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Hansel & Gretel (Yim 2007) and Gretel & Hansel (Perkins 2020)
A credit to Laura’s ambition, we view and discuss two films for this episode. Both are modern dark fairy tales, a fascinating sub-genre of horror. Despite these similarities, otherwise the films are not at all connected or related. The Yim film was ultimately the better film, by Perkins’ version had merit as well.
SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE
A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim 2003)
Hansel & Gretel (Yim 2007)
Gretel & Hansel (Perkins 2020)
TOPIC INDEX – Hansel & Gretel (Yim 2007) and Gretel & Hansel (Perkins 2020) (times are approximate)
0:35 – Introductions
6:00 – Discussion begins
9:11 – Osgood Perkins
13:56 – Laura on theme of tension between altruism and selfishness
23:11 – Korean version characters recap
30:26 – Another script draft needed
32:05 – Intro sequence
32:55 – Random zombie hunter
34:09 – The Midsommar a new Collective Nightmares critical trope
35:21- A brief digression to discuss A Two of Two Sisters (Kim 2003)
41:32 – Hansel & Gretel (2007)
46:20 – Santa
50:57 – Eun-Soo backstory
58:00 – Symbolic adulthood in Gretel & Hansel and ecofeminism
1:02:37 – Bechdel Test
1:06:47 – Grading the film with the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Horror Film Social Responsibility
1:08:54 – Gretel & Hansel (Perkins 2020) overall
1:12:00 – Hansel & Gretel (Yim 2007) overall
1:24:28 – Christianity in South Korea
Recommendations for other films
The Blackcoat’s Daughter (Perkins 2015)
I Saw the Devil (Jee-won 2010)
Related Episodes
Midsommar (Aster 2019)
Ghostland (Laugier 2018)
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“Horror films are our collective nightmares.”
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