There comes a time in everybody’s life when they read an original version of one of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales that retroactively spoils their childhood. So used to the bland, white-washed Disney interpretations, it’s easy for us to forget that once upon a time Cinderella was synonymous with “majorly gruesome” and “shoe full of blood.”
Recently, Hollywood has been trying to cash in on the edgier details of the tales with adult-targeted shows such as Grimm (NBC) and Once Upon a Time (ABC) and the dime-a-dozen “Snow White” movies in the making—it's a phenomenon examined by Julien Hawthorne in this week’s Eye. We took a by-the-numbers account of some tales not yet turned into cinematic gold after the jump. Pay attention, Kristen Stewart–these are ripe for the taking.
