Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)

Director:

Grant Harvey

Writers:

Christina Ray (writer) &
Stephen Massicotte (writer)

Release Date:

27 August 2004 (Canada)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror

Plot:

Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigette and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves.

Plot Keywords:

Fort | Werewolf | Wendigo | Native American | Stabbed In The Head

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Katharine Isabelle	...	Ginger
Emily Perkins	...	Brigitte
Nathaniel Arcand	...	Hunter
JR Bourne	...	James
Hugh Dillon	...	Reverend Gilbert
Adrien Dorval	...	Seamus
Brendan Fletcher	...	Finn
David La Haye	...	Claude (as David LaHaye)
Tom McCamus	...	Wallace Rowlands
Matthew Walker	...	Doc Murphy
Fabian Bird	...	Milo
Kirk Jarrett	...	Owen
David MacInnis	...	Cormac
Stevie Mitchell	...	Geoffrey
Edna Rain	...	Elder

Also Known As:

Entre soeurs 3 - Le début (Canada: French title)
Ginger Snaps 3
Ginger Snaps III: The Beginning (Canada: English title) (working title)
Ginger Snaps: The Prequel (Canada: English title) (working title)
Hellwolf: You Will Be Eaten Alive (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and some language.

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 | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Philippines:R-13 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Company:

49 Films

Trivia:

Shot back-to-back with Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The film is set in the 19th century. The first interior shot of the main house of the fort shows a wax cylinder music box. There are six songs on cylinders, the first of which is the song "Sweethearts of Sigma Chi", a song not written until 1911.

Quotes:

Brigitte: [lying in Ginger's lap] Ginger, I'm cold.
Ginger: I'm not.

Movie Connections:

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

really good!

There is a lot of good and a little bad.

Good things: Katharine Isabelle (Ginger) and Emily Perkins (Brigitte) are once again outstanding and sexy. Their performances are really good. The story is good, and I once again got to see the sisters on screen. I love sequels and prequels, so this is right up my alley. The special effects have gotten a lot better. The explanation of how they got their bird-skull charms was interesting and the ending was creepy and good. However, the good in this is really good, and the bad is REALLY REALLY bad.

Bad things: There is no explanation as to how these sisters are here. They have the exact same relationship, looks, names, voices, experiences, and phrases. They speak like gutter-rats, like most teenage girls int eh suburbs, making it feel as though they stumbled upon the village in "The Village". They don't share the really touching bond, it is not as extensively shown as the previous two. Ginger's kills were all really bloodless or off-screen. Ginger at the end looked like a reject from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". And some of the philosophical and lecturing voice-overs don't make sense and are just there to be, well, there. "The day the curse grew stronger in the red and the black. Sisters united in blood, together forever." The red and the black were just nicknames given to them. The curse grows stronger in them? It wasn't there until like two days before then. Ginger's transformation was too quick and not even properly ended. The Native American charm and chanting things were annoying and clichéd. It's just pointless.

I love this movie, but could have done without. It was honestly not needed. I already knew what happened to the sisters, I really didn't need to know that they experienced the same thing several centuries earlier. Off topic, but Katharine Isabelle has a chubby face in this and actually looks pregnant. She shouldn't be wandering in halls when she's the only woman in the whole place besides her sister, and shouldn't be wearing a skimpy gown while doing so. She sleeps in the nude, for Christ's sake. I like it slightly better than the second one, which was also great, think the first one is the best, and am looking forward to the 4th one, which takes place on the moon. I guess I will recommend it.