Review of Ginger Snaps (2000) by Lea L — 17 Oct 2011

Is becoming a woman analogous, in some deep psychological way, to becoming a werewolf? Ginger is 16, edgy, tough, and, with her younger sister, into staging and photographing scenes of death. They've made a pact about dying together. In early October, on the night she has her first period, which is also the night of a full moon, a werewolf bites Ginger. Within a few days, some serious changes happen to her body and her temperament. Her sister Brigitte, 15, tries to find a cure with the help of Sam, a local doper. As Brigitte races against the clock, Halloween and another full moon approach, Ginger gets scarier, and it isn't just local dogs that begin to die.

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I have to say this has to be my favourite werewolf movie. From the story, cinematography, special effects to the music, this movie is well done for a low budget movie. Ginger Snaps adds a couple of twists to the werewolf genre. There's an underlying theme that differentiates Ginger Snaps from other werewolf films: lycanthropy becomes a metaphor for puberty and teenage. The Performace's from Emily Perkins and Katharine Isabelle playing the Fitzgerald sister's is outstandings. They play off each other very well..

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Ginger: [about becoming a werewolf, drunk on blood] You love it. Should come for the ride. A little scratch. Swap some juice. We'll be our own pack, like before. It's so 'us' B.