Tip for directors: if you're for some reason compelled to add to the rape revenge subgenre, do make sure you have something to say on the subject first.

[Hunted[ is a genre film that goes beyond the gruesome and bloody violence... Paronnaud and team bring to light the actual horrors of rape culture with a story and a character that come across as quite real, in a visceral way, real.

A twisted fairytale that can't quite sustain the horror of its brilliant opening half-hour but is worth pursuing because of its timely #metoo message, and the fact you never quite know which woodland path it's leading its embattled Red Riding Hood down.