Red Riding Hood (2011 film) Red Riding Hood (2011 film) Red Riding Hood is a 2011 Canadian romance horror film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and starring Amanda Seyfried as the title role, from a screenplay by David Leslie Johnson. The film is very loosely based on the folk tale "Little Red Riding Hood" collected by both Charles Perrault under the name "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" ("Little Red Riding Hood") and several decades later by the Brothers Grimm as "Rotkäppchen" ("Little Red Cap"). The film met with negative reviews, and grossed over $89 million worldwide. Valerie is a young woman who lives
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