Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsABFFPride MonthOutfest OutfrontsSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Gretel & Hansel

  • 2020
  • PG-13
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
32K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,752
62
Sophia Lillis in Gretel & Hansel (2020)
A long time ago in a distant fairytale 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.
Play trailer2:22
16 Videos
99+ Photos
FantasyHorrorMystery

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 e... Read allA 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.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.

  • Director
    • Oz Perkins
  • Writers
    • Rob Hayes
    • Jacob Grimm
    • Wilhelm Grimm
  • Stars
    • Sophia Lillis
    • Samuel Leakey
    • Alice Krige
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    32K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,752
    62
    • Director
      • Oz Perkins
    • Writers
      • Rob Hayes
      • Jacob Grimm
      • Wilhelm Grimm
    • Stars
      • Sophia Lillis
      • Samuel Leakey
      • Alice Krige
    • 551User reviews
    • 178Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 16 nominations

    Videos16

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:22
    Watch Official Trailer
    Teaser Trailer
    Trailer 0:58
    Watch Teaser Trailer
    Gretel & Hansel
    Trailer 1:59
    Watch Gretel & Hansel
    Gretel & Hansel
    Trailer 2:01
    Watch Gretel & Hansel
    Gretel & Hansel
    Trailer 1:02
    Watch Gretel & Hansel
    Gretel & Hansel
    Clip 0:51
    Watch Gretel & Hansel
    Gretel & Hansel
    Clip 1:04
    Watch Gretel & Hansel
    Gretel & Hansel: Approaching The House
    Clip 1:03
    Watch Gretel & Hansel: Approaching The House
    Gretel & Hansel: Don't Look At Us
    Clip 0:45
    Watch Gretel & Hansel: Don't Look At Us
    Gretel & Hansel
    Featurette 1:01
    Watch Gretel & Hansel
    Gretel & Hansel
    Featurette 1:02
    Watch Gretel & Hansel
    Gretel & Hansel
    Featurette 1:01
    Watch Gretel & Hansel

    Photos337

    Sophia Lillis in Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Sophia Lillis in Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Alice Krige in Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Sophia Lillis in Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Alice Krige in Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Beatrix Perkins in Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Beatrix Perkins in Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Jonathan Gunning in Gretel & Hansel (2020)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Sophia Lillis
    Sophia Lillis
    • Gretel
    Samuel Leakey
    Samuel Leakey
    • Hansel
    • (as Samuel J. Leakey)
    Alice Krige
    Alice Krige
    • Witch
    Jessica De Gouw
    Jessica De Gouw
    • Witch
    Fiona O'Shaughnessy
    Fiona O'Shaughnessy
    • Mother
    Donncha Crowley
    Donncha Crowley
    • Master Stripp
    Jonathan Gunning
    Jonathan Gunning
    • Emaciated Man
    Charles Babalola
    Charles Babalola
    • The Hunter
    Giulia Doherty
    • Beautiful Child
    Jonathan Delaney Tynan
    • Father
    Darlene Garr
    • Widow
    Melody Carrillo
    • Enchantress
    Nessa Last
    • Older Sister
    Harry O'Cualacháin
    • Younger Brother
    Abdul Alshareef
    Abdul Alshareef
    • Knight
    • (uncredited)
    Ian Kenny
    Ian Kenny
    • Knight
    • (uncredited)
    Beatrix Perkins
    • Clicky
    • (uncredited)
    Manuel Pombo
    • Knight
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Oz Perkins
    • Writers
      • Rob Hayes
      • Jacob Grimm(uncredited)
      • Wilhelm Grimm(uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    More like this

    The Blackcoat's Daughter
    5.9
    The Blackcoat's Daughter
    I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
    4.6
    I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
    The Empty Man
    6.2
    The Empty Man
    Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
    6.2
    Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
    Relic
    6.0
    Relic
    The Lodge
    6.0
    The Lodge
    The Dark and the Wicked
    6.1
    The Dark and the Wicked
    Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
    6.1
    Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
    Antlers
    5.9
    Antlers
    The Night House
    6.5
    The Night House
    The Adults
    7.2
    The Adults
    In the Tall Grass
    5.4
    In the Tall Grass

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      At one point a song floats over the soundtrack: "My mother, she killed me, my father, he ate me, and my little sister, my bones she kept, what a pretty bird am I!" This comes from another Grimm fairy tale, "The Juniper Tree,"widely considered by scholars as the darkest of all their tales. In it, a spiteful mother beheads her stepson and blames it on her daughter. She then cooks the corpse and feeds it to his husband, as the daughter picks up the bones from under the table and plants it under a juniper tree on the family's garden. A small bird appears from the grave, singing the song in question while picking a pair of new shoes, a gold chain and a mill stone, and then carries them to the house. The bird then gives the shoes to the daughter, the chain to the father and drops the stone on the stepmother, killing her. As she dies, the bird turns into a boy again and the story ends. The film borrows some thematic elements this tale.
    • Goofs
      Gretel and Hansel talk while sitting on a bed in the foreground. On the adjoining bed in the background a cat stands up and jumps to the floor. However the cat reappears on the bed and disappears several times throughout the scene.
    • Quotes

      Witch: Say that again and I will turn your tongue into a flower, to remind you how pretty and dumb and temporary you've chosen to be.

    • Connections
      Featured in Half in the Bag: IT Chapter Two (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Midnight Bath
      Written by Robin Coudert (as Rob)

      Performed by Robin Coudert (as Rob)

    User reviews551

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    8/10
    The others
    The only thing (apart from the title), I knew going into this, was that this was supposed to be trash. Now I like me some trash movies from time to time, so I was prepared for that. Turns out that's not the case at all. Actually this is more of an art excercise than anything else. Anything else also including the Hansel & Gretel stories we know - which the title switch of the names might be the first indicator of.

    That's not all that is different - certain aspects seem to be as you may have seen them in other movies, but the majority of the movie dares to be different. In a lot of ways - character wise, story wise, setting wise, incidents wise ... Now that should answer the question some might have had, about the necessity of the movie: are there not enough of these already? Well apparently you can spin this another way - and it works.

    Now having said that, it is surely not without flaws, yet the fact it goes places you probably don't expect it to go, handles horror in a way I personally prefer to the in your face jump scares (it is about mood and setting it) and how it is shot (visually) is quite exceptional! You have to be in the mood for this type of film and some may have issues with the pacing - but you can't please everyone anyway!
    helpful•51
    7
    • kosmasp
    • Jul 24, 2020

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    Fantastical Physical Transformations

    Fantastical Physical Transformations

    From amazing prosthetics to groundbreaking VFX, these actors totally transformed for their roles.
    See the gallery
    View image
    Photos

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • January 31, 2020 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
      • Ireland
    • Official sites
      • official amazon
      • Orion Pictures (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gretel & Hansel: Truyện Cổ Kỳ Dị
    • Filming locations
      • Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Orion Pictures
      • BRON Studios
      • Automatik Entertainment
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,347,654
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,154,007
      • Feb 2, 2020
    • Gross worldwide
      • $22,304,357
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.55 : 1

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Sophia Lillis in Gretel & Hansel (2020)
    Top Gap
    What is the streaming release date of Gretel & Hansel (2020) in Australia?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.