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Ginger Snaps (2001)

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Reviews Counted:47

Fresh:42

Rotten:5

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: The strong female cast and biting satire of teenage life makes Ginger Snaps far more memorable than your average werewolf movie -- or teen flick.

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) are unusual sisters. For a school project they take pictures of each other in various suicide poses that look frighteningly realistic. No... Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) are unusual sisters. For a school project they take pictures of each other in various suicide poses that look frighteningly realistic. No other students will talk to them. Ginger is almost sixteen, Brigitte a year younger, but they are in the same classes, and neither of them has gotten her period yet. They do virtually everything together--in fact, their motto is "Together Forever"--until one night Ginger gets attacked by the Beast of Bailey Downs, which previously had been killing and eviscerating dogs. And Ginger then begins to change.... John Fawcett's debut feature film is everything a good horror film should be--creepy, weird, oddly funny, sexy, and very bloody, with its conclusion taking place on Halloween night. Michael Shields's moody score lofts above every scene like dark shadows about to envelop the characters. Perkins and Isabelle are outstanding as the two morbid Fitzgerald sisters with a taste for death. This independent Canadian production also stars Mimi Rogers as the mother who can't wait for her daughters to menstruate. [More]

Starring: Emily Perkins, Mimi Rogers, Katherine Isabelle, Kristopher Lemche

Starring: Emily Perkins, Mimi Rogers, Katherine Isabelle, Kristopher Lemche, Jesse Moss, Danielle Hampton, John Bourgeois, Peter Keleghan, Christopher Redman

Director: John Fawcett

Director: John Fawcett
Story: Karen Walton, John Fawcett
Producer: Steve Hoban, Karen Lee Hall
Composer: Michael Shields

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Oct 23, 2001

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This is the creepiest, most authentic feeling, smartest horror flick in a long time.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment 1 Comment
09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

A sparky, sharp film marked by intelligent dialogue.

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
06/07/01
Sight and Sound

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06/15/02
Reel.com

This isn't just a good horror movie, it's a good movie. Period.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

At last a horror film with real bite.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
09/24/07
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Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
10/18/08
Reel.com

On its surface, Ginger Snaps is a werewolf movie, but what's refreshing is the clever satire at its core.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Barbara Goslawski
Barbara Goslawski
Boxoffice Magazine

This is not just another monster movie. Ginger Snaps succeeds exactly because it is not 'just' anything.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
06/18/01
Ben Falk
Ben Falk
BBC

When you can see through a film, it's not as much fun.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
10/19/01
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

A hootin' howler this feature, another in the series of movies mixing tee-hees with the terrors.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
05/12/01
Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson
Jam! Movies

Violent and scary, socially aware and sometimes witty, it is a cut above your average gore-fest.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
05/15/01
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

The funniest werewolf movie since "An American Werewolf in London" and the darkest high-school movie since "Heathers."

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
10/29/01
Bryant Frazer
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10/18/08
Catharine Tunnacliffe
Catharine Tunnacliffe
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Canada. Werewolves. It's the smartest and funniest scary movie in a long time -- and a true feminist horror film.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
10/26/01
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com

It's altogether devilishly cunning.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
11/12/01
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Fawcett is fundamentally a sly, dry satirist, with a distinct sensibility and a promising talent of his own.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
10/25/01
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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...winds up wallowing in its own detached ironic humour.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
11/12/02
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Ginger Snaps is about as close to a new millennium Heathers as anyone has gotten.

Full Review Source: Hot Button | comment Comment
01/07/03
David Poland
David Poland
Hot Button

The linkage between puberty and lycanthropy ... is imagined with enough savage wit to count as an act of genre resuscitation.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
10/23/01
Dennis Lim
Dennis Lim
Village Voice
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A quietly subversive my-sister-is-turning-into-a-werewolf movie that doesn't wimp out at the end.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/24/07
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
 
 
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