''Tom Thumb and Little Red Riding Hood'' ( es, Caperucita y Pulgarcito contra los monstruos) is a 1962 Mexican fantasy adventure film directed by Roberto Rodríguez. It is a sequel to two other imported films, ''Little Red Riding Hood'' (1960) and ''Little Red Riding Hood and Friends'' (1961). The dubbed version of the film was theatrically released in United States by

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in 1965. The film was also released on VHS by Something Weird Video in 2002. An uncut version of the film with English subtitles was released on

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as ''Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb vs. the Monsters''.

Plot

The film follows the adventures of

Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th century European folk tales. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brother ...

(Maria Gracia) and

Tom Thumb Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. ''The History of Tom Thumb'' was published in 1621 and was the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangl ...

(

Cesáreo Quezadas Cesáreo Quezadas (born 18 December 1950) is a Mexican actor. He took the stage name of Pulgarcito from the film of the same name in which he debuted in 1957. During the 1960s he achieved worldwide fame for acting in many films. However, in 2005, ...

) and their friends, fighting against the wicked Queen Witch (

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) and her band of monsters. The film starts at the meeting of the evil monsters in the castle in the Haunted Forest, heart of the

Devil A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of t ...

's dominion, during which the

Vampire A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mi ...

(Quintín Bulnes) accuses the

big bad wolf The Big Bad Wolf is a fictional wolf appearing in several cautionary tales that include some of ''Grimms' Fairy Tales.'' Versions of this character have appeared in numerous works, and it has become a generic archetype of a menacing predatory a ...

(

Manuel Valdés Fernando Manuel Alonso Gómez de Valdés y Castillo (21 January 1931 – 28 August 2020) was a Mexican actor and comedian. A member of the Valdés family, he was the brother of Ramón Valdés, who portrayed "Don Ramón" on the sitcom ''El Cha ...

) and the

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(

José Elías Moreno José Elías Moreno (12 November 1910 – 15 July 1969) was a Mexican character actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1937 and 1969. He was from the state of Jalisco. His son of the same name, born in 1956, is also a successful a ...

) of betraying the Queen Witch (La Reina Bruja, renamed the Queen of Badness in the English dub), who orders them to be executed. Their friend Stinky the Skunk (Santanón) escapes, however, and informs Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb, who promise to help. Meanwhile, the Queen and her sister the Old Witch cast a terrible curse, turning villagers into monkeys and mice for trying to defy her magic. The rest of the story details the heroes' quest to conquer evil.http://www.cinecutre.com/movie-review/caperucita-y-pulgarcito-contra-los-monstruos-1962/

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* 1962 films 1960s adventure films Mexican children's films Mexican fantasy adventure films 1960s musical films 1960s Spanish-language films Films based on Tom Thumb Films based on Little Red Riding Hood 1960s English-language films 1960s Mexican films {{child-film-stub