Witch Hunters definitely picks up on the “third wave” aspects, plus it has the gender-blending traits and an awesomely powerful protagonist and lead villain, but overall, its feminism is less overt and clear-headed than Maleficent‘s. Snow White & the Huntsman is a mix of various historical feminist elements, also exhibiting a recent trend toward gender fluidity and anti-binarism in its use of costume and character attributes. Red Riding Hood is very “third wave” in its “girl power” approach to a tale that conventionally gives very little agency or power to its female protagonist. Of the four, Maleficent seems to have the best grasp on an actual feminist agenda in terms of both filmmaking and the collective political goals of the current feminist movement. Witch Hunters falls into the same category of feminist-inspired-revision fairy tale films as Red Riding Hood (2011), Snow White & the Huntsman (2012), and Maleficent (2014), but it’s misleading to simply label these films as feminist revisions and not question exactly what aspects of feminism they’re reflecting and/or promoting. When Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) arrive in the village of Augsbourg, they confront their biggest challenge yet: a Grand Witch named Muriel (Famke Janssen), who plans to conduct a special ritual under the Blood Moon to make her coven invincible to the fire that can destroy witches. They became famous witch hunters, traveling in search of witches and rescuing countless towns and villages from their supernatural tormentors.
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