Red Riding Hood DVD

Cast: Amanda Seyfreid, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen, Lukas Haas, Julie Christie
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Rated: M
Running Time: 96 minutes

For decades, the people of the village of Daggerhorn have maintained an uneasy truce with the werewolf, who prowls at every full moon, by offering the beast a monthly animal sacrifice to quench its appetite. But under a blood red moon, the wolf changes the stakes by taking the life of one of their own.

The victim is the older sister of Valerie (Seyfried), a beautiful, young woman, who has just found out that her parents (Burke and Madsen) have arranged for her to marry Henry (Irons), the scion of the town's wealthiest family. But Valerie wants only Peter (Fernandez), the poor woodcutter she has loved all her life. Unwilling to be parted, the couple was planning to run away together, but, in a horrifying instant, the wolf changes everything.

As the townspeople hunger for revenge, famed werewolf hunter Father Solomon (Oldman) is summoned to Daggerhorn to kill the beast once and for all. But Solomon's arrival brings only more turmoil as he warns everyone that the werewolf takes human form by day and could be any one of them. No one is above suspicion. Panic grips the town as the death toll rises with each red moon, tearing apart the once close-knit village. But it is Valerie who discovers she has a unique connection to the wolf that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect...and bait.


Special Features:
Disc 1 Blu-ray™:
Feature Film in High Definition
Alternate Cut featuring an all-new ending not seen in theaters
"Secrets Behind the Red Cloak" picture in picture commentary with Catherine Hardwicke, Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandezand Max Irons
Reinvention of Red Riding Hood
Red Riding Hood's Men
Making of the Score
Before the Fur…Making of the CG Wolf
Casting Tapes: Casting Shiloh Fernandez
Casting Tapes: Casting Max Irons
Casting Tapes: Shiloh Fernandez and Max Irons
Rehearsals - The Dance
Rehearsals - The Festival
Rehearsals - The Wolf Attack
The Wolf - Music Video by Fever Ray
Just a Fragment of You - Music Video by Anthony Gonzalez of M8
Red Riding Hood in 73 seconds
Gag Reel
Additional Scenes
Easter Egg
The Wolf Goes to a Hamlet Audition

Disc 2 DVD:
Feature Film in Standard Definition
Additional Scenes

Single Disc DVD:
Feature Film in Standard Definition
Additional Scenes

Review: After reading the book, I felt they missed some key elements that set up the main characters for those unread. But Red Riding Hood was thoroughly enjoyable for those who love suspense, thriller and of course the supernatural. Kept me guessing till the end, and well worth seeing.

Red Riding Hood
RRP: $39.95