[Review] Gretel and Hansel: Strange old tales - Shiver with the dark world of evil
Scare the audience with haunted posters and movie trailers in horror trailers, Gretel and Hansel: The strange tales that make the audience afraid to book tickets to the theater. But that's only a very small part that director Oz Perkins brings.
If you have read the Grim fairy tales, it will not be strange to Gretel and Hansel. But this time the old story is no longer a picturesque picture, instead of unusual things waiting for the two sisters in the deep forest with a good old lady and delicious meals.
Movie content
Gretel and Hansel: A strange fairy tale about the sisters Gretel and Hansel, because their family life was so difficult, they were kicked out of their house by their crazy mother to earn a living to support themselves. On the way to foraging, the two were led by a stranger to a place where they could find jobs and shelter. But the naive sisters did not know that they would both face horrible stories in the jungle.
After wandering for a long time in the forest, the two met a house in which only one elderly woman lived. In the small house there is a lot of delicious food, bringing great meals that for a long time the two sisters have not enjoyed. But in the context of widespread hunger and famine, her house was still full of food and drink. This made Gretel sister began to doubt the unusual points of the landlady.
Unlike many other horror movies, Gretel and Hansel: The strange old stories do not use jump scare situations to create unexpected effects, scaring the audience. Instead, the gloomy, bizarre atmosphere and the contrast between the frames makes the viewer nervous, anxious when slowly tracking the details in the film. Moreover, the film has many expressive special scenes of the characters in the film, causing viewers to be deeply obsessed.
More frightening is the scary details in the film that director Oz Perkins has scattered throughout the work without focusing on any climax, so the chill feeling when watching movies does not come and go but slowly. spread into the brain. This requires the audience watching the film to be extremely calm to be able to sit in the theater from start to finish.
Actors and actors
The two child actors in the film, Sophia Lillis as Gretel and the young Samuel Leakey as Hansel, received a lot of praise from the movie industry as well as moviegoers. The two sisters have a clear contrast in personality, if the older sister is more mature, suspicious and sensitive; then the younger brother is very innocent and lovely. This opposition has brought a lot of bottlenecks in the film.
The supporting characters in the movie such as Jessica De Gouw, Charles Babalola, Ian Kenny, Abdul Alshareef, Manuel Pombo, ... are all highly appreciated for their acting skills, contributing to the success of the film.
Sound and image
The image in the film is one of the important factors contributing to the film's success. Background film is set in spaces with a deep contrast between the details that exist in the frame. The thrilling, mysterious feeling when watching movies is therefore also more deeply depicted.
The sound in the movie is also handled well with noises and sounds that make viewers obsessed and hold their breath in fear. Combined with the surround sound system in the theater, it makes the noise in the movie maximize the effect to scare the audience.
Gretel and Hansel: A strange fairy tale about the sisters Gretel and Hansel, because their family life was so difficult, they were kicked out of their house by their crazy mother to earn a living to support themselves. On the way to foraging, the two were led by a stranger to a place where they could find jobs and shelter. But the naive sisters did not know that they would both face horrible stories in the jungle.
After wandering for a long time in the forest, the two met a house in which only one elderly woman lived. In the small house there is a lot of delicious food, bringing great meals that for a long time the two sisters have not enjoyed. But in the context of widespread hunger and famine, her house was still full of food and drink. This made Gretel sister began to doubt the unusual points of the landlady.
Unlike many other horror movies, Gretel and Hansel: The strange old stories do not use jump scare situations to create unexpected effects, scaring the audience. Instead, the gloomy, bizarre atmosphere and the contrast between the frames makes the viewer nervous, anxious when slowly tracking the details in the film. Moreover, the film has many expressive special scenes of the characters in the film, causing viewers to be deeply obsessed.
More frightening is the scary details in the film that director Oz Perkins has scattered throughout the work without focusing on any climax, so the chill feeling when watching movies does not come and go but slowly. spread into the brain. This requires the audience watching the film to be extremely calm to be able to sit in the theater from start to finish.
Actors and actors
The two child actors in the film, Sophia Lillis as Gretel and the young Samuel Leakey as Hansel, received a lot of praise from the movie industry as well as moviegoers. The two sisters have a clear contrast in personality, if the older sister is more mature, suspicious and sensitive; then the younger brother is very innocent and lovely. This opposition has brought a lot of bottlenecks in the film.
The supporting characters in the movie such as Jessica De Gouw, Charles Babalola, Ian Kenny, Abdul Alshareef, Manuel Pombo, ... are all highly appreciated for their acting skills, contributing to the success of the film.
Sound and image
The image in the film is one of the important factors contributing to the film's success. Background film is set in spaces with a deep contrast between the details that exist in the frame. The thrilling, mysterious feeling when watching movies is therefore also more deeply depicted.
The sound in the movie is also handled well with noises and sounds that make viewers obsessed and hold their breath in fear. Combined with the surround sound system in the theater, it makes the noise in the movie maximize the effect to scare the audience.