Great Movie! Great Extras!
Added 11/6/2009
This movie has it all - humor, plot, creepy scenes and lots of blood! The extras included with this Canadian version are fantastic. (I would recommend only buying the Canadian Collector's Edition / CE - the US release does ont include any of the extras!)
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i delayed wathing ginger snaps for years because of the dvd cover. it gave me the impression of some really cheesy 90's b movie and i didnt want to waste the time. but. a friend strongly recommended that i watch it, and thank god i did. this is one of the best paranormal movies i've seen.
the story is about two sisters and one night walking home, the elder, ginger, gets bitten by a 'dog'. slowly the bitten sister begins to change, in a social sense as well as a physical sense. she begins taking an interest in a boy she and her sister previously looked down upon, she distances herself from her sister, brigitte, with whom she shared a very close bond before the bite, and she even experiments with drugs. in addition to this her hair begins to change colour and she grows more of it all over her body. she even grows a tail. brigitte becomes concerned and looks into many possibilities, one of which is that her older sister was bitten by and is now changing into a werewolf. she then goes about trying to find a cure, while having to deal with ginger, who is getting cravings for blood and is changing into something that is less and less like the sister she was once so close with.
what mkaes this movie different than a lot of other paranoral horrors is that there is a really stong femenine voice present in both of the sisters. other than buffy, women play the wilting heroine in horrors, and in alot of other genres as well. not so in this movie. ginger has a very powerful personality throughout the whole movie. even before the change, she'd stick up for brigitte when she got picked on and would talk back to people who would speak against either her or her sister. after the change she exuded an even more pronounced air of self- confidence. she doesn't show doubt. brigitte on the other hand at first seems very timid and meek, which she might be, brigitte displays an inner strength that ginger lacks. she resists the temptation of power, which she would get if ginger bit her and she turned into a werewolf. she seems like a follower at the beginning, but she's just loyal.
something else that makes this movie interesting is that it's an allegory of puberty for girls. after ginger gets bitten, she also gets her period for the first time. then when she is reacting weird to being bitten by a werewolf, adults just assume she's acting so abnormal because 'its that time of the month' instead of seeing it for what it is. it's a great social commentary on how society tends to deal with women as something foreign and potentially scary, especially around menstruation. the funny thing was that it was women voicing these views. the mom just fluffs off ginger's moody behaviour as 'growing up', and the school nurse does the same thing when ginger tells her about her symptoms. all of the ginger snaps movies have some sort of feminist theme if you look for it, but this one is the most blatent and deals most directly with how as a society we choose to perceive women as foreign, evil, and abnormal.
even without the allergical reference this was an awesome movie. it was fast-paced and suspenseful. on my top five list for paranormal movies of all time!
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wonderfully gory.
Added 7/12/2009
I absolutely love this movie!
2 weird sisters that get revenge on the schools popular girls!
in then end it, gets a bit goofy but, still its great!
The prequel is also great!!
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strange but good
Added 6/1/2009
Ginger Snapsit was a little weird but funny at the same time i liked it.d jamerson
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Not just a horror cinema, but something even more!
Added 3/27/2009
Yes I emphasize that! its not just your daily typical teen horror film, its not just about make-ups and scaring audiences, the films offers something more, something that is usually not seen in gore/horror movies today. An excellent and deep chemistry between two co-stars, i.e the two sisters in the film played by Katherine Isabelle and Emily Perkins. Well, what can I say about the film, a totally unique horror cinema, marvelous and excellent action from the cast, specially Emily Perkins who plays 'Bridgette'. My god! she just steals the whole show, you just can't afford to take your eyes off her. The chemistry between Bridgette and her sister is beyond words, its amazing. Katherine Isabelle was excellent as the possessed girl. Both sisters deliver an excellent performance, you just can't take your eyes off the screen, because of them. Mimi Rogers also had a brief role, she was good. Overall the film is terrific, it's quite different from most horror movies made today, very few horror movies succeed in delivering strong chemistry between two co-stars, very few horror movies succeed in showing depth, 'Ginger snaps' is a perfect example of Drama and Horror, don't miss it at all, the film is amazing. Give it a try!
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Great Movie! Great Extras!
Added 11/6/2009
This movie has it all - humor, plot, creepy scenes and lots of blood! The extras included with this Canadian version are fantastic. (I would recommend only buying the Canadian Collector's Edition / CE - the US release does ont include any of the extras!)
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i delayed wathing ginger snaps for years because of the dvd cover. it gave me the impression of some really cheesy 90's b movie and i didnt want to waste the time. but. a friend strongly recommended that i watch it, and thank god i did. this is one of the best paranormal movies i've seen.
the story is about two sisters and one night walking home, the elder, ginger, gets bitten by a 'dog'. slowly the bitten sister begins to change, in a social sense as well as a physical sense. she begins taking an interest in a boy she and her sister previously looked down upon, she distances herself from her sister, brigitte, with whom she shared a very close bond before the bite, and she even experiments with drugs. in addition to this her hair begins to change colour and she grows more of it all over her body. she even grows a tail. brigitte becomes concerned and looks into many possibilities, one of which is that her older sister was bitten by and is now changing into a werewolf. she then goes about trying to find a cure, while having to deal with ginger, who is getting cravings for blood and is changing into something that is less and less like the sister she was once so close with.
what mkaes this movie different than a lot of other paranoral horrors is that there is a really stong femenine voice present in both of the sisters. other than buffy, women play the wilting heroine in horrors, and in alot of other genres as well. not so in this movie. ginger has a very powerful personality throughout the whole movie. even before the change, she'd stick up for brigitte when she got picked on and would talk back to people who would speak against either her or her sister. after the change she exuded an even more pronounced air of self- confidence. she doesn't show doubt. brigitte on the other hand at first seems very timid and meek, which she might be, brigitte displays an inner strength that ginger lacks. she resists the temptation of power, which she would get if ginger bit her and she turned into a werewolf. she seems like a follower at the beginning, but she's just loyal.
something else that makes this movie interesting is that it's an allegory of puberty for girls. after ginger gets bitten, she also gets her period for the first time. then when she is reacting weird to being bitten by a werewolf, adults just assume she's acting so abnormal because 'its that time of the month' instead of seeing it for what it is. it's a great social commentary on how society tends to deal with women as something foreign and potentially scary, especially around menstruation. the funny thing was that it was women voicing these views. the mom just fluffs off ginger's moody behaviour as 'growing up', and the school nurse does the same thing when ginger tells her about her symptoms. all of the ginger snaps movies have some sort of feminist theme if you look for it, but this one is the most blatent and deals most directly with how as a society we choose to perceive women as foreign, evil, and abnormal.
even without the allergical reference this was an awesome movie. it was fast-paced and suspenseful. on my top five list for paranormal movies of all time!
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wonderfully gory.
Added 7/12/2009
I absolutely love this movie!
2 weird sisters that get revenge on the schools popular girls!
in then end it, gets a bit goofy but, still its great!
The prequel is also great!!
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