Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- dreamy
- melancholic
- late night horror viewing
- rainy day
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as an inventive and atmospheric fairy-tale horror with strong visual and emotional appeal.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film reworks the Hansel and Gretel motif around a salesman, an uncanny house, and children whose world conceals disturbing secrets.
The beautiful house and children’s world are presented as overly happy and perfect, making their apparent comfort deeply creepy.
The film’s horror is described as haunting and artistic, with music, mood, and gradually revealed secrets carrying much of the threat.
The children’s world, its terrible backstory, and the poignant revelations connect fantasy imagery to emotional suffering.
Films like Hansel & Gretel, and why
Coraline
dark fairy-tale horror, uncanny child-centered fantasy, and visually polished storybook atmosphere
The Others
haunted fairy-tale imagery, unsettling domestic spaces, and emotionally poignant supernatural horror
A Tale of Two Sisters
korean atmospheric horror, psychological unease, and family trauma beneath supernatural mystery
Movie Details
- Director
- Yim Pil-sung
- Release Date
- 2007-12-27
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (190)
Cast
- Chun Jung-myung
- Eun Won-jae
- Shim Eun-kyung
- Jin Ji-hee
- Park Hee-soon
- Jang Young-nam
- Kim Kyung-ik
- Go Joon-hee
- Park Lydia
- Yang Mi-yeong
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Crunchyroll, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Fandor, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, AsianCrush, Shudder Apple TV channel, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Hansel & Gretel about?
- A stranded salesman enters an eerily perfect children’s house where a Korean fairy tale curdles into haunting supernatural mystery.
- What is Hansel & Gretel like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Hansel & Gretel as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Hansel & Gretel violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Hansel & Gretel as moderate.
- What did critics think of Hansel & Gretel?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as an inventive and atmospheric fairy-tale horror with strong visual and emotional appeal.
- Which films are like Hansel & Gretel?
- Films with a similar feel include Coraline, The Others, and A Tale of Two Sisters.
- How long is Hansel & Gretel?
- Hansel & Gretel runs 117 minutes.
- Where can I watch Hansel & Gretel?
- In United States, Hansel & Gretel streams on Crunchyroll, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Fandor, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, FlixFling, AsianCrush, Shudder Apple TV channel, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel.
