Ginger Snaps

"They don't call it the curse for nothing."

2000 1h 48m EN

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★6.9TMDB · 1,043

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The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.

“They don't call it the curse for nothing.”

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Cast

Katharine Isabelle
Ginger Fitzgerald
Emily Perkins
Brigitte Fitzgerald
Kris Lemche
Sam
Mimi Rogers
Pamela Fitzgerald
Jesse Moss
Jason McCardy
Danielle Hampton
Trina Sinclair
John Bourgeois
Henry Fitzgerald
Peter Keleghan
Mr. Wayne

Credits

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Director: John Fawcett
Writers: Julia Holden, Karen Walton, John Fawcett
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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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 John Fawcett, shot by Thom Best. 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 Mike Shields. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins and Kris Lemche carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They don't call it the curse for nothing.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0210070 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

John Fawcett directs. Thom Best behind the camera. Mike Shields scores. Brett Sullivan cuts. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

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126 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Ginger Snaps Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by John Fawcett, shot by Thom Best. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Mike Shields. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Brett Sullivan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins and Kris Lemche carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "They don't call it the curse for nothing.".
8IMDB entry: tt0210070 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 14 themes, including "high school", "sibling relationship", "transformation", "halloween".

The technical file

Cinematography: Thom Best
Original score: Mike Shields
Editing: Brett Sullivan
Production design: Todd Cherniawsky
Costume design: Lea Carlson
Makeup / hair: Suzanne Savage
VFX supervisor: John Furniotis
Sound: Orest Sushko
Stunt coordinator: Shelley Cook
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Original language: EN
IMDB: Ginger Snaps (2000)

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.

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Wuchak2019-05-13
★ 6/10
Melancholy, foul (but amusing) werewolf flick in the suburbs of Toronto with Katharine Isabelle Two Goth-ish sisters in the burbs of Ontario are outcasts at their school and obsessed with death. Redhead Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) is hot and blunt while Brigette (Emily Perkins) is mousey. When the former gets bit by an evident werewolf she slowly starts morphing and it changes the siblings’ lives forever. Kris Lemche and Jesse Moss are on hand as the dudes in the girls’ lives while Mimi Rogers plays the seemingly oblivious mother. "Ginger Snaps" (2000) takes place in the Fall and there’s a gloomy pall with constant F-bombs (mostly from Ginger), but an edge of black humor. The blithe mother, for instance, is amusing. There are similarities to “The Rage: Carrie 2” (1999), but it’s nowhere near as effective. The set-up is good, but the story starts to drag from there and the suburban locations are disagreeably one-dimensional. Katharine Isabelle is the sole feminine interest, but Perkins plays a somewhat interesting character. Meanwhile Lemche’s Sam is notable as the unexpectedly gallant pot-pusher. The film runs 1 hour, 47 minutes and was shot in suburbs of Toronto (Brampton, Mississauga & Markham). GRADE: B-/C+

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