Hunted review – Red Riding Hood reboot is a nifty, nasty trip into the woods

Vincent Paronnaud takes a well-trodden path with this modern fairytale but adds smart meta-commentary and edgy menace Cinematic rethinks of classic fairytales, especially Red Riding Hood, are a micro-genre about as exasperating and banal as the “year X called and it wants its Y back” joke. In Hunted’s case insert, 1985 for X and “postmodern feminist trope” for Y. Nevertheless, this uncomfortable but adroitly executed horror version in which a young woman is chased through the woods by toxic male monsters is pretty good stuff: unnerving in the right ways and flecked with colourful, unexpected specks of wit. Read full story