Ginger Snaps
y tells me this is considered by some to be the best Canadian genre film ever made, and that may be right. More importantly, it’s the first metaphorical reading of the werewolf legend that I know of. By that I mean it makes an attempt to understand what real-life issues the fantasy might be articulating, much as Coppola made Dracula about sex and STDs, or Habit reinterpreted vampirism as a metaphor for addiction. In Ginger Snaps’ case, lycanthropy is about puberty and menstruation (full moon, blood, hair where there was no hair before… natch). It’s very well-written. It’s very well made all-round, in fact; only the creature effects fell short. I look forward to the sequel – although director Fawcett and writer Karen Walton are no longer involved, it sounds pretty damn good.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, but I remember thinking the same about the creature effects, but also that the ending seemed to fall apart, particularly the pointless death of a certain character (don’t want to spoil anything for those who haven’t seen it).
Still, one of the best werewolf movies, although that’s also a reflection of the relatively small selection compared to the vampire sub-genre.
Yeah, I have to say that I loved this flick and recommend it quite often. It’s a refreshing horror flick in the wake of the recent avalanche of bad horror flicks following Scream’s success. It’s funny because I’ve talked to many girls who are offended at the concept, although none have seen it. Most women who have seen it, applaud it. By the way, there’s also a GS 3–The Prequel coming out. Incidentally, I’m biased. My old roommate Daniel played “The Bitch” in the first one. I’m also mentioning that in case you’re ever looking for an actress D! Always trying to set my friends up with one another. Peace.
Sir, that’s a crazy coincidence. We’ve hired her to be in our feature!
Also, full disclosure: I work for Space, who put money into GS one and two. Now that’s biased! But when I first saw GS it was in the theatre, before I started this job, and I liked it then. So that makes it okay, right?