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Summary: Interesting, and gross.
Review: This movie was quite original in its way but it was really disgusting. I don't think they needed to have people practically being ripped inside out, same with the dogs. But it was a bit funny and entertaining, I'd recommend it.
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Summary: Horror fans and Xena fans unite!!
Review: Fans of Xena and La Femme Nikita may remember director John Fawcett from some of the best episodes on both shows. Now he brings us his film "Ginger Snaps". A bizarre screenplay from Karen Waldon, this brilliant movie is a gross werewolf story that serves as a mask for a much more gruesome tale: teen-years. By accurately showing the "horror" teenagers can go for in discovering their own bodies, their own changes, their own "powers", this movie is what "The Craft" could've been. Think of it as "Carrie" with a werewolf twist. Ginger and Brigitte Fitzpatrick are a couple of teenage girls living in a really dull suburbia. But these are not your typical American-Pie-gals. Gin and Bri are true outcasts, with a serious contempt for everyone else in their school. On the night of her first menstruation, Ginger is attacked by a werewolf, and when she suddenly starts becoming one, no one will be safe, not even her dear sister. One of the strong points for this movie is the transformation from human to wolf. It's a great thing that they decided not to go with CGI effects, but rather they used some very old-fashioned make-up tricks. Two thumbs up for that! It made me remember those all-time classics like "The Howling" and "An American Werewolf in London". Also, it portrays the horrors of adolescence in a dark, cerebral way (also with a very twisted sense of humor) that puts to shame all that nonsense from no-brainer teen flicks like "American Pie". The cast is wonderful. The two sisters (complete strangers to me) are great, and Mimi Roger's as their mom is a marvelous and funny character. Now, for such a good movie, this edition is a crying shame. I hope the people at Amazon.com decide to include on their catalog the excellent Collector's Edition made in Canada, with full biography of the cast and crew, 2 commentary tracks by John Fawcett and Karen Waldon and several other features, including a slideshow of Ginger and Brigitte's school project. Wherever you get it, be sure to watch this movie. It barely got some attention at theaters over here, but I can guarantee you that you're standing in front of a future cult classic. Also, for all Xena fans around the world, Lucy Lawless has a small voice cameo in this movie as the woman in the school's PA system.
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Summary: Dark
Review: I watch alot of movies, and this one has to be oe of my favourites. Its quite a dark film about two very weird sisters (Ginger and Brigette), who hang around together and spend there time creating creapy photos (Which you see as the films coming on).
Then, one night they are attacked by "something" which bites Ginger. This happens at the same time as Ginger starts beginning her period. She is becoming a woman at the same time she is becoming a werewolf.
Its a great film, and I think it should have come out at the movies. I dont really get why it didnt. I love werewolf stories and movies, and this ones quite different from the norm. Buy, it rent it, what ever just if you like horror watch it.
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Summary: Another Interesting Twist On The Werewolf Legacy...
Review: "Ginger Snaps" is a suprise sleeper. Like "The Company Of Wolves", this film deals with the aspects of puberty and the metamorphosis of a girl... becoming a woman. Sure there's a werewolf storyline here, but the heart of the movie comes from the relationship between the two sisters, Brigett and Ginger. Without these intimate characters, this could have been just a campy low budget movie. There is a bit of campiness to the film, but it doesn't overshadow the plot. The effects are low budget, so don't expect "An American Werewolf In London" Rick Baker wizardry here. But you should expect an enteraining horror film with characters you care about. Katharine Isabelle (Ginger) and Emily Perkins (Brigette) are fantastic and hopefully have promising film careers ahead of them. Heads Up: There is a Canadian DVD version of this film that offers a Widescreen Format and loads of extras (including some great and crucial deleted scenes)
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Summary: Definately worth buying...
Review: Judging by other people's reviews, this is a film you'll either love or hate. I love it. It's not every other horror film you've seen, it's not what you expect, and it's not predictable. That alone would make it worth seeing, just to experience something original.
The characters are very fleshed out, and the relationship between the sisters is more the focal point than the werewolf story. Rather than describing it as a horror film about two sisters, I'd call it an exploration of an extremely close relationship between two sisters who are faced with the problem of one being bitten by a werewolf. Their relationship changes as Ginger (the bitten sister) changes into a werewolf.
And in keeping with the genre, it does follow some of the rules of teen horror films. However it does it subtly enough that you don't feel as though your watching something formulaic, but your appetite for the genre is satiated.
This is the stuff repeat viewings are made of.
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Summary: Hot Teenage Werewolf Action!
Review: I just got through watching this movie and I must say that I was not disappointed in the least!
At first I expected this to be just another low budget thriller but as soon as the movie started I new it would be a great movie to watch again and again. If you are a die hard horror fan, like myself then I am sure you will want this for your collection.
It stars the lovely young actress Katharine Isabelle who plays Ginger, the teenage victim of a freaky looking lycanthrope. Needless to say there is a lot of blood, gore and special effects in this movie. I like the way the transformation from Teenybopper Hottie to Demonic Hellhound gradually took place during the course of the film.
Even right before the complete transformation she was still hot!
If you liked Silver Bullet and American Werewolf In London then you will love this.
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Summary: " Not Disappointed"...
Review: Ginger snaps, is a very good horror flick. I own it, and play it a lot. It's about 2 sister's, Ginger & Bridget,one is 15 the other 16. They are involved in a horror/class at school, and that's why at the beginning it look's like they killed themselves with taking picture's for a project at school. They are not really popular, and that's what Ginger want's, to be popular. They have a rival at school,(Trina Sinclair),she is alway's hitting Bridget at school gym class,her & Ginger clashed after she did that. They had earlier made a pact at age 8, that they would die together at 16. Trina keep's up her meaness to Bridget,(who seem's like she cant talk for herself),so one night Ginger & Bridget sneak out of the house,(At this time, the new's said a animal is on the loose, has killed many dog's),they plan on taking the remain's of a dead dog to Trina's house to freak her out, but it didnt work out. They heard something and Bridget said lets go and thats when Ginger got attacked, it was ran over by their new friend at school, Sam. Well Ginger is infected with the bites she got, she was slowly turning into a werewolf, Bridget with Sams help try and save Ginger with a flower the girl's mom brought home,(monkshood), but she was changing too fast..I really like this movie, the end was sad, and thats what I didnt like, the end. I think it should have been a better ending. But the acting is great, and just the horror of it was fun to watch over and over. As you know Ginger dies in the end, and Bridget infected herself with Ginger, so they did actually die together, or did they???
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Summary: "Out by sixteen or dead on the scene"
Review: Such is the oath taken between sisters Brigette (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) at age eight, "Together forever, united against life as we know it." Living in the terminally-boring Canadian town of Bailey Downs, the two sisters are willing outcasts, although one gets the very-real sense that Ginger has every intention of forcing Brigette to adhere to their eight-year-old oath of suicide. With a totally obvlivious mother (Mimi Rogers) and a cypher-father, the two sisters indulge their morbid side, taking a series of false-suicide photos for a class project. When Brigette is picked on by one of the popular girls during a field-hockey match at gym, the two sisters plan revenge -- to kill the girl's dog and make it look like the mysterious "Beast of Bailey Downs," which has been cutting a bloody swath through the town's pets, had done it. But, in an ironic twist, while hunting down the dog, Ginger experiences her first period -- and the blood attracts the Beast, who mauls Ginger. The two sisters flee, the Beast follows, and gets spattered all over the road by Sam's (Kris Lemche) van. Ginger begins sprouting hair in odd places, getting new urges, growing a tail, watching her fingernails become talons, and noticing boys. Sound like puberty (except for the talons and tail)? It should, because the female cycle, puberty, and lycanthropy all become hopelessly intertwined in this incredible film. I've always been a fan of horror, although my tastes run more for the old Hammer and Universal films. This movie, and Dog Soldiers, two non-US werewolf films, have revitalized my interest in the genre, long-dead after "American Werewolf in London" sparked it briefly. The Artisan DVD is bare-bones, no chapter stops, no behind-the-scenes, merely the options to play the movie or watch the theater promo. Still, I can listen to the opening music from the "title page" of the DVD over and over again. Still, it is an excellent movie, one I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone who loves werewolf movies. It may detract from some of the more common myths (the full moon doesn't have anything to do with the change, silver bullets are nowhere to be seen, and lycanthropy is treated more like a virus or disease than a mystical affliction), but it remains true to itself. I won't reveal any more, this is a must-see film. Some complain that the ball was dropped in the final act -- I don't agree. I enjoyed this film start to finish.
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Summary: Guilty pleasure
Review: I have a penchant for movies that simply admit what they are and don't try to be anything more. This movie is simply FUN. They don't quite have the budget for truly convincing effects, but the characters and plot are a fascinating look into life as an outcast teen monster. Plenty of dysfunction, gore, and sensuality make this a wonderfully enjoyable guilty pleasure.
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Summary: a must see
Review: If you like horror, and especially werewolf movies, this one is a must see. Its not the story, which although good, is not terrible original, its not the FX, which are not bad, but not great either. If anything, I think its the atmosphere, and the interaction between the two sisters. What makes it also good is that it has a fixed end and will (probably) not have a sequel (or two, or ten). One of the best horror movies recently.
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