Ginger Snaps
Directed by John FawcettGinger (16 jr) en Brigitte (14 jr) zijn 2 zusters en alles behalve normale tieners. Ze zijn gefascineerd door de dood, hebben een hekel aan alles en iedereen, worden door hun omgeving met de nek aangekeken en … hebben nog nooit gemenstrueerd! Dit alles verandert wanneer Ginger op een nacht door een wild beest wordt aangerand. Langzamerhand voltrekt zich een ware transformatie: ze begint jongens te verleiden, ze wordt seksueel actief en bovendien ondergaat haar lichaam vreemde veranderingen… Ze begint wolfachtige kenmerken te vertonen! Brigitte ziet het gevaar van de 'nieuwe' Ginger en probeert haar zusje te redden voordat Ginger doordraait…
Ginger Snaps Ratings & Reviews
- ReekoS27 april 2025Super disappointed with the ending. Would have been 8 out of 10, otherwise.
- Doc Worm23 maart 2026Immaculate in its vibes and effective as an allegory, Ginger Snaps is a surprisingly excellent Canadian indie horror. While its incredibly corny for the most part, its ultimately elevated by decent camera work, a weighty score, committed performances and some tremendous DIY special effects. Even with all of the roses I can give this one, I have one major gripe with it......why were they playing field hockey with a mutilated dog obviously in the middle of the field? There is no way they didn't know it wasn't there. Ridiculous!
- Cubane29 oktober 2025Decent background noise for a Halloween party, maybe a drinking game, but paying attention not encouraged. The sole use of practical effects helps this film age much more gracefully than its peers; however they still slowly devolve from cute syrupy gore piles to a propmaster's rubber fever dream by the end. The acting and plot are stilted, forced, and wooden, to the surprise of no one. But isn't the gore really what we're here for anyway?
- Jeremey19 oktober 2025INT. DIGITAL VOID – NIGHT A lone viewer (YOU) sits in the glow of a screen. The hour is late. The runtime is long. The dialogue is… trying. YOU (muttering): I was promised werewolves, but all I got was menstruation and metaphor. NARRATOR (overly serious, unnecessarily poetic): They talk, and they talk, and they talk — as if a thesaurus exploded inside a high school goth club. Every sentence drips with the desperate need to mean something, and none of them do. GINGER (on screen): We are nothing, Bridget. Nothing but blood and fur and the inevitable decay of suburban youth. YOU (rolling eyes): Cool. But maybe shut up and, you know… transform already? NARRATOR: At minute sixty-one, the mind begins to fray. Dialogue once merely clunky now assaults the senses like a blender filled with angst. Metaphors don’t land — they crash. Subtext isn’t sub — it’s a brick with MESSAGE written on it, lobbed at your forehead. BRIDGET (on screen): Do you think dying will make us different, or just less disappointing? YOU: I think finishing this movie will make me different. NARRATOR: And yet, you press on. Because somewhere under this mountain of moody word-vomit is a werewolf. Somewhere beneath the pretension is a story worth telling. And if you survive the final thirty minutes, maybe — just maybe — you’ll find it. FADE OUT.
- Shane Lynch21 september 2025Great start, very Canadian, kinda lost me in the second half but overall very entertaining!
Ginger Snaps Trivia
Ginger Snaps was released on 11 december 2000.
Ginger Snaps was directed by John Fawcett.
Ginger Snaps has a runtime of 1 u, 43 m.
Ginger Snaps was produced by Karen Lee Hall, Steven Hoban.
Ginger (16 jr) en Brigitte (14 jr) zijn 2 zusters en alles behalve normale tieners. Ze zijn gefascineerd door de dood, hebben een hekel aan alles en iedereen, worden door hun omgeving met de nek aangekeken en … hebben nog nooit gemenstrueerd! Dit alles verandert wanneer Ginger op een nacht door een wild beest wordt aangerand. Langzamerhand voltrekt zich een ware transformatie: ze begint jongens te verleiden, ze wordt seksueel actief en bovendien ondergaat haar lichaam vreemde veranderingen… Ze begint wolfachtige kenmerken te vertonen! Brigitte ziet het gevaar van de 'nieuwe' Ginger en probeert haar zusje te redden voordat Ginger doordraait…
The key characters in Ginger Snaps are Ginger Fitzgerald (Katharine Isabelle), Brigitte Fitzgerald (Emily Perkins), Sam (Kris Lemche).
Ginger Snaps is rated 16.
Ginger Snaps is a Horror, Drama, Fantasie film.
Ginger Snaps has an audience rating of 7.8 out of 10.
Ginger Snaps had a budget of US$ 5 mln..
Ginger Snaps has made US$ 2.554 at the box office.