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This is the second alternate twist on the Hansel & Gretel fairytale in movie form that I have seen today. Two very different interpretations indeed, where the other was gory and bloody, then this is more laid back and has a darker comedy twist to it.

"Hansel & Gretel Get Baked" is about the siblings Hansel (played by Michael Welch) and Gretel (played by Molly C. Quinn) who end up having to fight for their lives against the witch Agnes (played by Lara Flynn Boyle) - just as in the fairytale. However, the witch here is using weed to lure in the youngsters, not candy.

Well, I will say that this was a rather radical approach to the fairytale that we all know. And a rather bold approach, I might add. But still, it worked out well alright as director Duane Journey managed to pull it of nicely enough.

However, for a comedy, then there weren't that many laughs about in this movie. There was comedy yes, but it was more sort of a subtle and perversely, dark, twisted type of comedy that might just not suit everyone. I mean, for example, the witch Agnes here turned out to have a Nazi background - where did that just come from? And also the deal with the zombies? I didn't fully grasp that concept, and mind you that I am a huge zombie aficionado, but they just didn't feel at home in this particular movie.

"Hansel & Gretel Get Baked" is an enjoyable movie because of its radical take on the classic fairytale. But the movie just never really excelled and stood out of mediocrity. It is good for a single watching if you are looking for something simple to watch and just unhook your mind.

On the plus side, for a semi-stoner movie, then I will say that "Hansel & Gretel Get Baked" actually fared a lot better than many other comedies in the stoner genre.

I noticed Cary Elwes was listed on the starting credits, but somehow I failed to catch him in the movie. Where exactly was he?

I am impressed that I made it through the entire movie. The sad part is that I think want kept me watching was Lara Flynn Boyle's face. I can't figure out if she got some kind of illness or if she just went crazy with the plastic surgery, but either way, its sad and hard to stop staring. Back to the crapfest of a movie, about an old lady who lures teenagers to her house by selling them weed and then of course, she kills and eats them to regain her youth. This movie was a total snooze fest. I thought it was going to be funny, it wasn't. I also thought it might be a little scary, not even a little. Definitely pass on this on unless you're curious to see Lara's new face.

I simply do not like these types of films.

My friend recommended this one to me, but I really needed some strength to sit and watch it all.

Acting was OK, actors gave what they had.

Plot, well was there a plot? Since film was crap, I might as well use some time to talk about legalization of marijuana.

I think it is a positive thing. In many countries and states of the Unites States marijuana is legal for medicinal use, and in some countries and states it is becoming legal for recreational use. Since tobacco is legal for purchase in all of those countries and it is proved to be very harmful, and marijuana is proved to have medical positive impact it is very illogical to have tobacco legal and marijuana illegal. Hence legalize marijuana and criminalize tobacco, eh?

I saw a poster of this movie in a mall: there was a gingerbread man smoking a blunt, and I thought it was cute and funny. I decided to give this movie a chance.

During the first ten minutes, the movie seems the typical horror-oriented (well, this is what it aims for; it obviously misses its point) comedy written by a pair of pubescent 13-year old boys. You know, boobs, weed, bad jokes and even worse music. But no, oh no, it gets much worse. The plot is dull, the acting is awful, the characters are the stereotypical boneheads you find in each and every bad horror movie: the hot blonde, the ghetto girl, the stupid hunk and the smart geek. Wow. Brilliant.

I can't even begin to describe how awful this movie is. Maybe that's what the producers wanted? Making a parody of an actual film?

If, as I previously stated, you're a 13 year old boy who likes weed, energy drinks, bad jokes and centerfolds, congrats: you can survive watching this movie. To everyone else, there are many better things you can do to fill this hour and a half. Take a walk, bake a pie, I don't know. Don't waste your time on this!

This movie really sucked. The main actress was a plastic pile of bug poop. I can't believe I rented this I smoked it's pot and I can't believe I ate the whole thing. This film was incredibly disappointing. I remember having more fun vomiting. The product placement was so bad it literally took the place in my mind as worst I've ever seen and keep in mind film maniacs I've watched haunting of the innocent. I'm dead serious. I think with conviction and with 100 percent truth instead of watching this again for free on Netflix I'd rather choose to be water boarded by my most hated enemies. Even if I was high "Which I was not" I would still give this 2 thumbs down. The cheese cake factory, skittles, apple. Directors are you kidding me with this. Do yourselves a favor and stop making movies. All of you who had anything to do with this including team members

What can I say, I have hardly ever seen a film this bad before. No story, no fun, no thrill, just nothing. I liked Gretel, but just because of her looks.

Hansel & Gretel Get Baked Directed by Duane Journey. Written by David Tillman

Whoa boy what a week. I will say no more. I'm going to follow this nifty little business card for a sample of Black Forest and hide away inside the enchanted marijuana forest. Just smoke away as long as my life force is not drained from me by a witch.

Oh right there's a movie here entitled Hansel & Gretel Get Baked. I know stop giggling. The absurd title is what grabbed my attention. I had to see with mine own eyes what this was all about. It's not really about Hansel and Gretel. They are barely in the movie. It is mainly about the witch getting her youth back.

That seems to be the movie they wanted to make but they were convinced to slap the story of Hansel and Gretel onto it because everyone knows that story. You slap a well known story onto something else and then you have the ability to sell this misshapen lump of weird to the public. I think this does a disservice to the story being told. It is mildly amusing with this grimy gross decaying witch lady talking shop with fellow potheads.

This is definitely a one joke movie that wears out any amusement really quickly. It goes off on these tangents with a crazed drug lord angry about the witch encroaching on his territory. We have another subplot albeit a brief one with terrible cops that don't believe their story. It is a pretty crazy story.

It does have some moments of gore but this is played to the highest levels of lunacy. It is kind of inspired but not really. I will admit that I found the idea of an enchanted grow farm located inside of The People Under the Stairs house to be somewhat inspired. But after that point, they ran out of inspiration to include anything else.

There sadly is not much to this movie. It stretches the joke to its absolute breaking point. Hansel is such a responsible guy that he doesn't even smoke. The title is a lie!! It's fine. If this is the kind of movie you enjoy, it's not a bad film to check out. I could say it was disappointing but I didn't have expectations. It was just a big giant bowl of whatever. I give this movie a C.

The pothead Ashton Crawford (Andrew James Allen) and his girlfriend Gretel (Molly Quinn) are smoking in her room special marijuana called Black Forest supplied by the drug dealer Manny (Eddy Martin) and produced by an old lady named Agnes (Lara Flynn Boyle) that lives in Pasadena. Gretel's brother Hansel (Michael Welch) arrives home and Gretel tells that she will bake gingerbread cookie while Ashton will go directly to Agnes to buy more Black Forest. However Agnes is a witch and captures Ash to eat his flesh and drain his youth to maintain youth.

Gretel seeks her boyfriend out and suspects of Agnes, but the police officers Ritter (Lochlyn Munro) and Hart (Yancy Butler) do not give credit to her words since Ritter knows that Ash is a pothead. Meanwhile the gang that supplies weed to Manny learns that he is selling Black Forest to his costumers and they threaten him and their leader Jorge (Joe Ordaz) sends a message to Agnes through Manny. However, the drug dealer is turned into a zombie by Agnes and Jorge and his gang pay a visit to her and are also turned into zombies. Soon Gretel and Manny's girlfriend Bianca (Bianca Saad) decide to break into Agnes' house and they learn that she is a powerful witch. Meanwhile Hansel goes to Agnes 's house to look for his sister.

"Hansel & Gretel Get Baked" is a horror dark comedy about a group of potheads and a group of drug dealers that have their lives entwined with a witch that sells weed. The politically incorrect theme might be funnier for teenage potheads but the plot is funny and the situations works reasonably well. I did not recognize Lara Flynn Boyle, one of the most gorgeous actresses until the turn of the century and now with a totally deformed face by plastic surgery the same way Melanie Griffith and Meg Ryan did. Now she is the witch without make-up. Time is cruel for everybody but it seems to be crueler for those that try to keep beauty and youth at any cost. I have also not recognized the beautiful Yancy Butler, but she is aging with dignity. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "João, Maria e a Bruxa Da Floresta Negra" ("John, Mary and the Witch of the Black Forest")

After her pot-head boyfriend disappears around town, a teen and her brother trace him back to a local witch using magically-enhanced marijuana to attract youths in order to remain young and must put a stop to her actions.

Overall this one was a lot of fun if slightly flawed here. For the most part, the fact that this is a horror/comedy yet nothing here is really all that funny is the biggest issue since this one is really only funny for the fact that everyone here is a raving pot-head, including the supposedly innocent lead. For anyone who does not find drug-related humor funny in the slightest, much of what happens here where everyone acts completely stoned and out looking for more marijuana won't in the slightest bit seem funny or appealing and it just really tends to wear on some who don't offer up anything else here to really get a handle on. Still, outside of this facet the film provides plenty of exciting and enjoyable elements throughout here which come from the fact that this one's built more as a straight-forward horror film with a goofy-sounding device to set things in motion as if this one dropped all the drug jokes it's a perfectly enjoyable effort about a witch using the drug to lure those in the community over to her quarters. It plays a lot of these scenes straight about the witch's powers getting stronger and stronger as it goes along as there's some fine story lines about her expanding magic to charm those into letting her go, the addition of zombified slaves that she controls for peace and security reasons and the ability to get younger-looking as time goes on which makes this a lot of fun when these are out and about. As well, there's plenty of fine action here in the basement as the use of charmed marijuana plants that act as guards and trap intruders, a fantastic play on the original story where they get away from the ravenous guard-dog and the final fight in the basement all make this one quite enjoyable with some fine action scenes needing to get away from the witch and making the finale a lot better than it should. Likewise, this one really gets a fine boost from the fact that it plays along so well with the fairy tale throughout here that it certainly comes closest to telling that particular tale better than expected considering the additional material it utilizes in tying it all with pot instead of candy. Along with some fine gore from the early kills and an engrossing mystery angle searching for the missing boyfriend that takes up the majority of the first half here, this one comes off as highly enjoyable that would've been better had it been played straight.

Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and heavy drug use.

"Hansel & Gretel Get Baked" is horror/comedy directed by Duane Journey which stars Lara Flynn Boyle, Michael Welch, Molly C. Quinn, Edward Zo and Bianca Saad. Actually there are a lot of cool lesser known actors in the film that have some cool moments on screen but for me the story focused more with Lara Flynn Boyle's fun and comfortable portrayal of a stoner witch who eats kids to maintain her youthful beauty. The story is as you would guess a modern day retelling of the classic Grimm story. Quite frankly I cannot believe it took this long to make this sort of movie because it just seems that the pot community and the story of Hansel & Gretel where meant for each other especially as seen in this film. Also don't let the comedy part through you off because this isn't one of those funny flicks that relies heavily on the spoof shtick blatant puns. The humor here only comes from the simple and expected funny sh*t that stoner films are known for. Mostly this film stays with a classic 80's homage horror theme complete with gory effects, creepy build-ups and dark chilling overtures.

The story is simple and interesting leading into this sticky, gooey tale of a witch that lures children into her home so that she may eat them. Only this witch is the kind that you would really want to get high with and Lara Flynn Boyle plays the part perfectly. The slight nuances and interactions between her and other characters made it obvious that she enjoyed playing this role. The characters of Hansel and Gretel are also pretty believable on screen. The story manages to be witty and smart with plenty of representations from the classic fairy tale present but in a very fresh concept. I mean seriously it seems as if this story should have been a no brainer years ago. I have to say if anyone dares to see any movie with "Hansel & Gretel" in the title make it this one! It manages to be a fun original spin on the concept without seeming hokey, plus the elements of horror are far more impressing than you may expect. It manages to use a darker wicked humor which brought the funny without the ridiculous. I plan to add this flick to my 4.20 celebration as the final piece on my day of horror to get high with!

Don't touch my gingerbread house....haha...

a witch who lives in a big mansion selling Black Forest weed to students. Enticing them in, as in Hansel and gretel

gretel goes in search of her boyfriend who has gone to buy weed from the little old lady, getting trapped herself, her brother then goes on the search for gretel.

Funny Hansel and Greeley thriller, enjoyed this one very much.

Before watching I was waiting some boring Scary Movie-kinda thing (actually the first one was pretty funny)... Then I got interested.

Movie is full of funny slasher etc. moments and acting was just great. Simple idea and all but it was put together very well.

Got many laughs and all, movie somehow went totally on its own way. Glad too see that.

And that dope thing was well done not really like in many movies here it was really funny.

The main idea of this simple movie was very good and everything.

Sadly I didn't like the end it was very very Not a surprise.

But overall in mainstream case i'd give this 6.5/10 funny and not too teenager movie at all, just funny. Not waste of time if you like this genre.

A witch (Lara Flynn Boyle) is living in a mansion in Pasadena, California, making potent marijuana in her basement and preying on the local stoners. Molly Quinn & Michael Welch play the titular siblings who investigate, along with a Latina friend (Bianca Saad).

"Hansel & Gretel Get Baked" (2013) is an amusingly horrific take on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, envisioning events in the modern day with the witch preying on potheads. Witch-themed films were trendy at the time and this flick took advantage of the contemporaneous big budget "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" (2013), as did a few other mockbusters: "Witchslayer Gretl" (2012), The Asylum's "Hansel & Gretel" (2013) and Lionsgate's "Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft" (2013).

While it's not in the same league as the kick-axx "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters," it's amusing enough in its one-dimensional scope. Ultra-cute Molly is a highlight and worth the price of admission while Flynn Boyle hams it up as the perversely ee-vil sorceress. There's a nice balance of amusement and horror.

The film runs 1 hour, 26 minutes and was shot in Los Angeles.

GRADE: B-

A brother (Michael Welch) and sister (Molly Quinn) battle a witch (Lara Flynn Boyle) who lures teenagers into her suburban home with her special blend of marijuana where she then proceeds to kill and eat them to maintain her youth and beauty.

I was mildly drawn to this title by the cast, and then further encouraged by Aaron Christensen's review calling this a "spliff riff" and giving it modest comments. Frankly, with this sort of concept, anything better than complete rubbish is all we can ask for... and this definitely ranks above anything in Full Moon's "Evil Bong" series.

Some things about the film are terrible. Well, okay, many things. The lack of plot, the lack of humor, the weird subplot about the witch being a Nazi refugee that never seems to even get addressed... nor do we find out why she is involved in the marijuana business in the first place...

It was great to see Cary Elwes in a cameo (even if he does not get a credit on IMDb for some reason). And it is nice to see Michael Welch branching out (we had another horror, "Demented", released about the same time). Unfortunately, this can only be seen as a step down for Lara Flynn Boyle... are her days on red carpet over?

The title and description let one know what to expect, so given the genre's history, I didn't epect much. This is much more than some half-baked stoner movie. This has got some real substance.

The cinematography appears to be more than B movie grade. A decent soundtrack adds to the experience. The writing, while basic, still involves a good storyline with humor, drama, a bit of scare, and most of all, a chance of character attachment for the viewer.

I found this film to be so much more than a stoner film. While I wouldn't watch this with the entire family, it is a fun film to watch with those old enough to laugh at or with those who partake.

I went in looking for a 5 star movie, but came out with a 10 for expectations.

Save for some of the names to appear in the cast - Lara Flynn Boyle! Cary Elwes! Yancy Butler! - the premise doesn't inspire confidence that we're going to get any surprises. The classic tale of Hansel and Gretel is reimagined for the modern stoner generation, and with that conceit in mind, at the very start the film pointedly spotlights paraphernalia, active use, cannabis culture, and pot puns and weed humor. The cast are invited to lean into the spirit of hazy highs with loopy lines and acting, and the writing at times emphasizes these aspects to an absurd degree; not since 'Dude, where's my car?' has the word "dude" been employed so effusively in a script. Mind, there are plenty otherwise juvenile, boorish inclusions in the dialogue and scene writing, too. Any viewer who isn't themselves a marijuana enthusiast, or who doesn't care for depictions in media of such indulgence, is in for a rough ride from the get-go.

It's not a very promising beginning. Yet things quickly go a different route, and I must give credit where it's due: 'Hansel & Gretel get baked' is genuinely far more well made than I would have expected. True, those expectations weren't very much; I anticipated a horror-comedy for stoners that would probably fail to particularly deliver on any of those accounts. So I'm surprised that the blood and gore actually look really great, and earnest care was put into the visual effects. The production design, art direction, and cinematography are honestly fantastic. In fact, while marijuana kicks off the feature and is the central notion underlying the plot, the horror facet is arguably the strongest here, as it's only a very light and unbothered sense of levity that flavors the writing instead of defining it. Moreover, instead of just being a stoner comedy take on a revered fairy tale, there's sincere effort put into updating the narrative. There's some real intelligence on hand; for one example, observe the scene about one-third in that doesn't bat an eye in giving a portrait in miniature of the absurdity and cruelty of the "War on Drugs." We see the declination of law enforcement to do their jobs when the possible victim has a record even for mere possession; the way drug laws turn every innocent into a suspect, a tool of the police state, or both; the flailing incompetence and inability to really do much of anything in most instances, least of all when someone may be at risk. In a scant few minutes 'Get baked' quietly informs that for as much as the genre element is highlighted, and for any tomfoolery, the work put into this was no joke.

I suppose all this means that moviegoers who actually want the stereotypical stoner comedy are going to be disappointed, because that's not what this title is about. I, however, am delighted, because that niche genre isn't one I much care for myself. The movie we get instead takes our assumptions and throws them out, and is all the better for it. Apart from dashes of overdone pothead humor there's some meaningful wit in the screenplay, and the narrative is solid. Every scene along the way is written and executed well. The original score lends definite atmosphere, alongside smart use of lighting and environmental effects, and Duane Journey's direction is really quite good. The horror styling also extends beyond only the witch that we meet in the tale of the Brothers Grimm, and the labor put into realizing each component is admirable. 'Get baked' shows off excellent hair and makeup work, and superb props and set pieces, to feed into the more gnarly ideas herein. On top of all this, while to some degree limited by the nature of the material, the cast give capable performances that tell me it would be worth watching some of their other movies. Above all others, Boyle is terrific as the witch, Agnes, turning in a show of acting that's laced with cheeky range and nuance befitting a devilishly clever, confident, and powerful villain. She's clearly having fun with her part, and it's a joy to see.

None of this is to say that 'Hansel & Gretel get baked' is perfect. Details aside, one may well say this is a very common horror thriller, and I can't argue with that. Some instances of plot development are a hair contrived, Movie Magic that assembles the story Just So such that the picture can be completed on time and within budget. Given the tone the feature otherwise takes, the early heavy accentuation of the glazed-eyes stoner element ultimately feels out of place, becoming distasteful for the fact of it. And for as sturdy as the horror-oriented adaptation is, and increasingly so as the length progresses, something nonetheless feels indescribably off about the course of events here, as though it's both too easy and somehow incomplete. I don't think these shortcomings are so severe as to majorly dampen the entertainment, but all the same I'm left feeling that I want to like it more than I do.

Yet maybe this is all nitpicking. The movie twists around the premise to focus its core in a different direction, but even at that, when all is said and done 'Get baked' delivers exactly what it intends - only with its ingredients in an unanticipated arrangement. In every way this exceeds my best guesses at how it could have turned out, with fabulous work contributed from those behind the scenes, adept writing, and able acting and direction. It's nothing so extraordinary that any would-be viewer needs to go out of their way to see it, and just as much to the point, the audience for this is likely even smaller than the filmmakers presumed, given the elements stirred together and the proportions thereof. All I can say is that I sat to watch on a whim, by no means getting my hopes up, and well before the climax I was astonished and pleased by what I found instead. 'Hansel & Gretel get baked' will appeal to relatively few, but if you're receptive to the idea and open-minded for whatever may come your way, this is a peculiarly sharp slice of horror cinema that's worth checking out!

I thought this was a stoner movie and I watched it while I was high, right around when it came out (I have been clean for over 2 years). To my surprise it was so scary and took me to a baaaad trip! Not recommended to watch while high and have in mind it's a horror movie and not a stoner move or a comedy! Lol.

I really enjoyed the movie, although it contains some disturbing scenes, it is very good and teaches some things about drug addiction that often 90% of people die.

What's most surprising is how much more coherent (and faithful to the original fairy tale) this is than its witch-hunting, $50 million big studio counterpart. From the opening credits -- the cast and crew's names are printed on dispensary pop top vials -- one senses this is not another This is Not Another Teen Horror Film.

In this telling, Gretel (Molly C. Quinn) and her boyfriend Ashton (Andrew James Allen) are medical marijuana-card carrying stoners who get their hands on a gnarly quarter-ounce of Black Forest, the El Dorado of weed.

Dispensaries don't stock it. The only place in town that reimburses for it is located in the enchanted forest, a labyrinthine grow room in the basement of the wicked witch Agnes' (Lara Flynn Boyle) spacious Pasadena home.

Ashton ventures off on his own and winds up getting twice-baked: once by the Black Forest and again in Agnes' kiln. (She literally sucks the life out of her prey in order to maintain a youthful bloom.) Layers of aging latex peel away to reveal a younger Boyle, but the collagen Cheetos that pass for lips defy deterioration.

Enter nonuser Hansel (Michael Welch), with veins as pure as spring water and virginity still intact, and a gang of local pushers (they caught wind of granny's stash and want their cut) to wage various battles against the all consuming witch.

Duane Journey started as a grip on dozens of films and now finds himself behind the camera. H&G never reaches the far flung causticity of Freeway, Matthew Bright's scabrously satiric take on the Little Red Riding Hood saga, but I still found myself chuckling more out loud more times than anticipated. Skittles replace breadcrumbs only long enough for one of our players to get the munchies and eat the return directions.

The gore gets to be a tad gratuitous, but for the most part Journey has a ball ripping into genre conventions. This time you're supposed to laugh when the cat comes hurling at the camera. SPOILER ALERT The manner in which the two cops meet their end will go down as one of the biggest, most unexpected laughs of 2013. Stoners and/or those in need of a few laughs need to move their tush, buy some kush. Fun romp of a film.

This was a fun little movie. I would call it a dark comedy rather than a horror comedy but it's fine to distract you if you need to kill time in the hotel before going out to dinner.

It's not terribly memorable until we reach the witch's house. She really steals the show with her evil yet seductive performance with pretty admirable make up turning her gradually from crone to hot chick.

The other characters are pretty forgettable and I don't really feel for them.

It was really funny to watch her take out those cops. But it annoyed me to see they survived. Way to give a middle finger to your audience.

Nothing much but it's fine.