Tom Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood
Tom Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood is a 1962 Mexican fantasy adventure film directed by Roberto Rodríguez.
The film features the Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb in conflict with the Witch Queen and her minions. The queen resembles the Evil Queen from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Also depicted is the queen's overlord, the Devil.
Background
It is a sequel to two other imported films, Little Red Riding Hood and Little Red Riding Hood and Friends. The dubbed version of the film was theatrically released in United States by K. Gordon Murray in 1965. The film was also released on VHS by Something Weird Video in 2002. An uncut version of the film with English subtitles was released on DVD as Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters.Plot
The film follows the adventures of Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb and their friends, fighting against the powerful and cruel Witch Queen.The film starts at the meeting of the evil monsters in the castle in the Haunted Forest, heart of the Devil's dominion, during which the Vampire accuses the Big Bad Wolf and The Ogre of betraying the Witch Queen, who orders them to be executed.
Their friend Stinky the Skunk escapes, however, and informs Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb, who promise to help. Meanwhile, the Queen and her sister the Old Witch cast a terrible curse, turning villagers into monkeys and mice for trying to defy her magic.
The rest of the story details the heroes' quest to save their friends and the children and put an end to the evil. They meet and defeat various monstrous minions of both the Witch Queen and her master the Devil until the final battle in her castle. With the death of the Queen, Big Bad Wolf and Ogre are saved and the villagers are restored to their human forms.