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The story of Little Red Riding Hood and its themes have appeared in literature and other forms of art. This page provides a small discussion of some of the better known treatments by authors and other artists. Novels produced by romance publishers are not listed on this page, but can be found on Romance Novels: Fairy Tale Romances at Little Red Riding Hood. Literature Poetry Music Film Theatre
Argueta, Manlio. Little Red Riding
Hood in the Red Light District. New York: Curbstone Press, 1998. NOVEL: This award-winning novel revolves around the relationship between two young lovers in a time of political upheaval, evoking characters and themes from the classic fairy tale within the wartime environment of El Salvador. The red light district refers not only to sexual exploitation but also to the political violence Salvadorans suffered in the late seventies.
Cross, Gillian. Wolf. London: Puffin,
1990. NOVEL: "Cassy is forced to stay with her mother in a squatter's settlement of artists, where she joins the group in producing an educational program about wolves and inadvertently learns that her missing father is a notorious terrorist. Cassie's terror begins in her nightmares about wolves, and when she finds herself in an abandoned house, those nightmares become all too real."
Jungman, Ann. Lucy And The Big Bad Wolf. Barn
Owl Books, 2005. NOVEL: From Publisher: An original take on the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood, this account follows the adventures of Lucy Jones and the wolf. When Lucy in her red anorak meets the wolf in the forest, she has a hard time convincing him that she is not Red Riding Hood. The hilarious story that follows turns stereotypes on their heads. This modernized classic will help to educate children by introducing such wide-ranging topics as war, friendship, community, and the ethics of zoos.
Sanvoisin, Eric. Little Red Ink Drinker. New
York: Delacorte, 2003. NOVEL: Card catalog description: "Two young ink-drinkers are sucked into a fairy tale and must be saved by Uncle Draculink."
Schmitz, Anthony. Darkest Desire: The Wolf's Own
Tale. Ecco, 1998. NOVEL: Horror. Wolf's life in the wood might be happy, except for one problem. He can't control his urge to devour children who stumble across his path. His runaway desires have made him an outcast among his peers. He lives an unhappy, solitary life -- until he encounters the Brothers Grimm. Wolf is thrilled to realize that in the presence of these scholars, he can speak. The Grimms take Wolf into their camp, fill him with brandy, and poke at the source of his easily apparent unhappiness. When they learn the truth about Wolf's cravings, they propose a cure.
Viguie, Debbie. Scarlet Moon. New
York: Simon Pulse, 2004. NOVEL: From book cover: "Ruth's grandmother lives in the forest, banished there for the "evil" that the townsfolk believed she practiced. But if studying the stars, learning about nature, and dreaming of flyimg is evil, then Ruth is guilty of it too. Whenever Ruth took food and supplies to her grandmother, she would sit with the old woman for hours, listening and learning. When she wasn't in the woods, Ruth was learning the trade of her father, a blacksmith, now that her brother would never return from the Crusades. Amidst those dark days, a new man enters Ruth's life. William is a noble with a hot temper and a bad name, and he makes her shiver. But the young man is prey to his heritage, a curse placed on his family ages ago, and each male of the family has strange blood running in his veins. Now Ruth must come face-to-face with his destiny at Grandma's house." Literature:
Short Stories
Baker, Russel. "Little Red Riding Hood Revisited." New York Times Magazine. 13 January 1980. SHORT STORY: Actually an essay, this is a wonderful read and shouldn't be missed.
Block, Francesca Lia. "Wolf." The Rose and the Beast. New York: Harper Collins, 2000. SHORT STORY
Brooke, William. "Little Well Read Riding Hood." Teller of Tales. New York: Harper Trophy, 1994. SHORT STORY
Carter, Angela. "The
Company of Wolves." The Bloody Chamber
and Other Stories. Penguin USA, 1993. SHORT STORY Carter, Angela. "The Werewolf." The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories. Penguin USA, 1993. SHORT STORY Childe-Pemberton, Harriet Louisa. "All my Doing; or Red Riding-Hood Over Again." The Fairy Tales of Every Day. London: Christian Knowledge Society, 1882. SHORT STORY You can read this story on SurLaLune at: All my Doing; or Red Riding-Hood Over Again.
Crider, Bill. "It Happened at Grandmother's House." Once Upon A Crime. Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, eds. New
York: Berkeley Prime Crime, 1998. SHORT STORY
Duffy, Carol
Ann.
"Little Red-Cap." Rumpelstiltskin
and Other Grimm Tales. London: Faber and Faber, 1999. Also available
in: Duffy, Carol
Ann.
"Little
Red-Cap." More Grimm Tales. Dramatization by Tim Supple.
London: Faber and Faber, 1997. SHORT STORY
Fisher, David. "Little Red Riding
Hood v. Regal Pictures, Inc.." Legally Correct Fairy Tales.
New York: Warner, 1996. SHORT STORY Fisher, David. "USA v. Wolf: Deposition
of Mr. Wolf." Legally Correct Fairy Tales. New York: Warner,
1996. SHORT STORY
Galloway, Priscilla. "The Good Mother." Truly
Grim Tales. New York: Delacorte, 1995. SHORT STORY
Garner, James Finn. "Little
Red Riding Hood." Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern
Tales for Our Life and Times. New York: Hungry Minds Inc, 1994. SHORT STORY Helfers, John. "The Better to Eat You With." Once Upon A Crime. Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, eds. New
York: Berkeley Prime Crime, 1998. SHORT STORY
Helfers, John. "Savior." Twice Upon A
Time. Denise Little, ed. New York: DAW Books, 1999. SHORT STORY
Hopkinson, Nalo. "Riding the Red." Black
Swan, White Raven . Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York:
Avon, 1997. Also available in: SHORT STORY
Koja, Kathe. "I Shall Do Thee Mischief in the
Wood." Snow White, Blood Red. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling,
eds. New York: Avon, 1995. SHORT STORY
Koja, Kathe. "Lupe." My Swan Sister:
Fairy Tales Retold. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York:
Simon and Schuster, 2003. SHORT STORY Lanigan, Carol. "All the Better to
See You." Rapunzel's Revenge: Fairy Tales for Feminists. Dublin:
Attic Press, 1985. SHORT STORY
Lee, Tanith. "A Wolf at the Door." A Wolf at the Door. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 2000. SHORT STORY
Lee, Tanith. "Wolfland." Red
as Blood: Or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer. New York: DAW Books,
1983. SHORT STORY
Maguire, Gregory. "Little Red Robin
Hood." Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales. New York:
HarperCollins, 2004. SHORT STORY
Marcantonio, Patricia Santos. "Red Ridin' in the
Hood." Red Ridin' in the Hood: and Other Cuentos. Renato Alarcao,
illustrator. New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2005. SHORT STORY: From the publisher: "Red Ridin' in the Hood," moves the setting to the barrio, where Red decides to brave dangerous Forest Street in order to reach her abuelita and encounters the menacing wolf in a thumping Chevy lowrider."
Mayer, Gloria Gilbert and Thomas Mayer.
"Little Red Riding Hood." Goldilocks on Management: 27 Revisionist
Fairy Tales for Serious Managers. New York: American Management Association,
1999. SHORT STORY Monfredo, Miriam Grace. "The Apprentice." The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Volume 7. Ellen Datlow and
Terri Windling, eds. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. SHORT STORY
Quattlebaum, Mary. "Red Riding Hood
and the Scrawny Little Wolf." Newfangled Fairy Tales:
Book #2. Bruce Lansky, ed. New York: Meadowbrook Press, 1998. SHORT STORY
Rabe, Jean. "Trading Fours With the
Moldy Figs." Little Red Riding Hood in the Big
Bad City. Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers, eds. New York: DAW,
2004. SHORT STORY Radford, Irene. "Litte Red in the
'Hood." Little Red Riding Hood in the Big Bad
City. Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers, eds. New York: DAW, 2004. SHORT STORY Sharpe, Anne. "Not So Little Red
Riding Hood." Rapunzel's Revenge: Fairy Tales for Feminists. Dublin: Attic Press, 1985. SHORT STORY
Shetterley, Will. "Little
Red and the Big Bad." My Swan Sister:
Fairy Tales Retold. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York:
Simon and Schuster, 2003. SHORT STORY Thurber, James. "The Little Girl
and the Wolf." Fables for Our Times. New York: Harper &
Row, 1940. SHORT STORY
Tocher, Timothy. "Little Bad Wolf
and Red Riding Hood." Newfangled Fairy Tales:
Book #1. Bruce Lansky, ed. New York: Meadowbrook Press, 1997. SHORT STORY
Vande Velde, Vivian. "The Granddaughter." Tales From the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird. San Diego,
CA: Harcourt Brace, 1995. SHORT STORY
Walker, Barbara. "Little White Riding Hood." Feminist Fairy Tales. San Francisco: Harper, 1996. SHORT STORY
Wheeler, Wendy. "Little Red." Snow White, Blood Red. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New
York: Avon, 1995. SHORT STORY Yolen, Jane. "Happy Dens; or, A Day
in the Old Wolves' Home." The Faery Flag: Stories and Poems of
Fantasy and the Supernatural. New York: Orchard, 1989. SHORT STORY Yolen, Jane. "Wonder Land." Sisters in
Fantasy II. Susan Schwartz and Martin H. Greenberg, eds. New York,
ROC, 1996. SHORT STORY Ali, Agha
Shahid.
"An Interview with Red Riding Hood." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy
Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland,
OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 228. Ali, Agha
Shahid.
"The Wolf's Postscript to 'Little Red Riding Hood.'" The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy
Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland,
OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 55. Alterman, Nathan. "Red Ridinghood." Modern Hebrew Poetry. Bernhard Frank, ed. Iowa
City: University of Iowa Press, 1980. Beaumont, Jeanne
Marie.
"Where's Wolf?" The
Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie
Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press,
2003. p. 128. Bolton, Gillie. "Little Red Riding
Hood and the Wolf." Parents: An Anthology of Poems by
Women Writers. Myra Schneider and Dilys Wood, eds. London:
Enitharmon Press, 2000.
Broumas, Olga. "Little Red Riding
Hood." Beginning with O. New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press, 1977. Also available in: Carryl, Guy Wetmore. "How Little Red Riding Hood Came To Be Eaten." Grimm Tales Made Gay. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1902. Also available in: Read the poem on this site at How Little Red Riding Hood Came To Be Eaten.
Dahl, Roald. "Little
Red Riding Hood and the Wolf." Revolting Rhymes. New York:
Puffin Books, 1982. You can read the poem on line at Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf. Daly, Karen. "Red Riding Hood."Available at "Red Riding Hood." Endicott Studio Website. http://www.endicott-studio.com/cofrdrhd.html.
Duffy, Carol Ann. "Little
Red-Cap." The Poets'
Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont
and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p.
121. Also availabe in: Fry, Nan. "The Wolf's Story." The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual
Collection. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York: St. Martin's
Press, 2003. Gray, Alice
Wirth.
"On a Nineteenth Century Color Lithograph of Red Riding Hood by the
Artist J.H." The Poets'
Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont
and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p.
182. Hadas, Rachel. "The Wolf in the Bed." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne
Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press,
2003. p. 253. Harte, Bret. "What the Wolf Really Said to Little
Red Riding-Hood." Argonaut
Edition of the Works of Bret Harte, V. 8. New York: Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., 1882. Read the poem on this site at What the Wolf Really Said to Little Red Riding-Hood.
Hay, Sara Henderson. "The
Grandmother." Story Hour. Fayetteville, AS: University
of Arkansas Press, 1998. Herd, Tracey. "One of the Gang." New Women Poets. Carol Rumens, ed. Highgreen Tarset
Northumberland: Bloodaxe Books, 1990. Hope, Anthony D. "Coup De Grace." Disenchantments: An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry. Wolfgang Mieder, ed. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1985. Joseph, Jenny. "Derivations: Story." Selected Poems. Highgreen Tarset Northumberland:
Bloodaxe Books, 1992. "Story" is a selection from the longer poem, "Derivations." Komunyakaa, Yusef.
"Castrato." The
Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie
Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press,
2003. p. 251.
Lochhead, Liz. "The Mother." Dreaming Frankenstein and Collected Poems. London: Polygon Books,
1984. This poem originally appeared in: Lochhead, Liz. The Grimm Sisters. London: Next Editions (In Association with Faber & Faber), 1981. Miner, Carrie. "Wolf."Available at "Wolf." Endicott Studio Website. http://www.endicott-studio.com/cofwolf.html. NorthSun, Nila. "Little Red Riding
Hood." A Geography of Poets: An Anthology of the New Poetry. Edward Field, ed. New York: Bantam Books, 1981. Riley, James Whitcomb.
"Maymie's Story Of Red Riding-hood." Disenchantments:
An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry. Wolfgang Mieder,
ed. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1985. Read the poem on this site at Maymie's Story Of Red Riding-hood. Riley, James Whitcomb. "Red Riding-Hood. " Read the poem on this site at Red Riding-Hood.
Sansom, Clive. "Wolf." Return to Magic. London: Leslie Frewin, 1969.
Schimel, Lawrence. "Journeybread
Recipe." Black Thorn, White Rose. Ellen Datlow and Terri
Windling, eds. New York: Avon, 1995. Seibles, Tim.
"What Bugs Bunny Said to Red Riding Hood." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy
Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland,
OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 53.
Sexton, Anne. "Little
Red Riding Hood."Transformations. Houghton Mifflin Co.,
1979. Sholl, Betsy. "Riding
Hood." Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spiritualities. Marilyn Sewell, editor. Boston: Beacon Press, 1991. (Paperback:
Houghton Mifflin, 2000). Sill, Edward Rowland. "The
Coup de Grace." An American Anthology, 1787–1900. Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Read the poem on this site at The Coup de Grace. Simic, Charles. "Bedtime Story." Selected Poems, 1963–1983—Revised and Expanded. New York: George Braziller, 1990. Sklarew, Myra. "Red Riding Hood
At The Acropolis." Disenchantments: An Anthology of Modern
Fairy Tale Poetry. Wolfgang Mieder, ed. Hanover, NH: University
Press of New England, 1985. Snydal, Laurence.
"Grandmother." The Poets'
Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont
and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p.
56. Steiber, Ellen. "Silver
and Gold." Black Thorn, White Rose. Ellen Datlow and
Terri Windling, eds. New York: Avon, 1995. Also available at "Silver and Gold." Endicott Studio Website. http://www.endicott-studio.com/cofsilgo.html.
Strauss, Gwen. "The Waiting Wolf." Trail
of Stones. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Walwicz, Ania. "Little Red Riding
Hood." The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Australian Poetry. John Tranter and Philip Mead, eds. Highgreen Tarset Northumberland: Bloodaxe
Books, 1991, 1994. Whittier, John Greenleaf. "Red Riding-Hood." The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier. New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1904. Read the poem on this site at Red Riding-Hood. Yolen, Jane. "Will." The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Volume 6. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1993. Zucker, Rachel. "What I Want You
to See Is She When Not Here as in Now." The
Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries. Reginald Shepherd, editor.
Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, 2004. Zupan, Vitomil. "A Fairy Tale." Disenchantments: An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry. Wolfgang Mieder, ed. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1985. Also see Little Red Riding Hood on the Folklore and Fairy Tale Music page. I have listed primarily classical compositions of music using the themes of this fairy tale in either ballet, opera or some other musical style. I have also provided links to popular recordings of the music when available at Amazon.com. The advantage to these links is that you can listen to samples of the music at no charge.
Stephen Sondheim. Into The Woods. In 1986, Into the Woods hit Broadway and enjoyed great success. The musical incorporates many fairy tale characters and plots including Little Red Riding Hood. I have included the Broadway and London casts' recordings below. An excellent site about this musical is at Into the Woods. Title: Into
the Woods--Original Cast Recording Title: Into the Woods--London Cast
Recording To learn more
about these films, please visit the Little Red Riding Hood (1922). Walt Disney, director. ANIMATED SHORT: "Mother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he eats one, and loses all 9 lives. Mother puts together a basket for Red to take to granny. Red uses her cart, which is pushed by her little dog; the cart gets a flat tire, and she inflates a donut to replace it. A wolf (a human lothario) drives by in a flivver, and dashes off to grandma's house, where he finds a note saying she's gone to the movies. He shrinks his car and stashes it in his pocket, then waits for Red, who stopped to watch a dancing flower. Red arrives, and they go into the house, where he attempts to have his way with her. The dog rushes off and gets help from an airplane pilot, who uses a skyhook to remove the house and, ultimately, lift the wolf in his car and drop him in the lake." (IMDB.com) Dizzy Red Riding Hood (1931).
Dave Fleischer, director. ANIMATED SHORT: A Betty Boop interpretation of Little Red Riding Hood. Betty Boop goes to Grandma's through the woods despite warnings about wolves. Bimbo follows and gives the old story a new twist. The Big Bad Wolf (1934). Burt
Gillett, director. Walt Disney, producer. ANIMATED SHORT: "The two foolish little pigs escort Red Riding Hood on a short cut through the woods, against the advice of their bricklayer brother. When they encounter the wolf, Red runs ahead to granny's house and the pigs run home. The wolf gets to granny's house first and scares her into a closet, then dresses as granny. Alerted by his brothers, the smart pig arrives just as granny has pulled Red into the closet with her and takes care of the wolf with the help of some hot coals and popcorn."(IMDB.com) The Trial of Mr. Wolf (1941). Friz Freleng, director. Cast: ANIMATED SHORT: A fractured fairy tale perhaps best remembered for Mel Blanc's vocal appearance. "The Big Bad Wolf, villain of children's stories for years, is on trial for crimes committed against Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. When given a chance to speak in his defense, Mr. Wolf explains the supposed real story behind the fairy tale, in which he is the victim and Red and her grandma are the ones to blame. Will the jury buy his story?" (IMDB.com) Red Riding Hood Rides Again (1941). Sid Marcus, director. ANIMATED SHORT: "This satirical version of "Red Riding Hood" was, especially the ending, very topical when released in 1941, as the US had instituted a draft lottery long before Pearl Harbor (December 7,1941.) The wolf convinces Red he is a police dog and he hastily beats a path to Grandma's house with intentions of making a meal of her. But Grandma's boyfriend shows up and takes her dancing. He then plans on eating Red, but the postman arrives with his draft induction notice." (IMDB.com) Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944). Friz Freleng, director. Cast: ANIMATED SHORT: "An all-black cast, featuring the Three Bears as a jazz combo, combines the stories of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood." (IMDB.com) The Wolf's Pardon (1947). Eddie Donnelly, director. ANIMATED SHORT: "In the last 10 years, much has changed in the world of Mother Goose. Little Boy Blue is now a hot jazz trumpeter; Little Tommy Tucker is a crooner; Tom Tom the Piper's Son is a cop; and the Big Bad Wolf is about to be paroled. He visits the three little pigs, but they're bigger than him now and run a construction company. Finally, he goes after Little Red Riding Hood; as expected, she's all grown up now, and as he approaches from behind, she's playing the piano, singing beautifully, and looks great until she turns around, wearing glasses, buck teeth, and looking just plain ugly. She's also man crazy, and chases after the wolf, who finally escapes into a soda shoppe where he's smothered with kisses from all the girls there." (IMDB.com) Little Red Rodent Hood (1952). Friz Freleng, director. Cast: ANIMATED SHORT: "An elderly mouse tells the bedtime story of Little Red Riding Hood to her grandson, who visualizes the tale in cat-and-mouse terms, with himself as Red and Sylvester as the Big Bad Wolf." (IMDB.com) Red Riding Hoodwinked (1955).
Friz Freleng, director. Cast: ANIMATED SHORT: "Red Riding Hood is on her way from the city to the country and to her grandmother's house, and along the way she meets the Big Bad Wolf. Her grandmother is Granny, and she is bringing Tweety Bird to Granny as a gift, which attracts Sylvester's attention. Sylvester and the Big Bad Wolf join forces; he wants to eat Tweety; Big Bad wants to eat Red. But Granny is a match for them both! " (IMDB.com)
Fractured Fairy Tales: Little
Red Riding Hood (1959-60) (TV). In Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Jay Ward Productions. ANIMATED SHORT: The Fractured Fairy Tales segment became a popular part of the first season of the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (known under various names through the years) that premiered in the fall of 1959. They have remained in syndication ever since. Little Red Riding Hood originally aired in Episode 26 of Season 1. The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood (1965) (TV). Sid Smith, director. Cast: "This revisionist fairy tale is told from the Wolf's point of view. He was minding his business when along came this precocious little girl, Red Riding Hood. "And the nerve of that cowardly woodsman, daring to hint that I was attacking her", the wolf cries. Naturally, the animals of the forest do not believe him." (IMDB.com) Rough Riding Hood (1966). Sid Marcus, director. ANIMATED SHORT: "Woody Woodpecker is reading the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and soon finds himself living the fable when a sobbing Red confronts him, telling him how a mean wolf has been bullying her on her entire trip to Grandma's. Woody plans to get even with the fiendish (and totally stupid) wolf by swapping places with her and going to HIS Grandma's. The wolf stops Woody carrying an apple pie and demands, "Let me have it" (Needless to say, he gets it alright!). Woody then offers the wolf a plum pudding (actually a beehive). The wolf takes a "shortcut" to get to Granny's first but Woody is on to his scheme leading him into several nasty spots (a water geyser, an eagle's nest, and a phone booth which blasts into orbit like a rocket). Woody arrives at Granny's and takes Granny's place finally getting rid of the wolf at last. Alas, when he tells Granny they're rid of that wolf, she angrily tells him, "For thirty years, I've been trying to MARRY that wolf" and gives the woodpecker a good spanking!" (IMDB.com) Pro Krasnuyu Shapochku (1977). Leonid Nechayev, director. USSR. USA Title: About the Little Red Riding Hood. Cast: A sequel to the well-known story about a Little Red Riding Hood. This time, a family of a slain wolf decides to avenge his death. So they falsely inform Little Red Riding Hood that her grandma is sick and prepare to eat her on her way.
Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre:
Little Red Riding Hood (1983) (TV). Cast: This television series originally aired on Showtime for six seasons and a total of 27 episodes. To see a full episode list, go to Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre.
The Company of Wolves (1984). Neil
Jordan, director. Cast: Not for kids! Based on the story by Angela Carter. "This movie is in fact a magical bag full of symbolic folklore about werewolves, or, rather, their sexual connotation. Grandmother Angela Lansbury tells her granddaughter Sarah Patterson strange, disturbing tales about innocent maidens falling in love with handsome, heavily eyebrowed strangers with a smouldering look in their eyes; about sudden disappearances of spouses when the moon is round & the wolves are howling in the woods; about babies found inside stork eggs, in a stork nest high up a tree; etc., etc. Of course the story of Little Red Ridinghood is also present, with a very handsome he-wolf! (And of course this he-wolf consumes Grandmother, but 'consumes' Little Red Ridinghood). All the stories are somehow reducable to loss of innocence, and fear of/hunger for (a newly acquired sense of) sexuality; their Freudian character is mirrored in their dreamlike shapes. This movie is not really a horror movie; it's more a multiple tale about growing up into adolescence." (IMDB.com)
Cannon Movie Tales: Red Riding
Hood (1987). Adam Brooks, director. Cast: "The high spirited daughter of the village lord and her mother have been living in the forest for seven years near her wise grandmother. They wait for her father to come home, meanwhile, her literally heartless uncle rules. He sells his soul for the aid of an enchanted wolf who turns himself human in order to spy. As the tyranical lord begins to see his niece as a threat, he sends the wolf to deal with her." (IMDB.com) To see a full list of Cannon Movie Tales, go to Cannon Movie Tales.
Into the Woods (1991) (TV).
James Lapine, director. Cast: FILM OF ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST PRODUCTION: A baker and his wife journey into the woods in search of a cow, a red cape, a pair of golden slippers and some magic beans to lift a curse that has kept them childless. Tony Award winners Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason and the rest of the original Broadway cast weave their magic spell over you in Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece, directed by James Lapine, a seamless fusion of fairy tale characters and what happens after "happily ever after." With oft-recorded songs such as "Children Will Listen," "No One is Alone," and "Into the Woods" is a music lover's delight from start to finish--and will forever cement Stephen Sondheim's unparalleled position as the giant of the American musical theater. The Trial of Red Riding Hood (1992) (TV). Eric Till, director. Cast: Red Riding Hood is tried for the murder of The Wolf.
Freeway (1996). Matthew Bright,
director. Cast: Modern, street-savvy Riding Hood. Not for kids! Redux Riding Hood (1997). Steve Moore, director. ANIMATED SHORT: Years after failing to catch Little Red Riding Hood, the obsessed Wolf tries again. Little Red Riding Hood (1997). David Kaplan, director. Cast: SHORT FILM: A film short which has made its rounds in the independent film festival circuit. It has also aired on the Sundance Channel. Not for kids! "This quite short film is a little masterpiece of a fairy tale. There are only three characters. The scene opens with a very sexy-looking wolf stalking Red Riding Hood through the wood on her way to dear Grandma's cottage. By the time she reaches her destination the wolf has already digested Grandma apart from a few entrails which he has reserved in a bowl for little Red Riding Hood. The wolf with lathering lips waits expectantly in bed for the innocent young maiden. "Take off your clothes" he murmurs "Throw them in the fire. You won't be needing them any more". Puzzled she complies and then into bed beside the hairy body. Quentin Crisp's oily voice seems just right for the narration...very persuasive, very sexy. We are held in suspense waiting for the wolf's next move. Poor little Red Riding Hood, we think, she is only a little girl and completely at his mercy. How can she possibly outwit this monster? But this Red Riding Hood, bred and brought up in the country is no simpleton. Her big round eyes have seen many things and she has learnt from Nature. She soon realises that all is not as it seems. The conclusion to the film is as interesting as its beginning and the music selected adds a lovely freshness to the scenes." (IMDB.com)
Jin-Roh:The Wolf Brigade (1998). Hiroyuki Okiura, director. ANIME: Amazon.com description: Written by Mamoru Oshii (the director of the cult favorite Ghost in the Shell) and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura (a key animator on Akira), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade offers a violent but compelling vision in animation. The story is set in a fictionalized version of the recent past, when a repressive Japanese government is battling the Sect, a violent revolutionary organization that uses adolescent girls they call "Red Riding Hoods" as couriers. During a raid, Capitol Police Constable Kazuki Fuse (pronounced "foo-seh," voice by Michael Dobson) balks at killing Nanami Agawa (Maggie Blue O'Hare), one of the Red Riding Hoods. She commits suicide with a powerful bomb. While Fuse undergoes retraining, he meets Nanami's older sister, Kei (Moneca Stori), and initiates an odd romance. Soon both characters are caught in a web of plots and counterplots that center on the possibility that Fuse may be a "wolf," a member of a secret cabal within the Capitol Police. Suitable for ages 18 and up: considerable violence, profanity, and tobacco use.
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (TV).
David Carson and Herbert Wise, directors. Cast: This epic 10-hour miniseries was a ratings bust on television Kimberly Williams is Virginia, a waitress who still lives with her janitor father (John Larroquette) and yearns for something exciting to happen to her. Her wish comes true when she and her father are transported from New York City into the nine kingdoms populated by characters from fairy tales of yore. They team up with a dog who's really a prince--Wendell, grandson of Snow White--changed into canine form by the evil Queen (Dianne Wiest), who plots to usurp Wendell's throne. Father, daughter, and his royal dogness are relentlessly pursued through the nine kingdoms by the Troll King (Ed O'Neill) and his three bumbling and horrible children, and the conflicted Wolf (Scott Cohen), who is allied with the Queen but tames his inner beast and falls in love with Virginia. The 10th Kingdom is a special effects extravaganza. There is indeed, as one character marvels, magic to behold here. But despite the Hallmark brand name and the presence of a grown-up Snow White (Camryn Manheim) and Cinderella (Ann-Margret), bewitched animals, magic mirrors, and trolls, this is not kid's stuff. It can get scary, surprisingly violent, and quite intense; you know, just like real fairy tales. Falsehood (2001). Kenneth Lui, director. Cast: SHORT FILM: "Once upon a time, Little Bo Peep lost her sheep and was forced into early retirement. She blamed The Wolf for the slaughter of her sheep and was never allowed to tend sheep ever again. After that traumatic event, Bo Peep eventually grew up and became the best public defense lawyer in the land. Now she faces the most difficult case of her entire career: defending The Wolf in the infamous Red Riding Hood rape trial. Every pig, witch and princess anticipates the outcome of what has turned into the most controversial trial of all time." (IMDB.com)
Red Riding Hood (2003). Giacomo
Cimini, director. Italy/USA. Cast: Not for kids! Horror film with violent scenes and horrible reviews. Only adding here to be complete. Rated R (USA).
Red Riding Hood (2004). Randal Kleiser,
director. USA. Cast: MUSICAL: "An adolescent girl, Red, is tasked by her mother with delivering a package to her grandmother who lives deep in the magic Forest. What she doesn't know is that her mission masks an even greater task: to carry on the age old fairy tale legacy and become Red Riding Hood. However, before she can become the legendary maiden in red, Red must overcome her fears to ultimately outwit and defeat the Big, Bad Wolf." Rated PG (USA). DysEnchanted (2003). Terri Miller, director. Cast: SHORT FILM: "Storybook characters Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Goldilocks, Alice, Dorothy, and Red Riding Hood are in group therapy dishing and dealing with what comes after "happily ever after." When Clara, a New Jersey divorcee, joins the group, she finds out that while life is no fairy tale, it doesn't mean her dysenchantment has to be terminal." (IMDB.com)
Hoodwinked (2005). Cory Edwards
and Todd Edwards, directors. ANIMATION: From the studio: "Everyone knows the story of Little Red Riding Hood . . . or so they think. That’s all about to change because no one has ever seen their favorite fairy tale quite like this -- turned upside-down, inside-out and reinvented as a computer-animated caper comedy that at last reveals the shocking true-crime investigation behind the legend. At last, the full story can be revealed of how Red (ANNE HATHAWAY), Granny (GLENN CLOSE), The Woodsman (JIM BELUSHI) and the Wolf (PATRICK WARBURTON) all came together as criminal suspects in a case that almost HOODWINKED the law. With inventive story telling, spunk and wit, filmmakers Cory & Todd and Tony Leech bring to the screen a story for the young, the young at heart and everyone in between." Rated PG (USA). Angus, J. Keith. "Little Red Riding Hood." Children's Theatricals: Being a Series of Popular Fairy Tales AdaptedFor Representation in the Drawing Room. London: George Routlege and Sons, 1879 [1878]. Duffy, Carol
Ann.
"Little
Red-Cap." Collected Grimm Tales. Dramatization by Tim Supple.
London: Faber and Faber, 2003. Also available in: SHORT PLAY Emmett, Robert. The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood. Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Bob Merrill. Book by Robert Emmett. New York: Samuel French. MUSICAL: Christmas musical. It is Christmas Eve and the animals in the zoo are having a party. Lone T. Wolf hasn't been invited. He blames his social problems on Red Riding Hood and proceeds to tell his side of the story. Actually, she was on her way to Grandmother's to deliver a Christmas present and the wolf is not a bad dude. The score bubbles with cheerful holiday songs, catchy ballads that are well-suited to children's voices, and a slinky tango called ''Granny's Song.'' Kidd, Virginia. Happily Ever Once Upon. New York: Samuel French. FULL-LENGTH PLAY: Parody. After twenty years of marriage, Cinderella and Prince Charming have some problems: the Enchanted Kingdom teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. Cinderella's fairy godmother is blackmailing her, the Prince's adviser has one arm and one swan's wing and an unfortunate habit of breaking everything he encounters, and Red Riding Hood has set her cap for the Prince. Though hoping Rumplestilskin can spin gold from straw, the Prince fears he may have to make the Enchanted Kingdom a tourist attraction. Cinderella resolves their difficulties by confronting her godmother and opening the Kingdom to writers who promise them royalties from their stories. Lapine,
James. Into
the Woods. Music
and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by James Lapine. London:
Josef Weinberger. MUSICAL: A bewitching crew of classic characters romp through a "happily ever after" kingdom in this musical fairy-tale. Interweaving a hilarious mix of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, the Baker's Wife, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel in a multi-layered plot which ends happily in Act One, the musical then explores "happily ever after" in Act Two as previous actions come home to roost - with a vengeance! Montley, Patricia. "Little Red and the Big Bad She Wolf." Not So Grim Fairy Tales. New York: Samuel French. SHORT PLAY: Satire. Five scenes present unusual variations on familiar tales. In "Little Red and the Big Bad She Wolf," Red is invited by Mae Wolf to quit Harvard Business School and get a start in the service-selling business—despite Granny's opposition (she is Mae's senior partner). In "Bumble Stiltskin and the Baby Business," Rumpel's put-upon wife implores the Queen to keep her royal baby and offers to set up a Day Care Center if she gets government support. Also included are "Snow White and the Anti-Freeze," "Jack and the Marijuana Stalk," and "Cinderella." Payne, David and Julie. Little Red
Riding Hood and the Magic Dragon. Book by David and Julie Payne. Lyrics
by Julie Payne. Music by Martha Yordy. Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Publishing
Company of Chicago. MUSICAL: Little Red Riding Hood lived happily ever after is where Little Red Riding Hood and the Magic Dragon begins. But Little Red isn't really happy. Through the song, "Fairy Tale Lament," we learn that she has grown tired of her story. She dreads knowing that every time someone opens up her book she will be forced to relive the same old familiar tale. With the help of Toby, a lovable, comical magic dragon, Little Red sets off for new adventures. Along the way she meets, and sometimes becomes, other fairy-tale characters like princes and witches and frogs. She manages to find excitement and sometimes danger. Ultimately Little Red's magical journey brings her to realize that anything is possible and that imagination is the beginning of everything. Schenkar, Joan. The Universal Wolf. In Signs of Life: 6 Comedies of Menace. New York: Samuel French. FULL-LENGTH PLAY: Dark comedy. Widely produced in colleges and little theatres, this is the quintessential send-up of both the Little Red Riding Hood tale and modern French criticism. It features the Big Bad Wolf as a French structuralist, Grandmother as a retired butcher with a very good cutting arm, and Red Riding Hood as an insufferable brat whom everyone wishes ill. Even the audience has a role. This side-spl |
