A teenager dreams of a life in a gothic fairy-tale world, where she is warned by her wise grandmother to beware of men with an animalistic nature. Werewolves roam the forests of this world, and a series of strange stories reveal the ways in which they tempt people to their doom. Neil Jordan's fantasy based on Angela Carter's short stories, starring Sarah Patterson and Angela Lansbury.

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?