Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning

"Evil Rises."

2004 1h 35m EN

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 320

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Synopsis

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Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigitte and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. But when one of the girls is bitten, they have no one to turn to but themselves.

“Evil Rises.”

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Cast

Katharine Isabelle
Ginger Fitzgerald
Emily Perkins
Brigitte Fitzgerald
Nathaniel Arcand
Hunter
JR Bourne
James
Hugh Dillon
Reverend Gilbert
Adrien Dorval
Seamus
Brendan Fletcher
Finn
David La Haye
Claude

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Grant Harvey
Writers: Christina Ray, Stephen Massicotte
Languages: Cree, English
Countries: Canada

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cree, English.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Ginger Snaps Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Grant Harvey, shot by Michael Marshall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alex Khaskin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ken Filewych shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins and Nathaniel Arcand carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Grant Harvey directs. Michael Marshall behind the camera. Alex Khaskin scores. Ken Filewych cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in Cree, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cree, English.
4Part of the "Ginger Snaps Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Grant Harvey, shot by Michael Marshall. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Alex Khaskin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Ken Filewych shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins and Nathaniel Arcand carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Evil Rises.".
10IMDB entry: tt0365265 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 8 themes, including "bite", "transformation", "halloween", "forest".

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael Marshall
Original score: Alex Khaskin
Editing: Ken Filewych
Production design: Todd Cherniawsky
Costume design: Alex Kavanagh
Makeup / hair: Rose Rimmer
Sound: Lou Solakofski
Stunt coordinator: Kirk Jarrett
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Status: Released
Budget: $3,500,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)

Part of

Ginger Snaps Collection

Cult Canadian horror trilogy. The beginning of a journey in terror that flows through the ages. A hunger that began on the frontier in the 19th century, where Ginger and Brigitte Fitzgerald search for sanctuary from the shocking evil at the gate and experience the first bite. Legend becomes reality. The bloody trail that will be picked up years later in quiet suburbia, when the beast rediscovers Ginger's scent and satisfies his thirst for blood. Once unleashed, the beast stalks the last of his prey until the final nightmare of a showdown in this chronicle of a curse that no silver bullet can kill.