Red Riding Hood

Red Riding Hood

Year: 2003

Runtime: 92 mins

Language: English

Director: Giacomo Cimini

HorrorDramaThrillerHorror the undead and monster classicsTwisted dark psychological thriller

A retelling of the classic tale, with Red as a psychotic vigilante.

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1

The time machine ambition

The Wolf resolves to rewrite his history and stop repeating old mistakes by building a time machine. He is not remorseful, but convinced he can do better and outmaneuver the Hunter. The quest to tinker with time becomes the driving force of the story. He stays one step ahead of Doris, his sheep wife, whose weariness with his obsession has grown into genuine frustration.

Present Present
2

Return to the past: meeting the younger self

The older Wolf slips back to a past era and encounters a younger version of himself. He offers guidance about what to do and what not to do, aiming to outmaneuver the Hunter. The moment reframes fate as something to manipulate rather than endure.

Past Past
3

Seizing Red Riding Hood: the double-team plan

Together with his younger copy, the Wolf orchestrates a plan to seize Little Red Riding Hood. In a surprising turn, Grandma is trapped in an armory closet and fires a machine gun at them. They manage to return to the present with a new set of regrets, realizing their meddling has altered more than they intended.

Present Grandma's house (armory closet)
4

Doris's blunt warning

The present-day Doris voices a blunt warning about chasing perfection through time. She reminds the Wolf that fixation on the past can prevent them from listening to each other in the present. The warning lands with gravity, but the old ambitions keep tugging at him.

Present Present
5

Second attempt: bigger, bolder chaos

On the second try, the stakes escalate as the team expands to a triple effort. They skirt their old failures but increasingly push the limits of what time travel can do. The plan seems to improve at first, only to spiral into new complications. The dynamic between past selves grows denser.

Second attempt Present
6

Red's scream triggers the flood

Red's scream becomes a catalyst, triggering a fire alarm that floods Grandma's house. The trio scrambles as chaos erupts across the timelines. The alarm magnifies mistakes and sends them tumbling into an ever-widening web of past selves. The present and past collide in ridiculous, escalating ways.

Present Grandma's house
7

A kaleidoscope of past selves

A cascade of increasingly surreal versions of the Wolf multiplies, each misstep spawning another, more tangled reality. The humor rests on the consequences of trying to outsmart history. The story uses this cascade to probe how ambition and the lure of a do-over ripple across relationships. The time-loop becomes less about cheating fate and more about managing fallout.

Present Present
8

Doris reaches a breaking point

Doris decides she deserves something steadier than an endless loop of schemes. She plans to take control of the time machine and pursue a new life with Leonard, a fox. The shift marks a clear pivot from tinkering with the past to seeking personal fulfillment. The couple's dynamic begins to drift as the timeline fractures around them.

Turning point Present
9

Leonard enters and Doris departs

Doris's decision culminates in an exit from the obsessive time-science orbit. She marries Leonard and begins a different life, moving away from the Wolf's chrononaut ambitions. The Wolf and his multiple past selves continue to argue and scheme, producing an ongoing public airing of their regrets. The house becomes a stage for a never-ending, performative discussion of what could have been.

Mid-to-late Present
10

The never-ending public airing

The bickering among the Wolf and his past selves persists in a recurring public display. The characters grapple with the consequences of their relentless meddling with time. The mood shifts between comic chaos and philosophical reflection on ambition and choice. The loop remains imperfect, with no clean resolution yet.

Ongoing Present
11

A turning point about meaning

Amid the chaos, the story hints that some histories should not be rewritten endlessly. Doris's move toward a steady life suggests that personal fulfillment may lie beyond time tinkering. The film uses the loop to probe how ambition reshapes relationships.

Ending Present
12

Ending: a resolution beyond the timeline

By the end, the characters confront the cost of chasing time as their most meaningful resolution. They acknowledge that some histories can be revisited only so many times before the price becomes too high. The final note points to a resolution that may lie beyond the timeline they chase, suggesting growth comes from stepping away rather than perfecting the past.

End Present

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