HorrorFantasy

The Company of Wolves

- The Desire...The Fantasy...The Nightmare.

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?

Release Date : 1984-09-21

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : ITC EntertainmentPalace Pictures

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Rosaleen

Original Name : Sarah Patterson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Granny

Original Name : Angela Lansbury

Gender : Female

Character Name : Father

Original Name : David Warner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Priest

Original Name : Graham Crowden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amorous Boy's Father

Original Name : Brian Glover

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Bride

Original Name : Kathryn Pogson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Groom

Original Name : Stephen Rea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother

Original Name : Tusse Silberg

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hunstman

Original Name : Micha Bergese

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice

Original Name : Georgia Slowe

Gender : Female

Character Name : Amorous Boy's Mother

Original Name : Susan Porrett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Amorous Boy

Original Name : Shane Johnstone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Witch Woman

Original Name : Dawn Archibald

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wealthy Groom

Original Name : Richard Morant

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wolfgirl

Original Name : Danielle Dax

Gender : Female

Character Name : Devil Boy

Original Name : Vincent McClaren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dowager

Original Name : Ruby Buchanan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ancient

Original Name : Jimmy Gardner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eyepatch

Original Name : Roy Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lame Fiddler

Original Name : Edward Marksen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blind Fiddler

Original Name : Jim Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Husband (uncredited)

Original Name : Jim Carter

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Devil (uncredited)

Original Name : Terence Stamp

Gender : Male

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-12

This film is pretentious. Wizard of Oz meets a horror movie to discuss the s(REDACTED)xuality of a (REDACTED FOR ARBITRARY REASONS!!!!)aged girl. This is a pretentious art house movie and one that thinks that it is vastly more intelligent than it really is. It wants to retell the Little Red Riding hood story in a semi-erotic way, but never actually achieves it. But, at least it's pretty.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-07-24

There's a lot of "Little Red Riding Hood" to this Neil Jordan fantasy about the young "Rosaleen" (Sarah Patterson). This woman is prone to vivid dreams set many centuries earlier, where she lives happily with her parents (and without her dull as ditchwater sister) and where she is regular regaled with portentous stories by her grandmother (Angela Lansbury). It's in one such dream, and whilst walking through the woods to visit her elderly relative that she encounters a handsome and enigmatic young man who wants to bet who will reach the old woman's house first! She is intrigued, but is she prepared for the true identity of her admirer? Though the story is a bit staccato at times, but this is still a rich and vividly constructed adaptation of a story that mixes romance, fable and a soupçon of horror cleverly and entertainingly - whilst subtly presenting an undercurrent of emerging sexuality. Sure, some of the effects are not what they might be and the stylised presentation doesn't always work, but the storytelling of "Granny" and some of her warnings about the path, the fruit and about a chap whose eyebrows meet in the middle are engagingly delivered by an on form, and ideally cast Lansbury. A solid supporting cast and a rich score from George Fenton make for quite an enjoyable and creative interpretation of a well trodden story, and I quite enjoyed watching it.