Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

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:

In the scene where we see the nurse doing a crossword, she circles the word "INNOCENT" (which is back to front). Innocence is a major element in Ginger Snaps: Unleashed. For example; Tyler was innocent when Brigitte put him out with the wolf. Brigitte was innocent when she was put into the rehab clinic; and also when she was confronted after Ghost's dog was decapitated. It has not been confirmed whether this was intentional or not.

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:

Written on psychologist's notepad after Brigitte explains her lycanthropic transformation: Lesbian?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

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THIS SEQUEL HAS BITE!

You know t's such a shame that neither of these films went wide release. Sure they needed a little touching up in some places but these films are definate quality material. A breathe of fresh air in the horror films which is recreating itself once again as a truly important genre. Both of these films are good, and borderline great. they take somewhat sillacious storylines and make them somewhat believable filled with aggreassive dark humor and independent film dread. This sequel is pretty much a direct continuation of the original. It leaves the last films heroine Bridget infected and fighting her illness with the cure found in the last film. She's beginning to change when she's taken in by a youth facility and locked up for drug abuse. What insues is unfortunatly unwelcome and senseless visits from the first films title charachter but a vast mixing pool of other cringe inducing twists including the fact that a male werewolf has found her and wants to mate. A sleezy hospital guard who trades sexual favors for drugs. An innocent little girl obsessed with comic books. I wish I could truly give away the ending to you. Because it was so well done and I just didnt see it coming. And that is what this film prides itself on unpredictability. It goes in a completely opposite direction of where you though it was going and it makes sense. All in all the film has much to be successful with believable performances, especially from the film's lead Bridget, a good storyline, suspenseful direction, a creepy score all adding up to a startling refreshing take on an otherwise dying genre. Don't be fooled this sequel has major bite!