Ginger Snaps
They don't call it the curse for nothing.
They don't call it the curse for nothing.
Fantasy, Horror
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2000
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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.
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Details
Runtime:
108 min
Release date:
11 Dec 2000
Country:
CA
Languages:
English
Budget:
$5,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
10 wins & 9 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A smart, resourceful, and wickedly funny teen-horror film that reinvents the werewolf myth as a potent metaphor for pubescent angst and humiliation.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
7 Oct 2013
fresh:
A quietly subversive my-sister-is-turning-into-a-werewolf movie that doesn't wimp out at the end.
– Derek Elley,
Variety,
24 Sep 2007
fresh:
This isn't just a good horror movie, it's a good movie. Period.
– Tom Charity,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
The ideas are thin, and the scene-by-scene execution of them is bumbling.
– Ray Conlogue,
Globe and Mail,
19 Mar 2002
fresh:
A superbly realized take on the perils of being different in a world that demands conformity.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
23 Nov 2001