The Company of Wolves

"The Desire...The Fantasy...The Nightmare."

Apr 19 1985 R 1h 35m
Drama, Fantasy, Horror

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?

Plot

Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson) is a teenager, living in a country house in England with her family in the present days, and having a nightmare with wolves and werewolves in the Middle Ages. In her dream, her boring sister is dead, she lives with her father and her mother, but she spends lots of time with her lovely grandmother. Granny (Dame Angela Lansbury) tells her many stories of werewolf and gives her the following advice: "- Never stray from the path in the woods, never eat a windfall apple, and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet." One day, Rosaleen, while going to visit her grandmother, meets a handsome man and bets who would arrive first at her granny's house. Soon she finds who he is.

Written by

Angela Carter, Neil Jordan, Charles Perrault

Directed by

Neil Jordan

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Cannon Group, ITC, Palace Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 4 BAFTA 10 wins & 5 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
19,609
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
69
Popularity
NA