DVD Snow White - A Tale of Terror
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Review(s): DVD Snow White - A Tale of Terror | |
| A solid three- excellent acting, and beautiful filming. |
Snow White Tale of Terror is an exceptional movie in many ways. The first is the performances of Gil Bellows, and Sigourney Weaver. Sigourney portrays the evil step-mother beautifully, form her initial kindness shown towards Lilli (Snow White is renamed Lilliana), and her hatred after she blames Lilli from her child being still born. She exudes depth and darkness and hate. She never overdoes it, but adds the right amount of mysterious intrigue, with the right amount of physicaly violence. Gil Bellows is another strong actor, protraying an ''excommunicated'' dwarf named Will beautifully. He is mysteriously quiet, and strangely haunting as a man scarred by fire having watched his family crucified by Crusaders. (This takes place in the 1330s). He is heartbreaking. Monica Keena does a good job as Lillianna, quite a contrast to her other roles. She plays a spoiled rich girl, who changed upon meeting Will. All in all, this film is dark, gothic, horror-filled, yet mysteriously sweet at time (the relationship between Lilli and WIll as an example). It's the true version of a classic fairytale, which manages to remain right in the middle ground of a horror story and a fairy tale.
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My title might seem a bit odd since I gave the movie 4 stars instead of 5. My only complaint with this movie is that Sam Neil does not have a bigger part. The girl whom plays Snow White,i.e., Lilli, does a comendable job. The social issues brought up where a bit out of place: This is after all a fairy tale and and not social documantary. Sigourney Weaver is an actress that perfectly fits the evil step mother whom sells her soul whilst the small part that Sam Neil is given is well played. A little bit more magic would not have hurt the movie either: as it was kind of sparse with special effects.
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| Mirror, Mirror... Who is the Scariest of All? |
This version of the classic story stars Sigourney Weaver and Sam Neill and is far from the cheery animated version you may be familiar with..Sam Neill plays Lillian's father. After the death of his wife he marries Sigourney Weaver. Things are fine at first but the aging Weaver begins to feel jealousy towards her step-daughter. She feels she is in competition for her husband's affections. With the help of her mysterious magic mirror (a frightening piece of furniture if I ever saw one) she begins making plans to be number one. But as Weaver makes her plans she also begins to sink into deeper and deeper madness as she eliminates the servants, her step-daughter and even her brother. But Lillian manages to survive and meets a band of outlaw miner's hoping to find a rich strike. She manages to win their hearts in time and eventually returns to challenge her step-mother. This is a very dark telling of the Snow White story. It is more tragic than many tellings in that the step-mother is mad and not evil. The girl who plays Lillian is excellent. Her ability to show powerful emotion with a single look really adds to the atmosphere of this dark film. If you are interested in seeing a good dark tale then Snow White could be just what you are looking for.
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