It may have been because I was about 8 at the time, but this movie scared the crap out of me. Also, it's the only werewolf movie I ever recall being scared by. It's the reason I was afraid to be alone in the woods at night when I was a kid. I would imagine "Ginger Snap" was lurking nearby.
A veritable Canadian classic, Ginger Snaps stars two death-obsessed teenage sisters who get more than they bargained when one of them gets bit and starts turning into a monster. The central metaphor is a potent one - puberty short-circuits the sisterly relationship and interrupts their (macabre) games with the real thing (you might replace gory deaths with playing house), all the while inventing its own lore vis-à-vis its creature. Largely unpredictable as these things go, there's a nice mix of horror, comedy (Mimi Rogers as the mom is particularly amusing) and drama, and it's all too rare a Canadian movie of this type doesn't try to hide its Canadianness by planting American flags or something. A bilingual "Missing" poster? Seeing as these are Ontarian suburbs, they didn't even need to do that. All horror fans should check out this hidden gem.
What I love most about this movie is that it keeps getting worse. Somewhere halfway you think "it can't get any worse than this... can it?". Yes, it can. Loved it.
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Oneironaut
Good werewolf flick, likeable characters too.Wasn't straight up werewolf lore either which I thought was interesting.
HebrewHammarMan
It may have been because I was about 8 at the time, but this movie scared the crap out of me. Also, it's the only werewolf movie I ever recall being scared by. It's the reason I was afraid to be alone in the woods at night when I was a kid. I would imagine "Ginger Snap" was lurking nearby.BigAwesomeBLT
Weird and wonderful. Definitely not what I was expecting with some interesting lighting and shot choices.Siskoid
A veritable Canadian classic, Ginger Snaps stars two death-obsessed teenage sisters who get more than they bargained when one of them gets bit and starts turning into a monster. The central metaphor is a potent one - puberty short-circuits the sisterly relationship and interrupts their (macabre) games with the real thing (you might replace gory deaths with playing house), all the while inventing its own lore vis-à-vis its creature. Largely unpredictable as these things go, there's a nice mix of horror, comedy (Mimi Rogers as the mom is particularly amusing) and drama, and it's all too rare a Canadian movie of this type doesn't try to hide its Canadianness by planting American flags or something. A bilingual "Missing" poster? Seeing as these are Ontarian suburbs, they didn't even need to do that. All horror fans should check out this hidden gem.Cippenham
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYyyMVANjTMCDF
The sequel was better.dvdgrdnr
this took forever to end and the make up looked cheeeeaaaap!AFGiant
It's free on Hulu right now:http://www.hulu.com/watch/559545
Litso
What I love most about this movie is that it keeps getting worse. Somewhere halfway you think "it can't get any worse than this... can it?". Yes, it can. Loved it.Groke
The way they sexualized Ginger here was absolutely creepy and predatory. Pornsick movie.satansnetflix
It's so bad it's good.