10 Epic Fantasy Movies You Probably Haven't Seen

10. The Company Of Wolves

Okay, while fantasy doesn't just comprise of fairytales, it's not a bad place to start.

The Company of Wolves - based on Angela Carter's short story in The Bloody Chamber - is a reinterpretation of Little Red Riding Hood's tale. A modern-day Rosaleen falls asleep and dreams that she is living in a magical forest filled to the brim with whimsical wolves. Within that main narrative, there are another four short stories all comprising of grisly Lycan-laden incidents.

You can't get much closer to fairytale fantasy than this, with each tale detailing supernatural encounters with witches, werewolves, and the Devil himself. The fables cleverly entwine allegories on coming-of-age, trust, and revenge. Romance and bloodshed all mix up into a genuinely terrific fantasy experience.

Where The Company of Wolves really shines is in its use of practical effects, with some of the most horrifying depictions of werewolf transformations ever put to screen. The sudden shift from the charming mise-en-scène of a snow-crested forest to a man hungrily tearing off his own face is scary stuff to say the least.