Ginger Snaps
2000 · Movie · Not Rated · 108 min · ★ 6.9 · 80% critics
Two outcast sisters in a suburban town struggle with growing up when an attack leaves one with healing that doesn’t feel quite right. As changes take hold, the younger sister searches for a way to protect her family and figure out what’s happening.
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-12-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (988 votes)
About
Gritty, funny, and unsettling, Ginger Snaps blends werewolf horror with a darker puberty-and-sisterhood story set around fall and Halloween vibes; Not for you if you want a light, straightforward werewolf adventure like Hatching or Afraid of the Dark.
Pros: dark teen coming-of-age; practical creature effects; sister chemistry | Cons: final choices feel off; tone can get grim; some pacing drag
Themes
- high school
- sibling relationship
- transformation
- dark comedy
- menstruation
- coming of age
- murder
- marijuana
- werewolf
- ontario, canada
- gothic
- metamorphosis
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Katharine Isabelle
as Ginger Fitzgerald
Emily Perkins
as Brigitte Fitzgerald
Kris Lemche
as Sam
Mimi Rogers
as Pamela Fitzgerald
Jesse Moss
as Jason McCardy
Danielle Hampton
as Trina Sinclair
John Bourgeois
as Henry Fitzgerald
Peter Keleghan
as Mr. Wayne
Christopher Redman
as Ben
- JM
Jimmy MacInnis
as Tim
Directed by John Fawcett