Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill, Monica Keena
Based somewhat more authentically on the Grimm Brothers' story of a young woman who is unliked by her stepmother, the film includes the talking mirror, a poisoned apple, and some ruffian gold (not dia...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 11, 2000
Stats: 459 reviews
If Nursery Rhymes were derived from certain events in history, why cant fairytales be glossied up stories of certain people from the past?<...( read more)
The fairy tale is over.
This is a really good horror period peice. Everyone is good in this movie and the story is stellar.
Snow White: A Tale of Terror is your classic take on the tale of Snow White but done in a more true form as to the original story. It takes the family friendly Disney film and turns it on its head with this very dark and sinister version.
Monica Keena stars as Lilliana (...( read more)
Dark fairytale that tries to push the gothic tale to another level. It is definately different from the tale of our childhood with no dwarves and challenging the social classes. However, as a horror flick it leaves much to be desired.
"Never look a raven in the eye for too long. It might steal your soul and fly away with it."
This was a cool adaption of the original fairy tale. I'm always up for a dark story and this was pretty good at delivering it. Sigourney Weaver did a nice job playing the evil ste...( read more)
Hauntingly gothic and engaging. Beautiful cinematography and imagery of what is my favorite fairy tale. Suffers a bit from some occasional cheesy horror one-liners and gore but other than that a stately gothic horror tale.
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ds093 Its an R Rated movie thats why it didnt have Kids & Family in it before. Now I have to get them to change that category again!
Haven't seen it yet, but it certainly doesn't look like a family or a kids film, so why does it have the Kids & Family genre tagged to it?
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