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
Ginger Snaps
They don't call it the curse for nothing.
2000 · 1h 48m · Not Rated
Fantasy, Horror
Directed by
John Fawcett
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Ginger Snaps
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- John Fawcett Director
- Katharine Isabelle as Ginger Fitzgerald
- Emily Perkins as Brigitte Fitzgerald
- Kris Lemche as Sam
- Mimi Rogers as Pamela Fitzgerald
- Jesse Moss as Jason McCardy
- Danielle Hampton as Trina Sinclair
- John Bourgeois as Henry Fitzgerald
- Peter Keleghan as Mr. Wayne
- Christopher Redman as Ben
- Jimmy MacInnis as Tim
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A quietly subversive my-sister-is-turning-into-a-werewolf movie that doesn't wimp out at the end.
Derek Elley, Variety
Fresh
This isn't just a good horror movie, it's a good movie. Period.
Tom Charity, Time Out
Rotten
The ideas are thin, and the scene-by-scene execution of them is bumbling.
Ray Conlogue, Globe and Mail
Fresh
A superbly realized take on the perils of being different in a world that demands conformity.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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