The read
Scores higher than 90% of the 596 1980s horror movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic69/100
402 audience votes
Key crew
- Neil JordanDirector
- Neil JordanScreenplay
- George FentonOriginal Music Composer
- Angela CarterScreenplay
- Charles PerraultWriter
Cast
- Sarah PattersonRosaleen
- Angela LansburyGranny
- David WarnerFather
- Graham CrowdenOld Priest
- Brian GloverAmorous Boy's Father
- Kathryn PogsonYoung Bride
- Stephen ReaYoung Groom
- Tusse SilbergMother
- Micha BergeseHunstman
- Georgia SloweAlice
- Susan PorrettAmorous Boy's Mother
- Shane JohnstoneAmorous Boy
Stills
Movies like The Company of Wolves
Shows like The Company of Wolves
Themes
dreamsgrandparent grandchild relationshipwolffairy talehalloweenlittle red riding hoodwerewolfirelandgrandmotherdark fairy taledark forestfairytale
The Best British Horror Movies
The Company of Wolves is #42 of 60
