{"id":50231,"date":"2025-10-21T16:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=50231"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:07:13","slug":"the-death-of-snow-white-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/21\/the-death-of-snow-white-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Death of Snow White [2025] [Halloween Horror Month 2025]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>An evil queen seeks the blood of the young princess in Jason Brooks\u2019s gory The Death of Snow White, now streaming on Tubi.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For full disclosure, like the recently reviewed Theater Is Dead, this was filmed just outside of Seattle. I literally drove through Woodinville this weekend to get pumpkins. Unlike Theater is Dead, I know many of the cast and crew. Being horror junkies in the Puget Sound, we\u2019re at all the same events, including Crypticon Seattle. They are lovely people. Heck, the \u201cdwarf\u201d Tiny used to live down the street from me. That said, even with closeness, I\u2019ll do my best to be as fair as I can.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Akin to 1998\u2019s Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Death of Snow White is a horror retelling of the classic tale. It\u2019s the familiar story: an evil queen\/stepmother is jealous of Snow White\u2019s beauty and kindness and requires her blood to stay young and in power. Blood, you say? Oh yes. There will be blood. Lots of it. Gallons of blood. Rippings. Tearings. Anything that could be ripped in twain or more is done so. Often. And splattery. A gore fest supreme.\u00a0<\/span>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The heavy gore and death quotient is no surprise. Director (along with actor, editor, special effects, producer, and costumer\u2026 whew) Jason Brooks and team, including frequent collaborator, co-writer Naomi Mechem-Miller (who also worked on costumes and produced), are best known for the two fantastic \u201cVengeance\u201d Friday the 13th fan films. Those films were wonderful kill fests, with one creative, bloody, and practical kill after another (and some plot, but we don\u2019t watch Jason Voorhees, played by the hulking Brooks, for plot). The Death of Snow White might have the full plot of Snow White plus some extras, but that doesn\u2019t mean they pull back on the violent means with violent ends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s put this out front: yes, more than occasionally, The Death of Snow White looks cheap. Filmed at the Renaissance Fair with a constructed castle, iffy costumes, plenty of Instagram faces, and some flat acting with vaguely \u201cmedieval\u201d accents, many viewers may ugh out. Don\u2019t. It <\/span>was<\/span> filmed cheaply.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And every last penny is on screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Look, if you can forgive a SyFy original that doesn\u2019t give a damn how bad the latest Sharknado looks because it\u2019s cheap and for the laughs, you can forgive a production that cares straight through its breaking bones, doing everything it can with a tiny budget. It\u2019s okay. It has the B-movie, Full Moon energy; that\u2019s the aim, and that\u2019s what we get: campy fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So, how does the well-trod story translate? Very well, thank you. Far, far better than the live-action Disney from earlier this year. No, I\u2019m not going to compare and contrast, but let me say: Chelsea Edmunson\u2019s Evil Queen is a hoot, unlike the truly atrocious Gal Gadot. Chewing all the scenery with gleeful abandon on an Elizabeth Bathory take on the character (she needs blood to stay young, so plenty of maidens to be ruined by the make-up team) and some awesome costumes, especially as the film goes on. She\u2019s having fun, and so was I. Against her is Sanae Loutsis as the titular character. She\u2019s incredibly charming and going hard. At sixteen, she\u2019s still learning her craft, and some parts of the performance come off false, but for the most part, she carries the film. But this is also the sort of film where everyone around her is so wild, she\u2019s playing the straight person.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll admit, it starts a bit rough, with an overlong introduction on the Renn Faire sets, and at nearly two hours, perhaps this could be cut down. It also has just too many characters, fewer than Disney’s two sets of 7 folks, but too many. But then again, more bodies to mutilate! But once Snow White enters the woods, meets the dwarves (actual correct actors with full character, not CGI monstrocities), the film hits its stride, staying continually engaging and entertaining as the two sides meet and fight (and other of the \u201csome extra\u201d from above).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even if just for the glut of glorious gore (I didn\u2019t even mention the AWESOME tree monsters), The Death of Snow White is well worth your time. And it\u2019s free on Tubi. Jason Brooks and his team put everything into it, and it shows. While it\u2019s a more serious film, I might recommend a Halloween fairy tale horror double feature with The Ugly Stepsister (Shudder). Funny is both feature a lot of the same \u201cmakeover\u201d techniques for their characters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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