"Red Riding Hood" vs "The Company of Wolves"

Is it just me, or "Red Riding Hood" seems an unofficial remake of "The company of wolves"?

Red Riding Hood (2011)

Director: Catherine Hardwicke

Writen by: David Johnson

Cast: Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas & Gary Oldman

Edited by: Nancy Richardson & Julia Wong

Director of Photography: Mandy Walker

Original Music: Brian Reitzell

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The Company of Wolves (1984)
Director: Neil Jordan
Writen by: Neil Jordan based on the story by Angela Carter
Cast: ASarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury and David Warner
Edited by: Rodney Holland
Director of Photography: Bryan Loftus
Original Music: George Fenton
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"The Company of Wolves" is a movie from 1984 that it is inspired in the tale "Red Riding Hood" but from an adult point of view. That doesn't mean we are talking about an adult movie, but that the movie is full of references that hardly would be understood by children, but references that in some way where already present in the original tale.

The movie is also inspired by the Hammer and American International classics from the sixties and clearly influential in later movies like Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow".

While we wait to see this "Red Riding Hood", it is a perfect time to (re)discover Neil Jordan's interpretation of this tale.