Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

jimthor-13847 This movie is the type of movie I look for. It's well made, not well known actors/actresses and fun. The movie is about two sisters who are tight and one changes...literally.The plot is good, the acting is good, and this is not your run of the mill werewolf movie. It has enough action to keep you interested and the characters are developed well. I like the sister angle. I like the twist and the werewolf angle the movie takes.Not your regular werewolf type movie. (Spoiler) Not big on the ending. I'm a happy ending kind of guy, unless a sad ending is necessary. It wasn't necessary in this case, but it was still a good movie and worth the watch.Jim W

Python Hyena Ginger Snaps (2000): Dir: John Fawcett / Cast: Emily Perkins, Katherine Isabelle, Mimi Rogers, Kris Lemche, Danielle Hampton: Graphic and gory werewolf movie that opens with the discovery of a dismembered dog in the backyard. The blame is pointed at two sisters with an obsession with suicide as depicted in their gory student films. A plan to kill a popular girl's dog ends with one of them attacked and nearly mangled by a very large creature that would be struck by a van. The wounded girl begins to grow hair where she shouldn't and a tail emerges. Her sister struggles to conceal the change and find answers. This concludes with loose ends and a lot of spilled blood. Director John Fawcett creates a unique bond between two girls. Emily Perkins and Katherine Isabelle create an unusual chemistry as one struggles to help the other who herself, doesn't want to be helped. Kris Lemche is effective as the guy whose van struck the original creature. Now he attempts to find a cure. Mimi Rogers as a parent is an unnecessary distraction that is never involved in the film. Danielle Hampton plays a bully whose dog ends up in dire possession of the psychotic sisters. The climax is scary but it is also unnecessary in its presentation of violence. It is extremely graphic and quite fatal to its principal characters. The symbolic play on puberty is clever but the gore will make certain viewers snap. Score: 6 ½ / 10

jlthornb51 Kathrine Isabelle and Emily Perkins give what is nothing less the performances of their very lives in this terrific film. Under the direction of John Fawcett they are absolutely electric in their respective roles as sisters. Screen writer Karen Walton creates characters here that the two leads can realistically bring to life and embody. It is not your typical horror script with girls in jeopardy and behaving helplessly. These young women are relatively strong and proactive in facing their ungodly peril. Perkins and Isabelle are simply unforgettable and hopefully this film serves as a vehicle which will get them noticed for future projects. Kudos to all involved with this production but especially to those responsible for the screenplay, the gifted director, and the two magnificent young women leading a fine supporting cast.

Viator Veritatis This is in fact a witty teenager comedy full of black (and unmistakably Anglo-Saxon) humor, sexual metaphors, goth elements and a liberal amount of splatter. It masquerades itself as a horror movie, but really, the horror element is just a metaphor for female puberty, the pangs of growing-up and the loss of innocence.If you enjoy pastiches like "An American werewolf in London", only a bit gorier and tighter, you will have a good time with 'Ginger snaps' . However, if your idea of horror is bound to Lovecraft and other classics of the genre, if you demand a logically consistent plot and credible, realistic reactions from the characters, and any hint of comicality spoils the concentration you are investing in the build-up of the atmosphere, you'll be irritated in a matter of minutes. I was.In this movie there are plot holes as large as block buildings, dialogues are meant to be wickedly funny rather than scary or evocative, and no effort is invested in realistic behavior on the part of the characters - if you knew that your sibling is affected by a mysterious illness that's transforming her body, threatening her life and turning her in a deadly menace, would you attempt to treat her with silver rings and wolf bane while chirping quaint teenager banter, or would you call in the doctors and the police? I realize that viewers interested in alternative fiction might be surprised and delighted by this movie. That's the only reason why I allot it four stars. As a pure horror movie, however, Ginger is and remains an unmitigated disaster.