Red Riding Hood was an amazing movie, and I personally would’ve liked to have gone to see it as a date movie. Moving along though, it had lots of Pagan elements, and there was a guy in it that reminded me of Cotton Mather from the Salem Witch Trials. He was nowhere near as educated as Van Helsing. Essentially there is a town that is isolated by spiked trees and there is a myth about a wolf who demands food (livestock), in order to keep peace between itself and the people. So sacrifices are made to this creature, and hardly anyone goes within the gate of the actual church. The wolf is depicted on the church door in opposition to an angel, which could represent the wolf as the devil, or as a demon. In a sense the people are sacrificing to the demon because it manifests itself as opposed to God or angels manifesting themselves.
The father to the church calls in a high religious figure, who kills anyone who steps in his way, tortures the innocent, and if none comply with his wants or conceptions that person is considered to be a witch or one that aids the devil. When the towns folk believe they have killed the wolf they throw a lavish festival where people dress up as animals and spirits and they drink hefty amounts of wine. Once everyone is intoxicated, the wolf strikes. In a sense the idol they sacrificed too let them down, and the high church that was called in for assistance let the people down. They became like aimless wandering child who had revenge and fear on the mind. They were lost. When one chose to live outside the town, away from the devil and away from God, she found the most peace, and lived without their fears.
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