Before Disney cleaned everything up, fairy tales were often dark, unsettling, and sometimes downright frightening.
This is Rotkäppchen (Little Red Riding Hood), a German film released in 1962 in what was then East Germany, based on the classic Grimm Brothers story.
More than sixty years later, it still feels strangely eerie. The dark forests, unsettling wolf, old-world costumes, and dreamlike atmosphere make it feel less like a children's movie and more like a forgotten piece of folklore brought to life.
Watching it today, it's easy to understand why these stories were originally meant as warnings rather than bedtime entertainment.
Would this have scared you as a kid?