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Ginger Snaps -- This film uses werewolfism as a metaphor for puberty. One of the Fitzgerald sisters, suburban goth girl outcasts, gets bitten by something in the woods (and it ain't a neighborhood dog).

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Director:
John Fawcett
Writers:
Karen Walton (story) &
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Release Date:
11 May 2001 (Canada) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Horror See more »
Tagline:
She's got the curse See more »
Plot:
This film uses werewolfism as a metaphor for puberty. One of the Fitzgerald sisters, suburban goth girl outcasts, gets bitten by something in the woods (and it ain't a neighborhood dog). Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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8 wins & 3 nominations See more »
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Emily Perkins ... Brigitte

Katharine Isabelle ... Ginger

Kris Lemche ... Sam

Mimi Rogers ... Pamela

Jesse Moss ... Jason
Danielle Hampton ... Trina
John Bourgeois ... Henry

Peter Keleghan ... Mr. Wayne

Christopher Redman ... Ben
Jimmy MacInnis ... Tim

Lindsay Leese ... Nurse Ferry
Wendii Fulford ... Ms. Sykes
Ann Baggley ... Mother
Graeme Robertson ... Toddler
Maxwell Robertson ... Toddler
Pak-Kwong Ho ... Janitor (as Pak-Kong Ho)
Bryon Bully ... Hockey Kid
Steven Taylor ... Puppy Kid
Nick Nolan ... Creature / Gingerwolf
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Joey Paul Gowdy ... Student Blue Backpack (uncredited)

Lucy Lawless ... Announcer on School's PA System (voice) (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Fawcett 
 
Writing credits
Karen Walton (story) &
John Fawcett (story)

Karen Walton (written by)

Produced by
Tina Goldlist .... associate producer
Karen Lee Hall .... producer
Steven Hoban .... producer (as Steve Hoban)
Dan Lyon .... executive producer (as Daniel Lyon)
Alicia Reilly Larson .... executive producer (as Alicia Reilly-Larson)
Noah Segal .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Mike Shields  (as Michael Shields)
 
Cinematography by
Thom Best (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Brett Sullivan 
 
Casting by
Robin D. Cook 
 
Production Design by
Todd Cherniawsky 
 
Art Direction by
Mary Wilkinson 
 
Set Decoration by
Eric McNab 
 
Costume Design by
Lea Carlson 
 
Makeup Department
Gérald Altenburg .... wig maker (as Gerald Altenburg)
Sarah Fairbairn .... makeup artist
Jenn Gould .... makeup assistant: second unit (as Jen Gould)
Paul Jones .... special makeup effects artist
Candice Ornstein .... makeup assistant: second unit
Jordan Samuel .... makeup artist
Suzanne Savage .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Robert J. Pazoro .... production manager (as Roberta J. Pazdro)
Lori A. Waters .... post-production supervisor (as Lori Waters)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrick Arias .... second assistant director: second unit
Grant Harvey .... second unit director
Sheldon Inkol .... first assistant director: second unit
David McLennan .... first assistant director
Craig Newman .... third assistant director
Michelle Redel .... trainee assistant director: second unit
Neil Winemaker .... trainee assistant director
Laura Wood Fawcett .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Frank Consiglio .... set dresser
Patrick Cooke .... on-set dresser
Joanne Filleti .... key painter (as Joanne F. Filleti)
Michael Followes .... property master
Julia Holden .... storyboard artist
Vincenzo Natali .... storyboard artist
Dan Norton .... first assistant art director
Derreck Roemer .... assistant property master
Monique Roy .... lead set dresser
Jack St. John .... head carpenter
Frans Van Gerwen .... construction coordinator
Joanna Weinstein .... food stylist
Cindy Yetman .... property master: second unit (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Marina Adam .... foley assistant
Tom Blainey .... adr recordist
Fred Brennan .... adr editor
Kathy Choi .... second assistant sound editor
Susan Fairbairn .... first assistant sound editor
Robert Fletcher .... location sound recordist
Jeff Hamon .... adr recordist
Garrett Kerr .... supervising dialogue editor
Bob Lacivita .... adr recordist
Mishann Lau .... dialogue editor
Geoff Lippman .... sound consultant: Dolby (as Geof Lipman)
Kirk Lynds .... sound re-recording assistant
Stephen Marian .... boom operator (as Steve Marian)
David McCallum .... sound designer
David McCallum .... supervising sound editor
Jason Milligan .... boom operator
Steve Moore .... sound re-recording assistant
Donna Powell .... foley artist
Ian Rankin .... additional sound re-recording mixer
Ian Rankin .... foley recordist
Lou Solakofski .... sound re-recording mixer
Orest Sushko .... sound re-recording mixer
Jane Tattersall .... sound effects editor
Robert Warchol .... sound effects editor
Randy Wilson .... adr recordist
David Yonson .... adr recordist
 
Special Effects by
Reg Ashby .... special effects assistant
Rob Crawford .... special effects assistant
Fifi Dadanka .... effects artist
Carl Faber .... effects artist
Matthew Galliford .... effects artist
Kelly Groh .... prosthetic costume coordinator
Shaune Harrison .... key prosthetic artist
Kate Hill .... key prosthetic artist
Tiar Hollub .... effects artist
Brock Jolliffe .... special effects supervisor
Paul Jones .... creature effects
John Kernigan .... prosthetic costume coordinator
Vicky Mifsud .... prosthetic artist
Mike Pyette .... effects artist
Rudy Rivas .... special effects assistant
David Scott .... effects artist
Dan Sheehan .... effects artist
Anthony Veilleux .... effects artist
Scott Patton .... sculptor (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
John Furniotis .... visual effects supervisor
Jamie Hallett .... digital composites
Jamie Hallett .... opening title composite
Chris Nguyen .... film scanning and recording
David Salter .... digital composites
Bob Yoshioka .... digital composites
 
Stunts
Brittney Banks .... stunt performer
Shelley Cook .... stunt coordinator
Kym Kristalie .... stunt performer
Jessica Meyer .... stunt performer
Regan Moore .... stunt performer
Edward A. Queffelec .... stunt rigger
Billy Oliver .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Terry Banting .... gaffer: second unit (as Terry J. Banting)
Paul Begin .... second assistant camera: second unit
Mark Berlet .... gaffer
Paul Boucher .... additional camera operator
Steven Chung .... camera operator: EPK
Michael Curtis .... third electrician
Margaret Demchenko .... camera trainee
Maryse Frigon .... second assistant camera
Mario Frisk .... key grip: second unit
Ava Gerlitz .... still photographer (as Ava V. Gerlitz)
Sophie Giraud .... still photographer
James D. Grant .... best boy grip
Kenneth S. Green .... best boy electric: second unit (as Ken Green)
Kenneth S. Green .... electrician (as Ken Green)
Patrick Hales .... dolly grip
Sean Hearn .... best boy electric: second unit
Jeff Hohener .... first assistant camera: second unit
Andy Jekabsons .... first assistant camera: second unit
Sean Jensen .... Steadicam operator
Sean Jensen .... camera operator
Chris Kelly .... best boy grip: second unit
Chris Kelly .... grip
Shaun Lawless .... camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Rick Leger .... generator operator
Tom O'Reilly .... key grip (as Thomas O'Reilly)
Loreen Ruddock .... best girl electric
Lennon Shute .... best boy grip: second unit
Gavin Smith .... director of photography: second unit
Dean Stinchcombe .... first assistant camera
Frank Varga .... generator operator: second unit
Pief Weyman .... still photographer (as L. Pief Weyman)
Chris Zacharuk .... electrician
 
Casting Department
Megan Conacher .... extras casting
Caroline Klein .... extras casting assistant
Robert McGee .... casting: USA
Linda Phillips-Palo .... casting: USA (as Linda Philips-Palo)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sylvia Bohne .... wardrobe assistant: second unit
Sheila Fitzpatrick .... assistant costume designer
Marie Grogan Hales .... wardrobe supervisor
Kelly Hood .... wardrobe assistant
Stacy Laliberte .... wardrobe assistant: second unit
 
Editorial Department
Michele Francis .... first assistant editor
Ricardo Olivero .... color timer
Catherine Rankin .... negative cutter
 
Music Department
Howard Jones .... composer: song "Temple from Within"
Tanya Kalmanovitch .... music arranger: strings
Jason Lawrence .... music recording assistant
Scot McFadyen .... music supervisor
Beau Shiminsky .... music recordist
 
Transportation Department
Glen Avigdor .... transportation captain
Allan Fear .... driver
Lora Kitchener .... transportation coordinator
Scott Magee .... driver
Richard Miazek .... driver
John Osmokrovic .... driver
Doug Warren .... driver
 
Other crew
Taryn Ash .... stand-in
Mark 'The Bish' Bishop .... production assistant
Debbie Bromley .... location maintenance
Ken Chubb .... story editor
Karen Colaco .... production accountant
Jane Conway .... animal wrangler
Conor Cronin .... location scout
Lincoln D'Souza .... assistant accountant (as Lincoln Desouza)
Marco Di Venanzo .... location production assistant (as Marco 'Ratboy' Di Venanzo)
Lara Edwards .... production legal: Heenan Blaikie
Charlotte Engel .... production coordinator
Cori Ferguson .... publicist
Dan Greenwood .... production assistant
Orest Haba .... location manager
Pamela Hackwell .... contact lens technician
Violetta Hessing .... animal wrangler
Mandy Ketcheson .... contact lens technician
Victor Kushmaniuk .... associate to producer
Rachel Landry .... script supervisor
Sam Lee .... production assistant
Tina Madden .... script supervisor: second unit
Sasha Marusich .... production accountant
David McKane .... production assistant
Steven Merrick .... location scout
Anne Marie Murphy .... clearance
Anne Marie Murphy .... legal researcher
Andrea Nesbitt .... assistant production coordinator
Mark Osler .... contact lens technician
Martin Osler .... contact lens technician (as Dr. Martin Osler)
Jason Skrobar .... production assistant
Rebecca Smith .... post-production accountant
David Steinberg .... production legal: Heenan Blaikie
Iain Stewart .... location scout
Brian Weiner .... tutor
Glen Wylie .... assistant accountant
Kirk Jarrett .... animal trainer (uncredited)
R. Emerson John .... daily script supervisor (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Jonathan Agenski .... thank you to (as Sprawl - Jonathan Agenski)
Stewart Aziz .... thank you to
Shirley Barrie .... thank you to
Robert E. Baruc .... thank you to (as Robert Baruc)
Crissy Boylan .... thank you to
Amy Caplan .... thank you to
Semi Chellas .... thank you to
Ken Cherniawsky .... thank you to (as Ken)
Rose Cherniawsky .... thank you to
Suzette Couture .... thank you to
Janet E. Cuddy .... thank you to (as Janet Cuddy)
Jennifer Cypher .... thank you to
Inge Fawcett .... thank you to
Keith Fawcett .... thank you to (as Keith)
Nicola Gallimore .... thank you to
Karen German .... thank you to
Lynne Godin .... thank you to
Joan Groote .... thank you to
Bill Hall .... thank you to
Marg Hall .... thank you to (as Marg)
Tyler Harcott .... thank you to
Fabiana Harvey .... thank you to
Grant Harvey .... thank you to (as Grant)
Jack Heath .... thank you to
Kate Holloway .... thank you to (as Kate)
Michael Holloway .... thank you to
Jennifer Hollyer .... thank you to
Roger Honeywell .... thank you to
Geoff Hubbard .... thank you to
Verda Johnston .... thank you to (as Verda)
William Johnston .... thank you to
Bernadette Joyce .... thank you to
Ralph Kircher .... thank you to (as Sprawl - Ralph Kircher)
Mary Larocque .... thank you to
Lucy Lawless .... thank you to
Janis Lundman .... thank you to
Allan Magee .... thank you to (as Al Magee)
Heidi Marshall .... thank you to
Kevin May .... thank you to
Michaelle McLean .... thank you to (as Michaelle MacLean)
Lisa Miller Wood .... thank you to
Adrienne Mitchell .... thank you to
Jim Murphy .... thank you to
Hugh Murray .... thank you to
Vincenzo Natali .... thank you to
Nigel Phelps .... thank you to
Debbie Reeves .... thank you to
Jeff Sackman .... thank you to
Pierre Sarrazin .... thank you to
Helen Souza .... thank you to
Robert G. Tapert .... thank you to (as Rob Tapert)
Cheri Turner .... thank you to (as Cherie Turner)
Joanne Walton .... thank you to (as Joanne)
Neale Walton .... thank you to
Peter Wellington .... thank you to
Laura Wood Fawcett .... thank you to (as Laura Fawcett)
Anne Wood .... thank you to
Carole Wood .... thank you to (as Carole)
Grant Wood .... thank you to
Michael Wood .... thank you to
Jeremy Wright .... thank you to
Scott Yoselow .... thank you to
Lora Yowell .... thank you to
Bernard Zukerman .... thank you to (as Bernard Zuckerman)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Runtime:
108 min | Argentina:110 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Netherlands:16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Italy:VM14 | Brazil:18 (DVD rating) | France:-12 | Japan:R-18 | New Zealand:R13 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | Finland:K-18 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Mexico:C | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Brampton, Ontario, CanadaSee more »
Company:
Copperheart EntertainmentSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
The opening shots of the girls fake suicides had to be shot on location at an actual home. Someone would have to distract the home owner's four year old child whenever the actresses, who would be covered by fake gore, would have to come inside to change.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: When Ginger and Brigitte go to visit Sam because he has an idea. He slams the door when Ginger and Brigitte come in. Then when you see Sam and Brigitte talking the door is open. Also when the door is slammed the hinge is on the left when they are talking the door is the other way round, If you were looking from the same view as when he slammed the door the hinge would be on the right.See more »
Quotes:
Brigitte:I was just wondering what you hit.
Sam:[sarcastically] Well, officer, looked like a lycanthrope to me, sir.
Brigitte:I know what a lycanthrope is.
Sam:Sure you do.
Brigitte:Think you see werewolves a lot?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004)See more »
Soundtrack:
Kiss My LipsSee more »

FAQ

What is the plant that Brigitte and Sam use for the cure?
Where did the dead dog on the hockey field come from?
How did Brigitte know to look for Ginger's tail?
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55 out of 68 people found the following review useful.
Superb teen horror movie ... almost perfect., 6 April 2005
Author: Noel (Teknofobe70) from Bromsgrove, England

The first thing you need to know before you watch Ginger Snaps is that's a real horror movie. That means genuinely unsettling, disturbing, makes-your-skin-crawl kind of stuff. And you're plunged right into this from the start. The opening scene involves a mother and her young son discovering that the family dog has been torn to pieces, bloody scraps and guts all over the back yard ... which pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the movie.

In a way it's not really that gratuitous. The whole movie is a metaphor for adolescence, which in itself is a pretty gruesome thing to have to go through. There are these two morbid sisters, Ginger and Bridgette, who are afraid of growing up so much that they have a suicide pact together. They are obsessed with death, and for art class they take photos of each other in disturbingly realistic fake death poses. Ginger begins going through puberty, has her first period, and whoosh! Cue the werewolf attack.

The initial changes she goes through are pretty common -- mood swings, bleeding, pains, hairy legs, growing a tail ... okay, maybe that last one isn't quite so common. Bridgette, along with a drug dealer named Sam who accidentally hit the original werewolf with his van, begin to suspect what's really going on and start thinking of how they can cure the disease of lycanthropy. The idea of werewolves is introduced early on, and the characters accept it pretty quickly after the things they see which means we can just get on with the story.

Karen Walton has written a fantastic script here, and John Fawcett proves himself a competent director. All of the leads are excellent in their roles, with the two lead actresses Emily Perkins and Katharine Isabelle expertly playing the disturbed Fitzgerald sisters with fantastic chemistry. Kris Lemche is also notable as the drug dealer, giving a performance reminiscent of Christian Slater's shining moment in "Heathers". In fact, the two movies are similar in tone in a number of ways, and both have become cult classics with very similar audiences. The special effects team, headed by Paul Jones who worked on such projects as "Dracula 2000" and "Wolf Girl", have also done a pretty good job, creating some great-looking physical effects, with blood and guts piling up in every passing minute. The design of the wolf itself is interesting and original, giving us something that we really haven't seen before.

And so, though not for the faint of heart, this dark and wonderful piece of work ranks as probably the smartest, most subtle and intelligent werewolf movie ever made.

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