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** There’s frequent [[RuleOfSymbolism upwards pointing triangles]] throughout the movie. They can refer to the witches pyramid, a concept referring to five components of magic. In Wiccan culture, they can also represent fire and energy that destroys.
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*** Gretel also looks in a triangular peephole in Holda’s front door, briefly appearing as the eye of providence. Eyes are often considered symbols of judgment an consciousness, alluding to her early suspicions of Holda.
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** Gretel is warned by the huntsman to “look out for wolves.” He means this figuratively because he says that wolves can be charming and silver tongued. Holda, a predatory witch, has images of wolves on the walls inside her house, likely alluding to Literature/LittleRedRidingHood another Brothers Grimm story [[note]] albeit one that usurped Charles Perrault [[/note]] with similar themes of stranger danger.
** Gretel is warned by the huntsman to “look out for wolves.” He means this figuratively because he says that wolves can be charming and silver tongued. Holda, a predatory witch, has images of wolves on the walls inside her house, likely alluding to Literature/LittleRedRidingHood another Brothers Grimm story [[note]] albeit one that usurped Charles Perrault [[/note]] with similar themes of stranger danger.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Flashbacks to the origins of the girl in the pink cap show a faceless woman wearing a ring with a black stone. [[spoiler: Holda is seen wearing a ring identical to it. This ring confirms her identity as mother to the girl in the pink cap.]]
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* AllWitchesHaveCats: Holda keeps a hairless cat.
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* BigEater: Hansel complains of being hungry and he’s more than happy to feast at Holda’s table.
* BoyishShortHair: Gretel has close cropped brunette locks.
* BigEater: Hansel complains of being hungry and he’s more than happy to feast at Holda’s table.
* BoyishShortHair: Gretel has close cropped brunette locks.
* CatapultNightmare: Happens to Gretel a few times when she and Hansel arrive at Holda’s.
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* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: The child in the pink cap made her father eat a red hot pole.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: The child in the pink cap made her father eat a red hot pole.]]
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* CanonForeigner: The Huntsman, played by Charles Babalola, is original to the movie and has no appearance in the brothers Grimm fairy tale.
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''Gretel and Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale'', is an upcoming 2020 American supernatural horror {{Grimmification}} adapted from Literature/HanselAndGretel. The film is directed by [[Film/TheBlackcoatsDaughter Oz]] [[Film/IAmThePrettyThingThatLivesInTheHouse Perkins]], produced by Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Dan Kagan, and the screenplay is written by Perkins and Rob Hayes. In the film, Hansel and Gretel enter a dark wood in order to find work and food to assist their poor parents. They stumble upon the home of a witch. Starring Sophia Lillis as Gretel, Sam Leakley as Hansel and Alice Krige as Holda, the Witch.
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''Gretel and Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale'', is an upcoming a 2020 American supernatural horror {{Grimmification}} adapted from Literature/HanselAndGretel. The film is directed by [[Film/TheBlackcoatsDaughter Oz]] [[Film/IAmThePrettyThingThatLivesInTheHouse Perkins]], produced by Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Dan Kagan, and the screenplay is written by Perkins and Rob Hayes. In the film, Hansel and Gretel enter a dark wood in order to find work and food to assist their poor parents. They stumble upon the home of a witch. Starring Sophia Lillis as Gretel, Sam Leakley as Hansel and Alice Krige as Holda, the Witch.
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''Gretel and Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale'', is an upcoming 2020 American supernatural horror {{Grimmification}} adapted from Literature/HanselAndGretel. The film is directed by Oz Perkins, produced by Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Dan Kagan, and the screenplay is written by Perkins and Rob Hayes. In the film, Hansel and Gretel enter a dark wood in order to find work and food to assist their poor parents. They stumble upon the home of a witch. Starring Sophia Lillis as Gretel, Sam Leakley as Hansel and Alice Krige as Holda, the Witch.
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''Gretel and Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale'', is an upcoming 2020 American supernatural horror {{Grimmification}} adapted from Literature/HanselAndGretel. The film is directed by Oz Perkins, [[Film/TheBlackcoatsDaughter Oz]] [[Film/IAmThePrettyThingThatLivesInTheHouse Perkins]], produced by Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Dan Kagan, and the screenplay is written by Perkins and Rob Hayes. In the film, Hansel and Gretel enter a dark wood in order to find work and food to assist their poor parents. They stumble upon the home of a witch. Starring Sophia Lillis as Gretel, Sam Leakley as Hansel and Alice Krige as Holda, the Witch.
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->''"A fairy tale has a way to get into your head."''
-->-- '''Gretel'''
''Gretel and Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale'', is an upcoming 2020 American supernatural horror {{Grimmification}} adapted from Literature/HanselAndGretel. The film is directed by Oz Perkins, produced by Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Dan Kagan, and the screenplay is written by Perkins and Rob Hayes. In the film, Hansel and Gretel enter a dark wood in order to find work and food to assist their poor parents. They stumble upon the home of a witch. Starring Sophia Lillis as Gretel, Sam Leakley as Hansel and Alice Krige as Holda, the Witch.
The film is set to release on January 31st, 2020.
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* EyeScream: An blacksmith pokes one fire-hot piece of iron in his own eye in the teaser.
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* GingerbreadHouse: Being an adaptation of Hansel and Gretel, it of course appears here. Promotional material shows it to be triangule-shaped in this version.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The witch is seen pulling a long string of human's hair out of her mouth in the teaser.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The witch is given a name in this adaptation: Holda.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Red and black smoke is shown to emerge from Holda's chimney, as a sign of her wickedness.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[{{Tagline}} "Follow the crumbs."]]'']]
->''"A fairy tale has a way to get into your head."''
-->-- '''Gretel'''
''Gretel and Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale'', is an upcoming 2020 American supernatural horror {{Grimmification}} adapted from Literature/HanselAndGretel. The film is directed by Oz Perkins, produced by Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Dan Kagan, and the screenplay is written by Perkins and Rob Hayes. In the film, Hansel and Gretel enter a dark wood in order to find work and food to assist their poor parents. They stumble upon the home of a witch. Starring Sophia Lillis as Gretel, Sam Leakley as Hansel and Alice Krige as Holda, the Witch.
The film is set to release on January 31st, 2020.
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* EyeScream: An blacksmith pokes one fire-hot piece of iron in his own eye in the teaser.
%%* FatteningTheVictim
* GingerbreadHouse: Being an adaptation of Hansel and Gretel, it of course appears here. Promotional material shows it to be triangule-shaped in this version.
* IAmAHumanitarian: The witch is seen pulling a long string of human's hair out of her mouth in the teaser.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The witch is given a name in this adaptation: Holda.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Red and black smoke is shown to emerge from Holda's chimney, as a sign of her wickedness.
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