat frightening at first glance. Then I watched the movie. I am a major horror movie fan and have seen some crap in my day. Yes, this was a disappointing movie. But it certainly was not the worst. It at least was done on somewhat decent quality film and not amateur like alot of horror movies. The idea behind the story is very original (tying in a fairy tale and ridding the world of sinners, Sleepaway Camp 2 and 3). Even some of the incidents are somewhat amusing. Sadly enough, the main character is the worst actor. The grandmother wins best actor. What ruins the film is the horrible ending. That scene could have been done creepier with less cheese and saved the movie.