Gretel & Hansel

About Gretel & Hansel

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

Gretel & Hansel is a 2020 fantasy horror film directed by Osgood Perkins. The film is filed under woods, fairy tale, brother sister relationship, and folk horror.

Sophia Lillis stars as Gretel, Samuel Leakey as Hansel, Alice Krige as Witch, and Jessica De Gouw as Young Witch. It runs 87 minutes and was released in January 2020.

The screenplay is by Rob Hayes. It comes from Automatik Entertainment and Bron Studios.

The Witch, Maleficent, and Pan's Labyrinth make useful companions to Gretel & Hansel, all filed under witch and witchcraft. TMDB voters put it at 6.0 out of 10 across 1,634 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.