Two death-obsessed sisters, outcasts in their suburban neighborhood, must deal with the tragic consequences when one of them is bitten by a deadly werewolf.
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John Fawcett
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Title: Ginger Snaps (2000)
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Is becoming a woman analogous, in some deep psychological way, to becoming a werewolf? Ginger is 16, edgy, tough, and, with her younger sister, into staging and photographing scenes of death. They've made a pact about dying together. In early October, on the night she has her first period, which is also the night of a full moon, a werewolf bites Ginger. Within a few days, some serious changes happen to her body and her temperament. Her sister Brigitte, 15, tries to find a cure with the help of Sam, a local doper. As Brigitte races against the clock, Halloween and another full moon approach, Ginger gets scarier, and it isn't just local dogs that begin to die. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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EnglishRelease Date:
11 May 2001 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,430, 28 October 2001, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$2,554, 1 November 2001Company Credits
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Ginger: Ooops.
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Written by Romell Regulacion
Performed by Razed in Black
Used by permission of Cleopatra Records, Invivo Music and Dimension Gate Music
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Along with the coincidence of stars Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins auditioning on the same day, the two actresses were also born in the same hospital, attended the same preschool, elementary school, and private school, and worked through the same talent agency. See more »Goofs
When Ginger is in the car with Jason we can see that her nails are very long; later when she comes to see Sam with Brigitte, her nails are normal. See more »Quotes
Brigitte: You gave it to Jason. You had unprotected sex and you infected him.Ginger: Ooops.
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OverflowWritten by Romell Regulacion
Performed by Razed in Black
Used by permission of Cleopatra Records, Invivo Music and Dimension Gate Music
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Plenty of films equate the bloody lusts of vampires with sexual desire, usually without much subtlety or imagination; but John Fawcett's film 'Ginger Snaps' makes a rather more explicit link: one between lycanthropy and puberty. In fact, so lovingly does the film recreate the world of two Gothic sisters (including their hopeless mother, who wants them to be normal and happy in a way that doesn't help anyone) that becoming a werewolf seems like nothing more than a natural extension to the growing pains of a disturbed teenager. It's the believable psychology that makes this film genuinely scary, even though it's almost completely devoid of special effects until the very end; and even in the final showdown, one can still half-believe in the kinship of girl and beast. Overall, it's proof you can make a high class horror film set not in some fantastic landscape, but in the bland anonymity of suburban Canada.