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The Company of Wolves
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0759731408325
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Henstooth Video
Languages: English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Henstooth Video
MPN: D4083D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Henstooth Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 15, 2002
Running Time: 92 minutes
Studio: Henstooth Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 19, 1985
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Editorial Review:
The tangled forest is misty with mystery, the thatched cottages are cute and quaint, and the dashing rogues are devious charmers, but this revision of "Little Red Riding Hood" is not your usual fairy tale. In the troubled dreams of an adolescent girl in the hormonal rush of puberty, it becomes a veritable werewolf story with lush storybook imagery, gothic horror flourishes, and decidedly sexual implications. Director Neil Jordan, who collaborated with author Angela Carter in this 1985 adaptation of her story, applies a knowing intelligence to the bittersweet tale. The often startling transformation effects may appear primitive compared to modern movies, but the delight is in the dark imagination, dense textures, and fantastical wonders of this dream world. Angela Lansbury is the story-spinning granny and David Warner the understanding woodsman father, and watch for a devilish cameo by a sinister and seductive Terence Stamp. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Lovely concept, poor execution
The concept of lycanthropy as a metaphor for sexual initiation is an interesting one, full of implications to keep a graduate student writing for days on end. Unfortunately, this film fails to adapt the concept smoothly, and its jarring visuals (really, could we not find even a couple of wolves for shooting, instead of using Belgian sheepdogs?!) undermine its attempts at real art.
In the end, I couldn't decide if the confused scripting was a comment on the conflicting and tangled mythology ... Read More
Rating:  - ...And Puppy Dog Tails...
If you think that all men are pigs, guess again! Nope, they're werewolves- voracious beasties that long to lure innocent girls from the path of chaste virtue. I've always known this to be true. THE COMPANY OF WOLVES takes us into a 12yo girl named Rosaleen's (Sarah Patterson) dreams of encroaching adulthood. We see her struggle between being a child and becoming a woman. This is all done with dream imagery, using metaphor and symbolism to illustrate Rosaleen's internal battle. We are transported into Rosaleen's ... Read More
Rating:  - Visually Stunning & Painfully Boring
A horror fairy-tale by Neil Jordan (Interview with a Vampire, In Dreams)
Everything about this movie was perfect.
The settings were nothing short of astounding,
the acting was excellent,
the dream-like atmosphere was thick & gorgeous,
the special effects were amazing (for the time anyway)
and yet I was bored to tears.
This flick was like dating a smoking-hot supermodel who has seen the world, but has nothing to say.
The short stories within a dream angle ... Read More
Rating: - Greatest Werewolf Movie Ever
This is possibly the greatest werewolf movie ever made. I wouldn't call it horror, too cerebrel for that. Weaving many tales into the ultimate Little Red Riding Hood movie that is definately not for kiddies.
Rating:  - Great movie but hard to hear
I like this movie better each time I see it. It is a slow-moving lush creepy dream of a story based on Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber. Its werewolves are very fake, which I think is intentional. It's really a coming-of-age story.
The DVD however has the same problemas my old video copy: I have trouble hearing all the dialogue: the voices are very soft and the music very loud.
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