Red Riding Hood

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This is seriously one of the worst movies, horror or otherwise, that I have seen in a long time. Usually I like low budget and foreign horror films but this was really awful. The acting was bad, the script was written by a senile monkey, the lighting and audio was sub-pare and I couldn't get the Spanish subtitles to turn off. The lead actress needed some serious eyebrow plucking tips and the film makers attempt at symbolism through Don Quiote was done so ham handed that even de Palma would be shocked. I was lured into renting this movie because the box cover looked cool and I thought that I had nothing to lose. Be warned this is an hour and a half of your life that you'll never get back. Unless you have a time machine and even then I don't recommend it.

This movie is actually pretty good. Alright, so its a b-movie horror, and this genre doesn't have the best track record, but this movie is something different. In fact, its one of the best b-movies I have ever seen. The movie creates its plot brilliantly. More so than many blockbusters actually. We find out the reasons for the character's actions early on, and throughout the film the audience is kept in a state of suspense. This is because not only is the plot created, it is maintained until the very end. Too often in bigger films have the writers/directors put a huge twist in the middle that leaves you lost, whereas this film creates just a few small ones, then delivers a huge one right at the end that allows you to make sense of it all. It is easy to follow. Special congratulations has to go to Kathleen Archebald who delivers a spectacular performance despite being so young (easily better than many actors, I should note.) All in all, this film is great, and puts a new, deadly spin on this tale and reinforces one fact- don't let your kids play with knives!

I am a fan of Mystery Science Theater. I am a fan of a certain grade of horrible movie. I turned this stinker off after thirty minutes. That's right. I barely made it through the first act. The idea of a twelve year-old being able to live on her own in Rome is ludicrous. I know that the horror genre has to have some major suspension of disbelief, but it also has to give something back to its audience in terms of plausibility. Also, I hated the main character. I hated her with a seething burning passion and wanted to strangle her every time she came on screen. You're not supposed to feel that way about your main character even if they are an anti-hero or an antagonist. I'm not wasting any more words on this piece of crap. There are other, better low-budget horror flicks out there with characters, plot and oh, scares.

This is about the worst movies of all times which I have ever managed to even go beyond the first 10 minutes. What was the dude thinking!! This is absolutely a waste of a time going to local video store to rent the movie and of course the 4 bucks and change in renting it. The movie is obviously very poorly directed on a digital camera on a very low budget. I have nothing against low budget home made movies but this is really a clear death for everyone in the movie. Whatever little talent anyone in the movie might have or chance to make it; it lost on account of a poorly directed and complied script. Please spare yourself the agony and frustration and read a book rather than rent this movie... I wish I could claim my money back from the director and producers

Unless, of course, you are looking for a terribly-god-awful-cheesy-not-even-to-be-considered-a-horror movie. There are so many things wrong with this movie I don't even know where to start. For one, the movie cover shows exactly why directors and producers hire brilliant artists to make their crap movies come across as decent looking. Never judge a book by its cover. Being somewhat specialized in movie editing, the general objective of a film is to let the story flow smoothly, both visually and audio-wise. This film was like a hurricane in the Atlantic. At one point, the director tried splicing random angles on a bicycle chase scene, one shot with the bike on a street in blue light, another shot with it in orange lights, another with the antagonist's chase vehicle, and another identical shot where the chase vehicle just disappeared. I have never seen such sloppy editing. Besides the editing, someone on here said the cinematography was "great". Are you f**king crazy? Sure, if you like seeing random blips of Rome here and there, but overall nothing made sense. The first 30 seconds of the film has you regretting instantly - it looks like video camera footage, which is why I laughed my ass of in the credits when it said "shot on Kodak". b.s. Regarding the plot, yes, it is lifeless and useless. You while feel as empty after this movie as you did when you put it in the DVD player. There is absolutely no lesson, moral, climax, or abstract resolution to this film. I know some of the greatest movie's of all time just kind of "end", but the director must've thought he was the next Queintin Tarintino...or Sergio Leone for that matter. Murder scenes abruptly cut to happy scenes with the little girl on her bike humming along to Frank Sinatra like music at least 20 times. And to top it off, the final scene drags the plot to all-time low of satisfaction and understanding...leaving this film unfinished would've been good enough. All in all, however, a friend and I picked this out because it sounded horrible, but instead we got much more than just horrible - we experienced a whole new meaning of a B-movie ... so I need to invent a term for it.. Maybe a "fubar movie". I hope to one day meet this director and preferably kill him with peanut butter just like in the movie.

I liked this film, with no apologies. I bought it. It's twisted, warped, off kilter with enough loose ends to keep any critic's bazooka going full time. But it nearly touched something, nearly. It strived so hard and, for much of the film, had what it wanted contained and captured but - yes - what it sought to grasp finally withered loose and … I don't know… scampered and skittered in all directions so beginning never connected to end, or vice versa. I'm bad about sentimentalism for a near miss. It caught me up in something they-who-built-it wanted to do. I got in their van on a dark street and rode with them for a while. Never made the destination but I don't regret the ride. Jenny is scary as hell. The blend of Jenny, George and music (that music … it empowered the crucial scenes with its here-I-come tempo in time with those swinging red boots - oh, those red boots). Ah, well. Most will turn up noses, shake heads and turn their backs on this tiny flick. And, they are probably correct. For me and my ilk, however, it nearly touched something and I don't know if it fell short of touching "it" or if I jerked "it" away at the last moment. "Nice shot, George".

That two people have actually given this thing positive reviews makes me afraid. Very afraid. The kid and her grandmother were possibly the worst actresses in the history of cinema -- and I'm including *. Grandma overacts with an abandon only possessed by really bad stage actors or the criminally insane while the girl underacts like a sleepwalker. Plus, what's up with those eyebrows? I thought they had hired Corey Feldman and slapped a wig on him. Oh, and I haven't forgotten the guy who plays "Jenny's father." He appears at the beginning and the end for two unintentionally funny scenes that will have you scratching your head with the sheer lunacy of it all. Where does the blame lie? Look no further than writer-producer Ovidio G. Assonitis whose complete lack of talent, narrative skill or sanity taints every moment of every scene. This guy has never had a film go over a 4 rating on the IMDb. His name on the DVD cover is a good clue to avoid at all costs -- if not collect and destroy all copies.

I am a B movie fan and this movie is better than a B movie in my opinion. It really shows what can go on inside a person and what does (i know many will say "um not me" but you know its true. We All have that sense of wanting justice by any means necessary. I loved the Actress playing Jenny cause she had this sort of matter of fact way about her with a nice lacing of literature. She also emphasized the fact that she see's the corruption in the world and feels like she is the only one that can do anything about it. I must admit the end threw me off with her dad popping out as George, but then i realized maybe she had imagined Up George to replace her father and thats why he popped out, because it was her want. Oh and i would like to note to the person who was complaining about how the actress' eyebrows- WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT and it shouldn't matter in a movie if your a anorexic looking girl to an actually normal looking person.

If only IMDb allowed for a quarter of a star instead of 'one' for awful movie... I'm at a loss of words trying to figure out where to start pointing out what's wrong with this movie. They say "don't judge a book by its cover. unfortunately we did and WE WERE WRONG". In all reality the menu of the DVD is more interesting than the movie it contains. The plot had potential, but the bad screenplay, bad acting, horrible soundtrack, messy editing and over use of peanut butter and gratuitous gore scenes make "Red Riding Hood" a sad example of what film students can produce. It's just bad, bad bad. Bad.