History Main / RedRidingHood

* FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler: Valerie's connection to the wolf being a family thing. Brilliance because what's the famous line from the story? Exactly, it's an observation on why her grandmother has big teeth.]]
** although that FridgeBrilliance itself has a little bit of FridgeLogic to it, as [[spoiler: Cesaire got his lycanthropy from his father, not his mother.]]

* ShoutOut: To fellow folk tale, [[IncrediblyLamePun Peter and]] [[StealthPun the Wolf]].

* LargeHam / HamAndCheese: Gary Oldman seems to be having a lot of fun with his role as Father Solomon.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Valerie's father is the Big Bad Wolf. Werewolves run in the family.]]

* BlackVikings: one of the few times this may be justified: Father Solomon has obviously traveled all over the place, and it's possible he may have picked up the African brothers and the Asian man in his retinue on his travels

** although that FridgeBrilliance itself has a little bit of FridgeLogic to it, as [[spoiler: Cesaire got his lycanthropy from his father, not his mother]]

* InNameOnly: It was obvious from the first trailer that this movie has ''nothing'' to do with the original "legend". There are a few Shout Outs to the fairytale, however: the red cloak, of course, as well as the whole "What big teeth you have" scene (which occurs in a dream caused by Valerie getting hit on the head). The werewolf pretending to be Valerie's grandmother appears in a different scene, and an element from an older version of the story [[spoiler: that the wolf has turned Valerie's grandmother into food, which Valerie eats]] is implied.

* LargeHam / HamAndCheese: Gary Oldman seems to be having a lot of fun with his role as Father Solomon
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: everyone in the film speaks with a flat American accent, except for Father Solomon and his two African guards

* NotEvenBotheringWithAnAccent: everyone in the film speaks with a flat American accent, except for Father Solomon and his two African guards

* InNameOnly: It was obvious from the first trailer that this movie has ''nothing'' to do with the original "legend". There are a few ShoutOuts to the fairytale, however: the red cloak, of course, as well as the whole "What big teeth you have" scene (which occurs in a dream caused by Valerie getting hit on the head). The werewolf pretending to be Valerie's grandmother appears in a different scene, and an element from an older version of the story [[spoiler: that the wolf has turned Valerie's grandmother into food, which Valerie eats]] is implied.

* LargeHam/HamAndCheese: Gary Oldman seems to be having a lot of fun with his role as Father Solomon

* UnfortunateImplication: [[spoiler: The last shot of the movie gave some relent of bestiality.]]

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: As far as Suzette (Valerie's mother) knows, everyone she loves -- Henry's father, Lucy, Valerie's father (though whether or not she ''truly'' loved him was debatable) and Valerie (so the thinks) -- is dead. Poor thing.]]

* InNameOnly: It was obvious from the first trailer that this movie has ''nothing'' to do with the original "legend".

* BirdsOfAFeather: Valerie and Peter

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Valerie and Peter

* XMeetsY: The film is a combination of ''SleepyHollow'', ''TheVillage'' and ''TheCompanyOfWolves'' and ''{{Twilight}}''.

* XMeetsY: The film is a combination of ''SleepyHollow'', ''TheVillage'' and ''TheCompanyOfWolves''. Not to mention the blatant attempts to cash in on the {{Twilight}} craze.

* XMeetsY: The film is a combination of ''SleepyHollow'', ''TheVillage'' and ''TheCompanyOfWolves''.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** AmandaSeyfried and GaryOldman are both in the film.
** Julie Christie plays the role of the grandmother.
** Billy Burke plays Valerie's Father.

* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: Father Solomon. ''"A man bitten is a man cursed."''

** One can only be turned into a werewolf if they are bitten by one during the Blood Moon

* XMeetsY: The film is a combination of SleepyHollow and TheCompanyOfWolves.

* ShoutOut: To fellow folk tale, [[IncrediblyLamePun Peter and]] [[StealthPun the Wolf.]]

* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailers seem to hint that [[spoilerPeter is the werewolf that's killing everyone. This happens not to be the case.]]

* ShoutOut: To fellow folk tale, Peter and the Wolf.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailers seem to hint that Peter is the werewolf that's killing everyone. This happens not to be the case. [[spoiler: Sorta...]]

* BloodlessCarnage: Averted very slightly. While the werewolf attacks are gore-less, there is actually some blood splattering throughout.

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: As far as Suzette (Valerie's mother) knows, everyone she loves-- Henry's father, Lucy, Valerie's father (though whether or not she ''truly'' loved him was debatable) and Valerie (so the thinks)-- is dead. Poor thing.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: AmandaSeyfried and GaryOldman are both in the film.

* {{Narm}}: Valerie's dream sequence borders on this.
* NauseaFuel: Those are [[spoiler: her grandmother's remains]] Valerie is eating in the soup towards the end.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent

** They can speak telepathically [[spoiler: but only to those that are in their bloodline]]

* BloodlessCarnage: Much of the werewolf attacks follow this trope.

* BeastAndBeauty

Red Riding Hood is a live action re-imagining of [[LittleRedRidingHood the popular fairy tale]] directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring AmandaSeyfried in the titular role.