Rumpelstiltskin Review

I absolutely love modern fairy tale retellings, but drawing from this rich well of public domain and creating a new story that actually has something to say and isn't just a beat-for-beat adaptation is pretty tricky. Rumpelstiltskin is a horror-inclined indie project, produced by the intrepid Paranoid Android company, which follows the original tale pretty closely but fills in some empty spaces with additional plot. Compared to Once Upon a Time and Shrek's more sprawling and at times convoluted takes on the titular character, this tight, contained story has the potential to delve into him in a more personal way.