However, another iconic horror-induced symbol–the witch–is making its way back into prominence in the cinema circles. Sure, zombies are still the norm in pop cultural media on both the big and small screen (anybody not heard of “The Walking Dead”?). It was all the rage at the box office that was experiencing a certain celluloid renaissance with overloading narratives within the “zombie zone”. One could not swing a dead cat without running into zombie-related cinema. The idea alone is worth checking out.There was a time when the movie gods were treating audiences to the omnipresence of zombies. Yeah, it's one of those so bad it's good films, but I'd still recommend this. I'm looking forward to what this guy will bring us next. The story-telling and the character development need some work, but even big name directors struggle with those every now and then. The style is definitely there, as is the atmosphere.

And for a debut film, this shows a lot of promise. It also needs to be remembered that this was Tommy Wirkola's first big budget film. The kind where you're just able to sit back, enjoy the scenery and laugh at the jokes. Yeah, it's stupid most of the time, but it's fun kind of stupid. On the other hand, it has a good visual style, its action is very pleasing, if a bit gore-filled (not a bad thing in this case), the two main actors are actually pretty good in their roles, and as a whole it's just plain solid fun. I hesitate to call it a good film, because it has numerous plot holes, nonsensical twists and its characters are somewhat bland and clichéd. The film itself ends up being pretty much what anyone would expect. It's something we've never seen before and frankly it's a fascinating idea. Rather it took the story of Hansel and Gretel and asked the question: 'What if they grew up?' I'm totally on board with that question. For one, it didn't try to retell the same exact story we have grown up with. That being said, this particular fairy tale movie was a pleasant surprise. At least in those films the story flows smoothly and the characters are not cardboard cutouts. I still prefer the Disney version, thank you very much. Lately we have seen a lot of these fairy tale remakes, where they take a basic fairy tale plot, add in a lot of CGI, slightly darker atmosphere and some sex and call it a day.

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