A Tragic Twist on The Grimmest Fairy Tale

[@RyanHollinger]

*Have a request? Let me know in the comments!* I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpupk6ljjc2haZo

[@boobootittleman7299]

I’d love a vid on Midnight Mass or Storm of the Century. Love me some small town horror. Keep up the good work Ryan!

[@therizinosauruscheloniform2162]

The 2016 indian film 'Autohead' - It is influenced by Man bites Dog, and is available for free on youtube!

[@jordanloux3883]

The Wolf House (2018). That's a stop motion horror movie like no other...

[@Rougrou1597]

Tank 437 it's a weird ass movie

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

As Above, So Below Mr. Jones (2013) the Underworld series Soulmate (2013) Spike (2008) Bernard Rose's Frankenstein (2015) Dracula 2000

[@dimmiek1413]

Ryan's honest reaction "yes I'm milking this subject cause I got bills to pay fam" is true honesty and I respect it. Work that Hoyever, mate.

[@MeonLights]

Some ppl might have pointed it out already but in the fairy tale, Hänsel is not the protagonist. His main character role ends after they reach the Witch's house. He has a main role in the first half, since he is the one coming up with the plan to leave little rocks dropped on the path the first two times their parents try to abandon them in the woods, but on the third day they don't have times to collect rocks and use bread instead, which is eaten by birds. Once they reach the house made of cake, Gretel becomes the protagonist. She is the one being forced into labor by the witch while her brother is put in a cage and fed. She is the one telling Hänsel to hand the Witch a chicken bone when she wants to feel his hands to check how chubby he is getting (she has poor eyesight). She is the one tricking the witch into believing she is incapable of lighting the oven so the witch leans in and she is the one to push the witch into the fire to kill her. In most versions of the story, Hänsel is stuck in the cage from basically the moment they find the house to the end of the story. It makes complete sense to make her the focus character and hero of the story. I do like the take on the witch wanting to make her into a witch, tho. Very much like Hags work in DnD :P

[@friendlygiant1507]

Who asked?

[@HaienTwitch]

@@friendlygiant1507 you must be fun at parties

[@evillp12]

@@friendlygiant1507 why are you even here if you dont care kid

[@friendlygiant1507]

@@evillp12 mad

[@friendlygiant1507]

@@HaienTwitch mad

[@biggerdoofus]

"Brothers Grimm style" I get what you mean, but I think it's an important aspect of those stories that they were collected from oral traditions rather than written by the Grimms themselves. That style is really the general style of the German folklore of the time.

[@trekie140]

The Grimm Brothers also really marketed themselves as the scholars who preserved these stories, even though the Wild Sisters were their partners who did at least as much of the work.

[@biggerdoofus]

@@trekie140 Interesting. I just checked wikipedia as a first look into the matter and it does mention that Wilhelm's wife Dortchen Wild provided some of the stories. It also mentions a couple other noteworthy sources. When you say "partners", do you mean in the sense of regularly working together, or do you mean that Jacob was romantically involved with a sister of Dortchen's?

[@wstine79]

Oz Perkins has made his father proud with his creatively creepy films.

[@nolancho]

Don't care!

[@williamerickson520]

I was honestly surprised to learn that he was the son of Anthony Perkins. That’s awesome.

[@spiceupyourafterlife]

As a horror fan who LOVES fairy tales (especially horror movies based on fairy tales), this movie was definitely my cup of tea!

[@MultiTequilaSunrise]

You made me spit out my coffee when you listed "The Matrix" with the rest of the Disney movies.

[@thisisbriannaandrea]

SAME!!!

[@laurahenriksen19]

I did a double take too hqha

[@miloradvlaovic]

Also fairy tales ruined by Diseny ... not merely a movie. Makes it a double shade an even more funny

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

Having first been introduced to Alice Krige in Silent Hill (2006), I honestly feel like she's one of those actresses with a face and presence that was made for horror villainy (and I mean that as a compliment). Even her brief presence as Morgana in The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) (which, ha ha, stars Nicolas Cage) gave it an eerie edge. 💀

[@FTZPLTC]

She was also pretty good as the Borg Queen.

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

@@FTZPLTC That was the first time I saw her, and she was perfect in such a strange part. She's really undercast and underrated, imo.

[@jsurovy]

You should watch her in the 1981 "Ghost Story."

[@charlespuruncajas9663]

​@@jsurovyand dont forget Stephen King's Sleepwalkers too

[@crankywriter1738]

I was so used to seeing her as a villain that her performance as Lady Jessica in Sci-Fi Channel’s Children of Dune miniseries shocked me.

[@lud3445]

Yes, triangles...the evilest of shapes

[@wstine79]

I'd walk into a creepy gingerbread house if Ryan Hollinger was the own who owns it.

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

"Come to the dark side, we have Hoyever!"

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

I find the softening of children’s stories over time fascinating. Is it to protect them from harsh reality? A reflection of safer times? Denial?

[@notmyrealpseudonym6702]

It may sound strange but urbanization of children is my take on it. When you grow up farming and having to kill animals directly to eat you get a sense of life and death and the literal visceral goriness inherent in maintaining and being alive. When you go to the market and are divorced from the process and everything is sanitized and 'bloodless' you lose that and live in a world of different caution (urban myths are not fairy tales but fulfil the same purpose). I feel Kafka's metamorphosis story plays off that contrast well

[@miloradvlaovic]

I blame infatuation of the modern civilization with conformity and non-offending to be the most probable reasons for it. Children are being raised more and more lenient progressively, which seems to only produce a counter-effect, they're less mature and their scholastic accomplishments are utter sh*tte, in general. We also foolishly believe that in the urban areas kids don't have to be afraid of the "monsters" (like the wild animals, or tricksters and bandits, for example), so there's no point in scaring them with the grim tales of the old-and-bygone times.

[@filmwitchpod]

Glad one of his films is finally getting serious attention. He’s one of the best horror filmmakers right now.

[@EmberTheShark]

1:55 no worries, get that bag 3:45 fuck yeah, trinity is my favourite disney princess

[@TheNraveles]

I saw this by myself completely alone in the theater and i’m both VERY happy i saw it by myself and sad no one really watched it at the time. People hated this, called it boring, overly slow, pointless, etc. but it was such a great experience in the theater. It’s so beautifully shot, had majorly eerie moments, the acting was amazing, and it was such a fun take on the tale. It deserved more attention

[@boobootittleman7299]

Fuuuuuck yes. Oz Perkins doesn’t get nearly enough love as a horror filmmaker. He should be up there with the likes of Eggers, Aster, Peele & Flanagan. He consistently makes slow, creepy & extremely atmospheric horror films. I am STOKED about his next film Longlegs.

[@Baronnax]

Idk, not really sure if Perkins should have that kind of notoriety yet, but Longlegs might hopefully change that. Just making slow and atmospheric movies doesn't really qualify as excellent film-making if there isn't enough meat on the movie's bones.

[@HotStrange]

He’s got a King adaptation coming out next year too! Also distributed by Neon.

[@jyfoxxc5929]

I'd relllike to see what else he can do with Grimm fairytales ❤.

[@nolancho]

Nope. Wrong! He sucks 😊

[@HotStrange]

@@nolancho lol 😆 haha 🤣 lmao 😂 rofl 🤪

[@mathieuleader8601]

the witch in this film looks like how I picture Discworld's assassin Mr. Teatimes mother to look like.

[@caitt107]

* a wild discworld fan appears *

[@intern_dana]

from what i recall from the fairytale, gretel was always the more clever and proactive of the siblings, so her becoming the protagonist makes a lot of sense. though i agree and wish perkins did more with that idea. or any of his ideas here lol still, fairly solid flick overall!

[@CalestoBella]

I am convinced that people leave comments before they watch the video 😂😂

[@ilikerice5208]

I just left a comment asking for Blackcoats daughter

[@kalecraft8906]

Have you ever noticed that most of the top comments in any video are all talking about something that happened in the first couple minutes or the title/thumbnail?

[@MsOkayAwesome]

I often comment at the beginning of videos because it's important for the algorithm and if I leave it till I'm done watching I might forget

[@rami_ungar_writer]

"Renovating a house is expensive." Dude, so agree! Also, please do Prince of Darkness one of these days.

[@BearPawSwipe]

Such a god suggestion.

[@sirgavalot]

The aesthetics are chefs kiss, that triangle house is something else! And Alice Krige has been in some great recent horrors too

[@minkstar9021]

I never loved this film narrative wise, it felt too thin for a feature length picture, but I always appreciated Perkins clear talent for visual design and atmosphere. Really looking forward to Longlegs, hoping it’s the story that can prove his writing can be just as impressive as his directing skills.

[@GUSYROSA-qj2pk]

This movie has one the best atmospheric horror visuals ever and was totally overlooked and badly reviewed, completely underrated movie, a true artpiece that critics really chose to totally ignore the astonishing visual work and brilliant atmosphere, things that alone get other movies general appraisal.

[@ErinJeanette]

Agreed

[@jwnj9716]

Wasn't really a fan of this one but it did have its moments. Definitely gonna see Longlegs.

[@TeatroGrotesco]

Found this Film when I had a movie pass and was just going into movies blind and if the title or poster interested me....I was rewarded. kinge and Lil miss Marsh are perfect casting and the visuals throughout blew me away.

[@bmidtschalint3904]

I hope making these videos causes you the same amount of happiness that it does to us watching them. Thanks again Ryan!

[@geeker6350]

I'm even more pumped to see 'Longlegs' now after watching this. Oz Perkins has the Midas touch when it comes to horror.

[@rrioghnach]

My sister and I saw the film back when it first came out in theaters. While we both agreed that there were a lot of issues, we still greatly enjoyed it in the same way one would enjoy a novel piece of art. I will always take a film that's confusing but different over cookie cutter schlock. I did genuinely love the costumes and set design of the film, does a fantastic job embodying that Grimm's Fairytale aesthetic.

[@swagathachristie5242]

That shot of the table full of food at 7:18 reminded me instantly of the children’s book Heckedy Peg (specifically the one illustrated by Don Wood in ‘84) which has similarly cannibalistic vibes as a mother has to identify what dish of food each of her 7 children was turned into. It’s just in that book love and knowing her children like the back of her hand saved them (as she guessed they became their favorite foods) and here, no one knows themselves.

[@justiceflynn6297]

This is a gorgeous film in every aspect! I love watching it to get the Autumn feels 🍁🍂🧙‍♀️🪄🧹

[@MrBooone]

I LOVED this film, I have no idea why people didn’t enjoy it. Same goes for pretty thing in the house. The director makes such amazingly vibey films. I hardly see him as try hard

[@kirstyfairly4371]

I loved I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House. I've always felt that movie feels like what you'd get if David Lynch decided to adapt the work of either Shirley Jackson or M.R James. It's such an eerie movie that it still creeps me out just thinking about it.

[@AK-rx8gp]

Maybe i should ratchet it but i mainly remember it being soooo boring lol, but i was like 13 so maybe i missed something​@@kirstyfairly4371

[@pegacorn13]

Agreed. I was really taken aback by that comment. Oz Perkins makes hauntingly beautiful horror films. If you don't particularly like "Gretel and Hansel", that's one thing but to insult this director is quite another. I personally recommend this movie to everyone because (like you), I absolutely LOVE it.

[@wahbegan]

I can't believe you just spoiled a 200-year-old fairytale rude

[@masterseal0418]

You're not wrong. Oz Perkins deserves more credit than usual, and he turned an already creepy fairy tale into a movie about the "demon child" trapped in a dark, depressing world worse than the witch's house made of sweets. Truly the heir to a horror legend's throne, hence the Hitchcock influence in his filmography. However, no one mentions them at all when giving their thoughts on Longlegs. I just hope they do someday.

[@LiamDalley-jd1kc]

Gretel and Hansel I saw a couple of years ago and I was impressed by Oz Perkins and now Longlegs is one of my most anticipated movies this year

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Ryan, check out The Magician, a mockumentary about "Mr. Inbetween".

[@notmyrealpseudonym6702]

Sooo good

[@detneirosid305]

This looks intriguing. Thank for doing this videos. i’ve had the blackcoats daughter on my to watch list so this has added more motivation to watch it now.

[@MissSallyB1]

"as a very grim world" What you did there, I saw it.

[@bangitybangbabang]

Thanks for the longlegs spolier 😂 0:20 I was looking forward to going in knowing nothing, it's not even out yet

[@ErinJeanette]

It was out when you commented this cux I saw it yesterday

[@SuperAlfern]

Thank you for putting the name of the background music the description. Ive been looking for Air Prelude forever.

[@alkaline7]

Got to see Longlegs few weeks ago and the hype is completely justified! It just oozes creepiness and macabre

[@reneelyons6836]

I LOVE the over compensated cinematography. Kudos to Norman Bates' son.

[@jimmyredd]

0:22 Spoilers dude. Movie's not even out yet.

[@christophertheofilos1063]

I would still love to see you tackle Nightbreed and Nightwatch/Daywatch

[@thehorriblebright]

I love this movie. It might be purely out of aesthetic reasons though.

[@elmerzcosta]

YES! I've been waiting for so long for you to talk about this movie

[@lordrath9674]

Lets goooo, first! Obnoxious as that may be, I once again would like to request a look into The Mothman Prophecies. I have some deeply ingrained nostalgia attached to that movie, but would like a more impartial view on it

[@lordrath9674]

If not that, I just remembered something else. A Slenderman movie that predates the more recent one by quite a wide margin, called Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story. Its a found footage through and through, and a pretty good one at that

[@robin64bit]

Its called Gretel and Hanzel because the directer wanted it to stand apart from other versions of the story, for instance on a google search. He said as such.

[@OasisProducti0ns]

Funny story - At the exact moment the witch was hit with the pitchfork when I saw this in the Cinema there was a loud pop and the lights flashed and I thought it was part of the movie. Turns out it was just the emergency lights due to the smoke detectors going off lol

[@benvigus8705]

I actually quite like the movie whereas a friend of mine finds it to be forgettable and not much to think of, so I'm glad you gave it some credit. I actually have a head canon that the huntsman is the huntsman of a Little Red Riding Hood story set in the same world.

[@Too_many_thoughts]

Crazy how I was just watching your 1408 video only for you to upload this gem

[@Polymorphia1965]

This was a fantastic video essay on a sadly overlooked film. Definitely leaves me hungry for a re-watch. And I am looking so forward to your videos on I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives In the House (I still haven't settled with a clear opinion of that one yet myself) and especially The Blackcoat's Daughter, a film that left me a little flat upon first viewing, but wouldn't leave me alone, and has over the years become an absolute favorite. Genius level, really. It always was. I'm just sorta thick and slow(!).

[@saturnaliatryst]

Absolutely looking forward to the other two videos!

[@KayeHalliwell]

I cant believe you spoiled the killer for Longlegs

[@AspelShuyin]

I rarely care about spoilers but when I got to the twist here I was like, "damn, I wish I'd gone to watch this".

[@onibaka14]

This is one of my favorite movies 😭

[@purely.genuine]

"The World is so greedy and selfish, that the mere act of giving is seen as a weakness" ..... Preach 🙌

[@rulerofjotunheim3160]

Watched this with my father the other day, I love horror and he loves fantasy, and it was a really cool experience for us both!

[@GarGhuul]

An interesting look. For some reason Gretel makes me think of Rosemary’s Baby. Probably because of the haircut.

[@thing_under_the_stairs]

She's definitely got that Mia Farrow haircut!

[@psykolikwid]

Excellent video, thanks! You always put out great content! 😊

[@lemon7806]

Words that threw me for a loop in this video: The Matrix, Zombie, young tattooed goth chick

[@inferiorinferno8859]

I personally think it's interesting to name the witch Holda, as that is the name of the Germanic godess the fairytale figure Frau Holle evolved from. In Germanic mythology, she was the embodiment of mother nature being both the goddess of life, death, the forest and magic. Hence why in the fairytale Frau Holle, the girl enters a magical world when she falls into the well- the magical realm is in truth the afterlife where Frau Holle resides to ensure the passage of seasons. The witch being a mother (a symbol of life), the food chain (ways of nature) and the kids sent to the underworld (death) shows Perkins research went way beyond just the Brothers Grimm fairytale of Hansel & Gretel. Whilst most people won't get the references, Germanic mythology doesn't get enough love so I'm happy with it.

[@jennmoslek921]

One of the Long Legs marketing schemes was putting up black billboards with nothing but a red phone number on it. When you call the number, you get some creepy, heavy breathing old man whispering to you for nearly 2 minutes! It was seriously disturbing & genius at the same time! Lol

[@enby_kensei]

I loved The Blackcoat's Daughter and I'm planning to watch Longlegs with my best friends for my birthday. I love Oz Perkins and I hope he gets more mainstream recognition soon.

[@AVClarke]

The setting of Gretel and Hansel looks like it came right out of Kentaro Miura's Berserk.

[@Charlie_Wolfe]

I love Jeremy Jahns review when he says the shots of the witch in the woods/red light looks like it’s from a TOTALLY different movie or a music video

[@MrHoudini1985]

This, and It Chapter 1, were some of the first horror movies I took my younger sister to see. She's loves horror. Also, Sophia Lilis underrated scream queen?

[@oxitape1563]

Agreed and also I’m definitely very intrigued to see what her role is in that new video game that Hideo Kojima and Jordan Peele are making. But if the trailer is anything to go by it’s definitely taking a much more thriller or even horror approach compared to Death Stranding which I absolutely love.

[@jerrybergsteinbaum8008]

Very watchable

[@jerrybergsteinbaum8008]

Someone that seems interesting and vulnerable enough to care about.

[@eliotmccann2589]

First "hoyevver" drops at 0:29. We are rewarded.

[@Vatniks_are_clowns]

Hell yeah, I love your work man ❤️

[@mychannel-lp9iq]

HOYEVER, DOYT.. Im so in love with this man 😭❤️

[@bluejaymusic_]

i love perkins' work, particularly the blackcoat's daughter. so i'm very excited to hear you speak on it!

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Longlegs? More like... SHORTLEGS 😂

[@lordbarristertimsh8050]

@RyanHollinger When are you going to review Crimes of The Future? You mentioned reviewing it in the future in your Mad God review.

[@moondog548]

oh. dang. so .... pretty big spoilers in the first sentence.... ope. :(

[@Insperfestation]

Please do Rent-A-Pal (2020) it's a psychological thriller pertaining to a man who lives with his dementia written mother until he finds a VHS tape that's essentially a first person perspective of a friend simulator and has an unhealthy parasocial attachment to the man named Andy as the gaps of him finding love come at a cost of just spending time with the plethora of VHS tapes featuring Andy at the center of it all. I feel like this movie does parasocial obsession extremely well.

[@iansmart4158]

Gretel & Hansel is actually my favorite from Osgood! His first is good, but this movie is his most fully realized IMO.

[@GutterBeastTDH]

Can we also appreciate the amazingly atmospheric soundtrack that this film has???

[@nosmoking5162]

Thanks for showing clips of I am the pretty thing that lives in the house! I watched it years ago but couldn’t remember what it was called

[@JohnGalt916]

I forgot this movie existed. I just remember my wife fell asleep twice and we walked out😂

[@inklingofadream]

I have such weird associations with this movie. It and The Invisible Man were at my local theater, and I was going to see one or both as soon as I was in a groove for the semester at school. I looked at the listings every week, weighing how much homework I had and how willing I was to drive to the theater instead of hanging out with Netflix. I looked the day before my campus shut down for COVID, and I watched those listings hang out on the website, with fewer and fewer showtimes, hoping things would go back to normal soon, until the theater gave up and officially closed when government-mandated lockdown started a week or two later.

[@im19ice3]

seems like i would love this movie, perhaps purely for the cinematography but i dont mind its overemphasised message

[@joblohnny]

saw the thumbnail change LMAO

[@keylockmvp]

very excited for this trilogy.

[@JoshyJPow]

The first two minutes of this video describe longlegs beautifully

[@megagani]

oh wow, i always remember Perkins as the nerd friend from Legally Blonde.

[@Kurtsg10]

I missed this when it came out as it had the misfortune of coming out in the Annis Horribilis that was 2020. Thank you for reviewing this one @Ryan Hollinger. The Scream Factory just did a 4k release of it many, have any of you checked it out? @Ryan Hollinger, you should review "The New Mutants," another troubled movie from that troubled year. It was an effort by Fox's X-Men team to do a "superhero horror" like Dr. Strange and Venom, but it ended up suffering from endless studio meddling and was dumped during the summer of 2020. I own that one mostly due to liking the Anya Taylor Joy Magick character and the Director's passion for the source material is obvious, even if the movie's production trouble is obvious in its plot holes.

[@docsaico]

I’m so excited for this series and so excited for LONGLEGS!

[@adashofbitter]

How dare you make videos just to pay bills. You’ll get what you’re given! Wonderful video as always… My anger only comes from my impatience for you to cover Blackcoat’s Daughter. Keep up the great work.

[@TheNervousnation]

Im gonna have to miss this film, ty for the heads up.

[@blueberryf1nch969]

Longlegs wasnt really my vibe, but I was taken by Perkin's style. I'm looking forward to watching his other works!

[@wstine79]

I hope you get those triple views so you can afford to Renovate your gingerbread house

[@WrknOnLvnTheLvn]

I loved Gretel and Hansel so much

[@gimpinainteasy]

I had to google and make sure it wasn't about spiders. I literally stayed away from this.. for that reason.

[@seanriley2534]

I am so fucking excited for Longlegs, the most excited ive been for a movie in awhile tbh!

[@rk9atx]

I bought tickets for opening night of LongLegs so it's good that I get this video beforehand.

[@nickbeaver822]

havent seen all your stuff yet so maybe youve already done it but id love to see your takes on some 70s horror (early wes craven, texas chain saw massacre, straw dogs, excorcist, etc), banger of a video as always though!

[@rociomiranda5684]

Thank you for the video.

[@hydrophobicbathtowel6816]

I love this film. I watched it four times when it first came out.

[@Meretneith]

My favorite fairy tale adaptation!

[@vanthdreadstar8039]

It was a really great looking film. I liked it well enough to search out his other movies. I like your take on the Huntsman, and agree that could very much be the reason he is there.

[@drejenkins8801]

The matrix line had me for a second

[@weasel4201]

This is a time where the movie is so good it doesn’t feel Mary sue of a character. She struggles and evolved as the film goes on and obvious weakness the boy.