Once upon a time, fairy tales weren’t the dreamy, happily-ever-after stories we know today. Before Disney sprinkled them with some pixie dust, fairy tales were dark, twisted and sometimes ...

The dark tenor of the Grimms’ fairy tales is almost a punch line at this point, and their surname, which means “wrathful” in German, hasn’t helped.

If you are looking for a dark, relevant series in the vein of The Handmaid’s Tale now that that series is over, these shows are great options.

“Coraline” director Henry Selick is set to helm a live-action version of “A Tale Dark and Grimm,” based on the book by Adam Gidwitz, where Hansel and Gretel escape their own ominous fairy ...