Fifteen year old Goth sisters Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins) are the misfits of their high school. They strive to be different and are obsessed with darkness and death, making a pact, dead by sixteen.
The boring suburb of Bailey Downs has been hit by a spate of animal attacks, leaving pets viciously mauled. The arrival of Aunt Flo forces Ginger into adulthood and she is disgusted by how her body betrays her. Unfortunately for her, her first period coincides with a walk beneath the full moon and she is attacked by a werewolf. Soon enough, Ginger starts to change, not only physically but mentally, and it is up to her loyal sister Bridget, with the help of drug dealer Sam (Kris Lemche) to attempt to cure her before all hell breaks loose in their little Canadian town. Luckily for Brigitte, dope connoisseur Sam knows a lot about plants, including certain herbs that might help.
Wonderfully acted, with Mimi Rogers as their endlessly upbeat and misguided mother, Ginger Snaps caught my attention a decade ago and I happened to be flicking through the channels late one night recently and found the SyFy channel showing it. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was a good as I remember it. It’s tongue-in-cheek, clever and gross out violent in some parts. Isabelle is captivating as her animal instincts start to take over and Perkins is just as good as the fed up shadow of her older sister. The dialogue is biting and funny, and reminded me of the teenage speak from Buffy and Heathers.
Ginger Snaps also has one of the most chilling opening credits scenes I have ever seen: one death shot after the next shows the sisters playing dead for the camera. This film is bloody and gory, and includes lots of gross body shots like the tail sticking out of Ginger’s underwear. Feel free to feel slightly nauseated by this (I did!). We also get vomiting, blood licking and one horrible shot of a teenage boy peeing blood into a urinal; turns out he’s been infected by Ginger during sex. So, you have been well warned.
A bloody excellent, low budget horror movie. ****
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Are you brave enough to watch this?
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Haha whoa this film sounds crazy! But in a good way. Great review as always 🙂
Thanks Becky. It is crazy, but definitely fun.
Okay, you’ve totally intrigued me. I’m fascinated and disturbed at the same time. LOL
I think that’s the combination the filmmakers were going for. If you check it out, hope you enjoy it.
We all have certainly been warned! I love the title, it’s those snappy little play on words that really get me. If it’s got a Buffy feel to it, then I’ll check it out only for my husband’s sake. He’s the huge Buffy fan in the family. But of course, I’ll have to keep him company. 😉 I always do that for gross-out movies ~ tell him it’s his movie, I’ll just be there for support. I really don’t think he believes me.
Yes, the title is fantastic and snappy. Ginger Snaps has the attitude of Buffy but it’s definitely a lot more out there. Your husband and I would get on, ha ha. I love the whole Buffy universe.
I know! I keep telling you that you and my husband would make great friends. Didn’t I say somewhere that you needed to come out here and go to a movie with him ~ for Battleship maybe or Prometheus. You two have very similar tastes in movies and tv shows.
Right. If I make it over to your neck of the woods, I’ll look ye both up!
I remember this movie. I couldn’t watch all of it when I was younger. (I was never good with horror flicks.) I loved the concept though. Great review!
Thanks Trish. Maybe try giving it a go again some time.
Cool review:) Never saw the movie, but I think I will check it out
Cheers Michelle.
Will have to see if I can find it on Neflix! Sounds fun!
Cool. Let me know what you think of it.
Wowza! Sounds like just the thing I would have been looking for in high school. Hehehehe Might need that to tap into my inner youth. 😀
Go ahead and tap into it Debra, you might enjoy it!
And it’s Canadian!!!
Oh, and there is a sequel that’s quite good as well. It’s set in a different time!
I’ll check out the sequel, thanks, Dalya. Great Canadian movie should have been the title of this post 🙂
No no, you don’t want to scare people away. 🙂