JP_Shay I just finished watching this very underrated gem. A good, solid horror/comedy flick with great acting from Katherine Isabelle and Emily Perkins. It's a werewolf picture that instead of steering away from most of the clichés, reinvents them. But it's more than a werewolf picture; it's a movie about a bond between two young sisters who are obsessed with gore and how far little sister is willing to go to save big sister. Ginger is attacked by a lycan on their drive home and immediately starts noticing physical changes. The funny thing is everyone else is blaming her changes on her period. At times it seemed like an episode of "Goosebumps" (crooked camera angles, some overacting, etc.), and not in a necessarily bad way. This is probably because it was the director, John Fawcett's first full length picture. But overall, it was a very entertaining and fun film that really makes you care about the characters - at least it did for me! And there are some genuinely creepy moments.

Marcus James It was not a ground breaking movie, nor a bad movie by any stretch. A lot of reviews here attempt to overthink the plot and state that its yet another tweeny horror movie, but it wasn't. There is no retarded teenage love story in this movie nor any nudity nor a bunch of topless guys. There are no cheap gimmics in this movie designed to draw teens. It is a straight forward drama about two sisters and how they try to cope with one turning to a werewolf. The quality of the film is definitely limited, this was not a big budget flick but at the same, the low budget and lack of CGI really give it a very natural eerie feel similar to how old horror movies used to be. The only exception is the werewolf itself which looks pretty 80s (in a bad way) but was not really in the movie for very long any way. I always felt like older horror movies were much more convincing due to narrower camera perspectives (smaller resolutions and angles) and use of imagination over CGI and special effects. Todays horror is very bad and has mostly devolved to formulaic snore fests requiring over the top violence and gore (a la Saw or Hostel) or cheap surprise scares which stop working once a person gets older. This was a nice change of pace. I liked it and I give is a 6, or 1 point above average. I will be watching the next two movies soon.

GL84 Living together in a small town, two sisters find the creature hunting them down is one of them who got turned into a werewolf and must find a way to contain the ravenous beast within before more of their friends are killed.Frankly this one turned out to be somewhat of a disappointment. The film's main problem here is also one of its best features in the connection between the onset of woman-hood with the curse of lycanthropy which is the big guise in this one. It associates some of the normal conditions of burgeoning femininity as the potential signs of lycanthropy, from the introduction of the feminine status, their biology starting to give away their conditions and the sudden outburst of aggressive behavior seems to be all consistent with the changes found in this situation, and the trade-off with the lycanthropy traits is something that's fun and unique to this one. That said, none of these are really all that enjoyable as they take the focus off the horror to such an extent that the film instead paces along quite dreadfully by remaining stuck with these teen-angst drama scenes that are just not that exciting. The scenes of the two girls lamenting their high-school situation, how they're concerned with that project of life-like death photographs of themselves or the utterly bland and boring school-yard meandering are not that exciting and really make it hard to care all that much about the girls or their condition in the first half and really makes it hard to buy into this one as a horror movie at times. Thankfully, what saves this one is the film's fleeting horror moments as there's numerous pretty well-timed scares and suspense in here which really brings this one up considerably. The initial playground attack is simply stellar with the hairy beasts' rapid movements an inhuman growling giving the impression of something running around that's hidden enough to make it a mystery about its identity while offering plenty of suspenseful tactics of them chasing off into the woods. The later attacks offer up plenty of gruesome attacks alongside some rather fun times here with the attacks at school on the personnel, the party scenes are a lot of fun with the seduction coming off rather nicely before the initial transformation scene and the big one that works well here is the finale at the house. Finally letting the werewolf loose, getting some impressive stalking as she follows the blood trail through into the basement and some fantastic action all together for a spectacular scene that serves as the highlight here. Lastly, the design for the wolf is a bit more modern, with a large head, lean body that has more wolf-like qualities than most previous werewolf designs yet still retains the vicious appearance and attitude that make it something to be feared and respected while looking somewhat original here as well. These here are the film's overall positives.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity, drug use, several scenes of animal violence and detailed discussions and events about puberty.

ersinkdotcom On the surface, "Ginger Snaps" is a wonderful addition to the werewolf sub- genre that is rarely toyed with. Dig deeper and you find commentary on the difficulties girls face as they journey into womanhood. It should be required viewing for every male so they can form a sense of empathy for their female friends and family.Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger Fitzgerald (Katharine Isabelle) are sisters and the best of friends. They're also the town outcasts and parade their obsession with death in front of their classmates, teachers, and family. As they walk home one evening, Ginger is attacked by a ravenous beast.Her wounds heal at an astounding rate and she soon realizes that her body is undergoing two very extraordinary changes. One is fairly normal for all teenage girls: the arrival of her menstrual cycle. The second change is an ever-accelerating transformation into a werewolf. Can Brigitte save Ginger from her insatiable bloodlust before she fully turns into a voracious creature of the night?The version of "Ginger Snaps" I'm reviewing is Unrated. There's a lot of graphic violence and gore in this fine example of a Lycanthropy-centered film. I would consider it to be "R" rated because of strong language, adult situations, and scenes of female werewolf nudity. Ginger's hairy upper torso makes a cameo appearance during the movie's exciting and emotional conclusion.Rarely does a horror movie come along that infuses such immense chills and thrills while so beautifully capturing the pain and awkwardness we all feel journeying from childhood to adulthood. In my humble (yeah, right) opinion, this is the wolf-woman equivalent of the touching-yet-disturbing vampire tale "Let the Right One In" if fused together with the wit of "Heathers."