Hansel Vs. Gretel

Hansel Vs. Gretel

Year: 2015

Runtime: 87 mins

Language: English

Director: Ben Demaree

Horror

When Gretel is ensnared by a dark spell, she assembles a coven of witches, threatening everything she holds dear. Her brother Hansel must summon his courage to confront his twin sister and the mysterious forces manipulating her. A battle of wits and magic ensues as Hansel fights to break the spell and save Gretel from the sinister power that controls her.

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1

Mason is killed at the bakery

A hooded figure corners Mason after closing Gretel's pie shop and bakery, stabbing him to death in the quiet street outside. The murder suggests a larger witch-related danger tied to Lilith's bakery. Gretel and Hansel will soon be drawn into the mystery as they try to understand what happened.

night Gretel's pie shop & bakery
2

Hansel returns to Gretel; suspicions about Mason's death

Hansel travels back home after years apart and reunites with Gretel. Gretel shares her suspicions that Mason was murdered in the bakery, aligning with the recent fatality. The two reevaluate their past and prepare to investigate.

night Gretel's home
3

Witch coven convenes in the woods

In the woods near Candlewood, Circe, Kikimora, Morai, and high priestess Cthonia gather to discuss Lilith's death and reclaim Lilith's bakery. They capture a homeless woman to serve their plot and threaten to use her for leverage. Their plan is to avenge Lilith and restore their baking power.

night Woods near Candlewood
4

Hansel and Gretel pursue leads at Mason's circle

Hansel and Gretel visit Mason's brother Jacob and his roommate Willy to pursue the new witch theory. They discuss the bakery's fate and search for leads, but trouble erupts when the homeless captive fires on them as they leave. The abduction of Gretel soon follows.

day Jacob's residence / neighborhood
5

Gretel kidnapped; Hansel discovers witch's mark

Gretel is captured by the homeless captive during the attack and taken away from the group. Hansel shoots the attacker and discovers a witch's mark on Gretel's forehead, confirming her abduction. The team realizes Gretel is gone and that the bakery may be involved.

day Outside Jacob's house
6

Gretel bound in the bakery; coven bargains

Gretel is bound in the bakery and confronted by Circe, Kikimora, Morai, and Cthonia. She confesses to Lilith's death and hints that she absorbed Lilith's powers. Cthonia bargains for Hansel's life: in exchange for Hansel's head, they'll let Gretel keep Lilith's bakery.

day Gretel's bakery
7

Gretel kidnaps Willy

Gretel abducts Willy, tightening the coven's leverage. The search intensifies as Hansel, Jacob, and Willy scramble to track Gretel's whereabouts. The impending clash between the siblings and the coven grows more dangerous.

day Willy's location
8

Abandoned warehouse confrontation; Kikimora killed

Hansel receives hostage photos of Gretel and Willy and tracks them to an abandoned warehouse with Jacob. Kikimora fills the room with a blinding fog, but Gretel allows Hansel to decapitate Kikimora; Gretel then drinks Kikimora's blood and gains her powers. Circe watches the confrontation from a distance.

day Abandoned warehouse
9

Circe confronts Gretel at grandma's house

Circe confronts Gretel at her grandmother's house about Kikimora's death and tests Gretel's resolve. Gretel offers to lead Circe to Hansel so Circe can kill him, signaling the coven's growing danger. The tension rises as Gretel asserts her power.

day Grandmother's house
10

Hypnosis fails; Circe dies; Gretel drinks Circe's blood

Back at the bakery, Circe hypnotizes Hansel to kill himself with his own knife. Gretel unleashes Kikimora's fog, breaking the hypnosis and enabling Hansel to stab Circe in the face. Circe dies, and Gretel drinks her blood, further enhancing her powers.

night Bakery
11

Gretel targets Jacob; Jacob is killed

Hansel checks on Willy, while Gretel attempts to hypnotize Jacob into self-destruction, but Jacob's sexuality foils the plan. The spell backfires and Gretel kills Jacob by brute force. The siblings' rift deepens as violence escalates.

night Jacob's residence
12

Jacob's eyes package; Morai confrontation

Hansel and Willy discover a package at Willy's door containing Jacob's eyes, triggering a macabre scavenger hunt for his remains. Gretel returns with Jacob's body parts to Morai, claiming they're Hansel, and hides nearby as the clues lead to Morai's location. Hansel defeats Morai and leaves with Willy, while Gretel drinks Morai's blood.

night Willy's residence and Morai's lair
13

Cthonia calls; grandma slain

Cthonia calls Gretel from her grandmother's phone, luring her back home. She threatens to kill Gretel's grandmother, but Gretel tears off the grandmother's head instead, a brutal display witnessed by Hansel and Willy.

night Grandmother's house
14

Final coven power shift and showdown

With Cthonia's high priestess ring now in Gretel's possession, the coven gathers at the local pet cemetery to perform a resurrection on Lilith. Willy reveals herself as a powerful witch-crone and disintegrates Lilith, prompting Hansel to shoot Willy. In the final standoff, Hansel and Gretel try to walk away as police arrive, choosing to leave the coven behind and go forward together.

night Local pet cemetery

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