Beginning with the reversed names in its title, the film announces itself as a distinctly feminine spin on the Grimm fairy tale.

The woods are dark and deep, but far from lovely ...

Oz Perkins' fairy tale riff attempts to bring arthouse horror sensibilities to the multiplex, with mixed results.

A young girl and her little brother find terror in the deep woods in this reimagining of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

Gretel and Hansel review: Oz Perkins's new movie is a visually stunning folk-horror take on the classic fairytale.

Perkins finds new layers of dread and discomfort in the Brothers Grimm tale, further establishing himself as a vital horror auteur

Gretel & Hansel is a full course meal when it comes to cinematography and production design, but the sleepy, hollow narrative pacing is just too stogy.

The classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel” spins a quick story of a brother and sister caught by a cannibalistic witch. They’re lured by

Sophia Lillis and Alice Krige star in 'Gretel & Hansel,' Oz Perkins' dark reimagining of the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

It star Sophia Lillis comes of age in a radical rethink of the Grimm brothers fairy tale. Alice Krige stars as the Witch, a powerful woman interested in seducing Gretel over to her side. In theaters now.

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The thing that bowls you over, straight off, about "Gretel & Hansel" is how beautiful the damned thing is. Art director Christine McDonagh (TV's "Into the Badlands"), production designer Jeremy Reed ("Hard Candy") and lighting cinematographer Galo Olivares ("Roma") have conjured up a stark fairytale-scape with glowing, supernatural red fog, stylized black witchwear (Leonie Prendergast…

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