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This film is worth watching because the film focuses on Ginger and Brigitte, two teenage sisters who are fascinated by death and have a close bond. However, after Ginger is bitten by a werewolf on the night of her first period, she starts to change into the creature, forcing Brigitte to find a cure in a short amount of time while coping with her sister's increasingly violent and monstrous changes. The story also explores themes of female coming-of-age and the complicated bond between sisters. The film also narrates from a female point of view and connecting lycanthropy to the transformations of female adolescence, the film subverts the conventional horror movie aesthetic. Whether intentional or not, Ginger Snaps is as much a horror film as it is a sarcastic statement on how society views sexuality. It also emphasizes the close bond between the Fitzgerald sisters and implying that their blood covenant to be "out by sixteen or dead in the scene" best reveals the sisters' rejection to normativity, which includes lesbian desire. Because it is a horror film, it corresponds with the heterosexual male satirical commentary on society's perception of sexuality. And the metaphor in the film is that Ginger who was bitten by a werewolf is keeping with the conventionally unfavorable and taboo views of menstruation women as somehow filthy and dangerous, Ginger's change into a monster serves as a metaphor for her transformation into a woman. And In the final scene, which takes place in the sisters' basement bedroom, Brigitte is seen carrying a syringe full of "monk's hood"—the remedy for lycanthropism—in one hand and a knife in the other. When Brigitte stabs her "sister" with the knife in self-defense, she kills her instead of using the injection to cure her.
Rated 3.5/5 Stars •
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
11/20/24
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Alex A
The movie begins in town called Bailey Downs where a dog killings has occurred in the neighborhood; we’re introduced to Brigitte and Ginger Fitzgerald as teenage sisters who harbor a fascination with death. The children formed a pact to move out of the old suburb or die together by the age of 16; it was a difficult choice to make. That’s when one night on their way to kidnap a dog owned by a school bully named Trina Sinclair (she bullied them about the first dead dog that happened earlier at school). Ginger begins her first period, the scent of blood results in the girl being attacked by the creature that was responsible for the initial maulings.
The creature is run over by a van which was belongs to Sam Miller who was a local drug dealer in Bailey Downs. When they got home Ginger was in a lot of pain that night until her wounds healed but started acted aggressively to her sister. Brigitte still has the picture of the creature that attacked her that night which turns out to be a werewolf.
The next day after class Ginger went to Sam Miller who ask about the creature that he ran over that night. When got to his van they friends in his van doing drugs. As they leave, Ginger gave Trina’s dog a smack. The School Doctor tells Ginger about her first period expectations.
The next day Ginger was writing information about werewolves, later when arriving at school but looking like a Gothic girl and kissing Jason on the field. When night fell Brigette saw something growing in Ginger’s underwear and it was a tail which freak her out and tells Jason about the werewolf problem was real and was a virus in her body system, after that Brigette was getting worried about her sister meanwhile with Ginger and Jason were playing in car. Ginger acted strange and when arrived home puck out blood in the toilet and tells Brigitte to check next door (Ginger killed Norman the dog next door, tearing it to pieces).
The next day Brigette seeks out Sam to obtain the information that creature he struck with his van and both agreed that Ginger is transforming into a werewolf. Ginger attacks Trina aggressively and was sent the principal’s office. Ginger has also inadvertently bitten Jason and got him infected with the werewolf virus. That night the school bully Trina accuses her for stealing her dog that when got into a big fight. Ginger watches Trina suffers a fatal accident, slipping on the milk killing herself. The Brigitte and Ginger put Trina’s dead body in the freezer and accidentally breaks two fingers off of Trina (to be misplaced and found later). They place her dead body in an old sack and buried it, pretending that this never happened.
During the time of Halloween season missing papers of Trina were put up around the school until Brigitte was attacked by Jason (who was infected by Ginger when they had sex that night), and defends herself by using the monkshood syringe on him. She witnesses his immediate change in behavior, which proves it is a cure. The next day Bridget locks Ginger in her room and to prevent her killing innocent people.
Going to the school, Jason and Brigette were ready to make more cure for Ginger. Brigette gives the man who was attacking a kid the cure and goes back to normal (the cure was super effective to the werewolf virus). Brigitte goes into the principal’s office and see Ginger has killed the principal. Meanwhile at home her parents discover Trina’s dead fingers and thought it was the sisters dead project, once everyone left that night Bridget went to something to clean up the mess that Ginger made but when got back, she sees Ginger now killing the janitor. Ginger tries to makes Bridget to join her pact but she refuses and leaves her alone in the school’s hall. After that Bridget tries to stop Ginger but her mother arrives to head to the Greenhouse Bash party. At the party he is hosting, Sam rejects Ginger’s sexual advances. Bridget arrives to find Ginger but is clawed, infecting Bridget with the werewolf virus. Sam drives them home.
On the way home Ginger transformation was completed and turned into a werewolf and escapes the van and hide. After finding Sam, he was badly injured and bloody, Brigitte tries to save him by drinking his blood to calm Ginger, but she is unable to go through with it. Ginger senses Brigitte's insincerity, and kills Sam. As Bridget chase the Ginger Wolf and returns to the room on which they grew up as kids, she defends herself with a knife and holding the cure in the other, Bridget lunges at the Ginger monster with the knife wounding herself and lays her head upon her dying sister’s chest and weeps in her final breath.
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Let me just say that this movie was the freakiest and disturbing movie that I’ve seen for a 2000 film. Like who knew that a werewolf can make virus and cause many deaths in a fictional town. I just hope that they used creepy prop wolf before they moved to a future transformation of creatures. Let’s just hope that this is the last time they use the weird wolf transformation stuff. After all I seen weird stuff before they know how to make their monsters a bit better and more realistic.
Rated 3/5 Stars •
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
11/18/24
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Sophia Jean M
I really enjoyed Ginger Snaps! Watching the movie felt like a mix of tv-shows and classic a horror movie about werewolves where the take on werewolves are a metaphor to the coming of age of teenagers. I like that they connected werewolves to the coming of age of girls because werewolves are typically seen as a metaphor for boys. It makes more sense that werewolves are connected to girls too because the cursed ones turn into a werewolf every full moon, which is every 29 days, and women ovulate every 28 days, so the days are pretty close together. There was so much gore and teen angst. The way the characters are written have intent and create a beautiful illustration to the vibes of the movie. It really felt like I was watching a teenager go through adolescence with how awkward and shy Bridgette was, how rebellious and adventurous Ginger was, and the hormonal teenage sexual atmosphere there was. Bridgette made a good horror movie protagonist because we get to see the horrors of girlhood through her perspective, which is someone who hasn’t experienced her first period which often changes girls mentally and physically. There were many moments when Bridgette could’ve saved Ginger too but she was scared which is very realistic and helps the audience sympathize with her situations. The title is pretty clever too since one of the character’s names is Ginger and she sort of “snaps” after getting brutally attacked and infected by the werewolf, also it takes the name from gingersnaps, the snack. The scene when Ginger walked down the hallway with tighter clothes and showing off her figure reminded me of the movie Jennifer’s Body. Both movies are about the coming of age and mythical creatures, so I’m interested if Jennifer’s Body was inspired by this movie. Lastly, I wonder what happened to the mom and the dad. The mom was just left at the party looking for her daughters and someone’s fingers while the dad just disappeared? I’m just not satisfied with the ending of the movie…
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
11/15/24
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TJ .
Depressed and odd siblings obsessed with suicide and death in a “normal” town” are outcasted by those around them. Funky movie I love I loveeeee!
The Title and the plot of the movie are so silly because Ginger literally snaps (into a freak wolf). It's a pretty fun supernatural horror film that portrays two young sisters, one of whom ends up getting her cycle at a late age. The movie is super freaky kind of reminds me of movies such as Twilight and a mix of supernatural or teen wolf (or any other wonky teenage films). The storyline was really good and had a smooth transition. Never felt like I had to remember what happened throughout the movie to understand the storyline. I really enjoy freak teenage films that come off as crude and out of the ordinary and I find this one to use the “coming of age” (aka her period) as her becoming to be quite exhilarating because that's how that first period can feel. The acting to some may feel very dramatised but this is exactly how some teenagers act. There are so many gag moments in the movie that had me in shock and wondering if this was a silly joke or if it had actually occurred. The makeup and prop use was pretty cool too (except that damn wig Bridgette wore, it probably was supposed to look trashy though so I appreciate it for that)I like the lighting used in the film as well it gave a very depressive monotone which I feel made sense seeing as both Ginger and Bridgette are very peculiar and outcasted and I felt like we are seeing the story from their perspective. Now I saw on the internet that some people can connect this movie to being queer in a way. Ginger and Bridgettes unusual relationship could be related to lesbian desire and part of their resistance to normativity (seen in their blood pact “out by 16 or dead in the scene”) I found that to be interesting and made me want to do a deeper dive on the movie lore. Overall I found it to be a decent watch, very interesting and campy. Love strong female characters and felt like the actors did their due diligence. I for sure would recommend this to my friends and would 100% recommend it to anyone who might have a slight interest in the genre.
Rated 4.5/5 Stars •
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
11/14/24
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Maximiliano A
Watch out for night time as you may never know when a wolf is out to get you. They might even be someone you are related to!
When thinking of Ginger Snaps we imagine the so called cookie with its sort of strong kick of sweet and somewhat spicy-ness. Maybe that's one way to describe this werewolf film based on two sisters who have a dilemma. Older sister ,Ginger ,was bitten by a werewolf and slowly turns into one while little sister , Brigitte , does what she can to save her sister as she sees how viciously frightening Ginger is when she turns at night.
This cast seems to bring light on two sisters growing up together who have a tight bond that seems unbreakable. They have a normal family and deal with loneliness , bullying , relationships , and the use of drugs which many teens seem to relate to in their early days. This is definitely a part of the show many teenage audiences can sort of take a glance at and show some relating too. Although they are most outcasted from society. Ginger is the older one who wants to go try new things and experiment yet the younger sister , Brigitte , is too attached to Ginger leading to her own issues and insecurities with herself.
The film has very interesting dialogue as there are many cringe worth scenes of the arguing going on between the characters and not to mention , the parents seem to not know how to discipline or even talk to their children which does not help either.
For a werewolf movie this movie does the job of having gruesome and some sickening scenes. It creates drama of person vs werewolf or werewolf vs society and that is enough to keep an audience hooked although the movie effects and camera angles for shots were unorthodox and very amateur like to the point they seemed over the top , which leads one to believe this sort of style was used to compensate for a films budget .
I think this film probably attracted many people as it was also a really woman oriented movie with the main characters showing a sense of sisterhood and really giving the audience sort of real life scenarios in the world of being a woman dealing with bullying , relationships , puberty, drugs , having fun , and being rebellious.
i would give this film a watch simply to just gather what made the film so fascinating disregarding the fact its a werewolf based movie. Theres more to it in the genre than meets the eye.
Rated 3/5 Stars •
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
11/13/24
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Steven L
My favorite werewolf movie!
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
10/07/24
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