"I was struck most, however, by the addition of Edward, a troll who swoops in to save Gretel during one particularly bloody scuffle. Actor Derek Mears – who stepped into the role of Jason Voorhees in ...

Carolyn Jenkins is a voracious consumer of film and television. She graduated from Long Island University with an MFA in Screenwriting and Producing where she learned the art of character, plot, and ...

Just a few weeks ago Dread Central was invited to a special event at Spectral Motion to celebrate the stunning visual effects behind Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. During the event DC ...

An R-rated horror action comedy fairytale - how’s that for genre bending? “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters” is more Gatling guns and grenades than The Brothers Grimm. It takes the kidnapped kiddies ...

You know, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters didn’t have to be terrible. True, it’s the kind of concept that presages yet another po-mo, slo-mo, wink-wink action variation on something supposedly ...

Following "Snow White and the Huntsman" as the next revisionist Brothers Grimm fairy tale/action movie hybrid is "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters." Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton play the ...

And here’s one more entry in the updated, more adult-oriented fairy tale sweepstakes from Hollywood. There was the disastrous RED RIDING HOOD with Amanda Seyfried from two years ago (trying to grab ...