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Imagine Hansel Gretel, bt wt bacon, changed t water witch, dancing gingerbread cartoon jellyfish, w a rt Hardwicke co-operation taken steps t t movie much possible, r former a free tt: t evening.
Or heroine, Valerie (Amanda Seyfried), Kristen Stewart, vampire legend, w r habitual wt t conundrum faced b t average girl: w t t two handsome, smitten.
Tr r childhood Peter (Shiloh Fernandez, Hardwicke, Robert Pattinson, Twilight f t role f first ), w people wt skin smoothie Valerie Woodman Rabbit a major t point, t fact proof.
Bt r mother (Virginia Madsen t Dolly Parton wig mascara trap Olde worlde) agreed t r cute, rich blacksmith Henry, played b t Max Irons, ft see t extract welding. Nightmare!
Bt w rk things t t worse, Valerie, r sister w t wolf access t a full moon sometimes death. Lucas Haas local priest summons professional pest control / Pastor Gary Oldman, w arrived full leave behind velvet blingy cross rt, armored vehicles, bodyguard pimp-style car towing. Oh, tr a 20-foot iron k (haulage unknown w t stay t mountains.)
Oldman tells t villagers t trrb news: t wolf really a werewolf, force b a close relative. Wt r t signs? "Interest t rk arts. Abnormal behaviour. Isolation. Wr smells."
S t rest f t film plays out half murder mystery, w w mt sift through t red herrings search f t person w smells mt fishy, half teatime soap, w Valerie's keenness t more t a chaste roll t hay wt Peter (something tt really happen) restricted b r r tt m harbour a hairy secret. Ntr strand grips, r tr really silly enough fr t t pass a full-blown guilty pleasure. Julie Christie m fun Granny, trs something comforting bt t kind f medieval-ish vision w men r men, waving tankards getting stabbed, women r women, sitting mud huts sobbing knitting.
Bt t projection f a modern teen aesthetic t a fairytale template feels awkward t best particular t festival scene tt melds sexy hip-hop style dancing wt vaguely pagan handclaps.
Ultimately, though, t's t seriousness wt w Hardwicke treats t t tt proves t undoing.
W r po-faced voiceover tells tt "few knew t name" f t village, "bt many heard f t trrb things tt happened tr, t's unwise t reveal immediately afterwards tt t really called Daggerhorn.
