Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004)

Director:

Brett Sullivan

Writers:

Karen Walton (characters)
Megan Martin (written by)

Release Date:

30 January 2004 (Canada)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

It only dies if you do.

Plot:

The late Ginger's sister Brigitte, now a werewolf herself, must try to find a cure for her blood lust before the next full moon while hiding out in a rehab clinic from a relentless werewolf.

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Drug Addict | Erotica | Hospital | Disfigurement

Cast

Emily Perkins	...	Brigitte
Brendan Fletcher	...	Jeremy
Katharine Isabelle	...	Ginger
Tatiana Maslany	...	Ghost
Susan Adam	...	Barbara
Janet Kidder	...	Alice Severson
Chris Fassbender	...	Luke
Pascale Hutton	...	Beth-Ann
Michelle Beaudoin	...	Winnie
Eric Johnson	...	Tyler
David McNally	...	Marcus
Patricia Idlette	...	Dr. Eleonor Brookner
Lydia Lau	...	Koral
Coralie Cairns	...	Nurse
Shaun Johnston	...	Jack

Also Known As:

Entre soeurs II: Déchainées (Canada: French title) (DVD box title)
Ginger Snaps 2 (Canada: English title) (working title)
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (USA) (DVD box title)
Ginger Snaps: The Sequel (Canada: English title) (working title)
Werewolf: Gingersnaps (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sexual content, some language and drug use.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:18A | Germany:16 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:M18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Canada

Company:

49th Parallel Productions

Trivia:

Shot back-to-back with Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004).

Goofs:

Continuity: On the scene where Tyler injects Brigitte for the first time at the mental hospital, the content of the syringe varies from 1/3 to almost 1/2 full.

Quotes:

Ghost: It's gonna find, you isn't it? You know the fact that it didn't kill you tonight... that means something. Maybe he's like you, and it's not in his nature to kill, and he secretly wants...
Brigitte: Ghost, he wants to mate with me.
Ghost: Oh...
Brigitte: Don't try too hard to visualize that.

Movie Connections:

Features Ginger Snaps (2000)

Soundtrack:

Flip the Track

A dark reflection of the first ...

This is a genuinely creepy film, with creepy plot, creepy filming and creepy story with several creepy scenes. A sequel inspired by but not a thematic continuation of the first. With most sequels you walk in expecting an extension of the first, all the things that worked in the first film delivered in the second. Seldom does the sequel collect the audacity to march off in a different direction.

This one bravely does and creates and entirely different film, a much darker one spun cleanly from the first.

Apologies to all the nay sayers but this is dead solid perfect.

A cult niche and maybe a lesson on how to do sequels ... get creative people on board to use the engine of unexpected popularity, or expected popularity, for inventive film making.

I'll own this one and the original.

Cool.