Ginger Snaps Review, two outcast sisters get attacked by some kind of animal in the woods.
Writer Karen Walton
Cast
Emily Perkins, Brigitte Fitzgerald
Katharine Isabelle, Ginger Fitzgerald
Danielle Hampton, Trina Sinclair
John Bourgeois, Henry Fitzgerald
Kris Lemche, Sam McDonald
Mimi Rogers, Pamela Fitzgerald
Jesse Moss, Jason McCardy
Copperheart Entertainment, Running time 108 minutes
Two sisters Ginger and Brigitte are outcasts and struggle to get along with their fellow class mates, one night while they're walking in their local woods the two sisters get attacked, Ginger is bitten by some unknown creature. A few days after, Ginger starts to change physically and her personality begins to shift. Brigitte suspects the creature was a Werewolf and she comes to the conclusion that Ginger is turning into a Werewolf and starts to search for a cure.
I think we have been starved of good Werewolf movies and Ginger Snaps is one of those movies that eluded me for some years, so after doing some research on Werewolf movies I came across this, with good reviews I was very eager to get my hands on this and see what I have been missing out on.
Ginger Snaps is a refreshingly original take on Werewolf movies, it revolves around two teenage girls with low social value, struggling through life, and it deals with the confusion of puberty. The two girls are interesting characters and their lives and troubles are enough to hold the viewers attention, then add Werewolves into the mix and it makes for a very entertaining movie.
The acting is a little weak at times, but for the most part it's solid and believable with some good character development. No CG is used, the director choose to use prosthetics instead, the gore effects look good and gruesome, the Werewolf itself is very ugly and nasty, but the prosthetic model doesn't look all that realistic in a close up view, which will be down to the small budget this movie had.
Overall I enjoyed Ginger Snaps, definitely one of the best Werewolf movies I have seen in recent years.
6.5 out of 10
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