The classic fairy tale like you’ve never seen it before. When a king’s promise is broken, Rumpelstiltskin makes a deal with the devil in Andy Edwards’ masochistic thrill ride.
The scariest villain from our collective childhoods returns in this haunting tale — only this time, he’s darker, bloodier, and nastier. Once upon a time, a miller (Mark Cook) attempts to marry his daughter (Hannah Baxter-Eve) off to the King (Colin Malone) by claiming she can spin straw into gold. With the help of a demonic imp (Joss Carter), she fulfils the task, but the King becomes greedy and demands more. Desperate, she promises the imp her firstborn child in exchange for his continued help. When the time comes to honour her bargain, dark forces collide as the imp makes a sinister deal with the devil.
Based on Alain Gandy’s book Les Chiens Jaunes, the story takes us back to March 1945. The Japanese army launch a sudden, brutally violent assault on the French garrisons in the Far East. Thousands of civilians and soldiers are killed. Stalked by the Japanese enemy, a column of legionnaires who are already weakened by alcohol and disease decide to traverse the jungle in an attempt to reach China and allied bases.