▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁port ray ▁a ▁symbol ic , ▁night mar ish ▁world ▁that ▁ev oked ▁the ▁psych ological ▁horror s ▁they ▁end ured . ▁Having ▁research ed ▁Bruno ▁B ett el heim ' s ▁The ▁Us es ▁of ▁En chant ment : ▁The ▁Mean ing ▁and ▁Import ance ▁of ▁Fair y ▁T ales , ▁Dev ▁set ▁the ▁film ▁within ▁the ▁fant asy ▁horror ▁genre ▁as ▁it ▁would ▁enable ▁the ▁film ▁to ▁be ▁elabor ated ▁upon ▁the ▁m ature ▁and ▁symbol ic ▁them es ▁found ▁in ▁fair y ▁tales . ▁ ▁Car roll ' s ▁Alice ' s ▁Advent ures ▁in ▁Wonder land ▁and ▁in ▁particular , ▁Through ▁the ▁Looking - G lass , ▁were ▁used ▁as ▁direct ▁inspir ations ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ideas ▁of ▁dream ▁revers al , ▁occ ult ism , ▁and ▁dream ▁symbol ism ▁that ▁Car roll ▁presents ▁in ▁his ▁work ▁and ▁that ▁author ▁Marc ▁Edmund ▁Jones ▁elabor ates ▁on . ▁ ▁Production ▁of ▁Red ▁Kingdom ▁R ising ▁was ▁achieved ▁on ▁a ▁low ▁budget , ▁with ▁pre - production ▁comm encing ▁months ▁prior ▁to ▁shooting ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁design ▁and ▁build ▁the ▁complicated ▁character ▁make ▁up ▁prost het ics ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁full ▁scale ▁Red ▁Kingdom ▁dream ▁world . ▁Dev ▁under to ok ▁extensive ▁re he ars als ▁with ▁his ▁cast , ▁familiar ising ▁them ▁with ▁affect ive ▁memory ▁exer cis es ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁complexity ▁of ▁the ▁trouble d ▁characters . ▁ ▁Visual ▁inspir ations ▁for ▁Red ▁Kingdom ▁R ising ▁r anged ▁from ▁Gustav ▁D ore