Ginger Snaps [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Overview

In the generic Canadian suburb of Bailey Downs live Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), 15-year-old sisters committed to introversion, menstruation anxiety, and terminal misanthropy. Three years late for their first period, they spend their time staging gruesome death scenes for their own amusement, amidst the willful ignorance of their relentlessly perky mother (Mimi Rogers). On the night Ginger finally gets her period, the sisters are attacked in the woods by a ferocious creature that may have some connection to "The Beast of Bailey Downs," a predator currently disemboweling its way through the local dog population. The girls survive the attack, and Ginger's wounds heal quickly, but her attitude grows even more bizarre, as hair sprouts from her scars and a tail grows from her spine. Adding to the terror, she starts dating boys. A panicked Brigitte forces herself to befriend Sam (Kris Lemche), the high school pot supplier, whose brand of ganja may be the only cure for Ginger's troubling ailment.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/22/2014
UPC:	0826663150810
Original Release:	2000
Rating:	NR
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	12,246

Special Features

New interviews with actors Emily Perkins and Jesse Moss; Make-up effects artist Paul Jones, Composer Mike Shields; New women in horror panel discussing Ginger Snaps; Audio Commentary with Director John Fawcett; Audio Commentary with Writer Karen Walton

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Katharine Isabelle	Ginger
Emily Perkins	Brigitte
Kris Lemche	Sam
Jesse Moss	Jason
Danielle Hampton	Trina
Peter Keleghan	Mr. Wayne
John Bourgeois	Henry
Mimi Rogers	Pamela
Christopher Redman	Ben
Jimmy MacInnis	Tim
Lindsay Leese	Nurse Ferry
Wendii Fulford	Ms. Sykes
Ann Baggley	Mother
Nick Nolan	Creature & Gingerwolf
Kristopher Lemche	Sam
Mike Shields	Composer

Technical Credits

Karen Walton

John Fawcett	Director
Karen Walton	Screenwriter
Karen Lee Hall	Producer
Steve Hoban	Producer
Daniel Lyon	Executive Producer
Alicia Reilly-Larson	Executive Producer
Noah Segal	Executive Producer
David McCallum	Sound/Sound Designer
Linda Phillips-Palo	Casting
Robert McGee	Casting
Robin Cook	Casting
Robert Warchol	Sound Editor
Jane Tattersall	Sound Editor
Robert Fletcher	Sound/Sound Designer
Orest Sushko	Sound/Sound Designer
Mishann Lau	Sound/Sound Designer
Fred Brennan	Sound Editor
Donna Powell	Sound Editor
Garret Kerr	Sound Editor

Editorial Reviews

More often than not, the teen horror genre is packed with used ideas and paint-by-number bimbos offering nothing more than targets on their well-developed bodies and underdeveloped brains. It's good, then, to see a feminist coming-of-age film like Ginger Snaps come out of nowhere and throw those stereotypes in the toilet. Centering the movie around two of the best young female leads since Heavenly Creatures, writer Karen Walton brings teen angst to a new level with the characters of Ginger and Brigitte. By combining puberty and werewolves, Walton brings a fresh concept to the table alongside an equally engaging and funny script. As great as the writing is, this film really rests on the flawless performances of its two leads, under director John Fawcett's helpful guiding hand. Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins should be commended for their performances as they are smart and completely believable as the two sisters slowly become more and more detached from one another. Horror-hounds should be happy that the film doesn't wuss out gore-wise either. This being a scary werewolf flick (about menstruation no less), blood is essential in this story, and you get it in spades here. That said, the effects work in the film should be given kudos for the use of practical effects instead of the all-too-easy CG route -- even if the final werewolf design isn't as up to snuff as one would hope it would be. Either way, Ginger Snaps is a classy, stylish effort that works for its scares through strong characters and ingenious twists to the werewolf subgenre.