An ultra-tense, ultra-bleak trio of films covering what became known as the Yorkshire Ripper, a serial killer operating in the equally bleak north-east of England.
The title, Red Riding is a twist of the Yorkshire Ridings (North, West and East Riding being the geographical divisions of the county of Yorkshire, since the 8th Century), and the story of Red Riding Hood, where young girls are accosted by the Big Bad Wolf in the forest.
Each film covers a particular period in the Ripper's spree, 1974, 1980 and 1983. Each film has a different director and camera crew, and were shot on 16mm, 35mm and digital respectively.
1974 deals mainly with the young reporter for The Yorkshire Post, who believes there's a connection between the disappearance of 3 young girls from towns around Yorkshire, but suffers at the brutal hands of the local police, who are in cahoots with a property developer who has promised to cut them in on the profits from his projects.
Red Riding belongs up there with Traffik, The State Within and many other British made-for-TV but given theatrical release movies that regularly out-do mainstream fare.
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