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- Release Date: 2001
- Runtime: 108 min
- Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Starring: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers ... See all
- Director: John Fawcett
Plot 1
'Is becoming a woman analogous, in some deep psychological way, to becoming a werewolf? Ginger is 16, edgy, tough, and, with her younger sister, into staging and photographing scenes of death. They\'ve made a pact about dying together. In early October, on the night she has her first period, which is also the night of a full moon, a werewolf bites Ginger. Within a few days, some serious changes happen to her body and her temperament. Her sister Brigitte, 15, tries to find a cure with the help of Sam, a local doper. As Brigitte races against the clock, Halloween and another full moon approach, Ginger gets scarier, and it isn\'t just local dogs that begin to die.'
Plot 2
Ginger Snaps is a 2000 Canadian werewolf film directed by John Fawcett. The film focuses on two close teenage sisters, Ginger and Brigitte Fitzgerald (Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins), who are obsessed with death. The title is a pun on the biscuit of the same name. "Snap" also relates to losing one's self-control, or a quick, aggressive bite. During the film's production, the Columbine High School massacre and the W. R. Myers High School shooting took place, causing public controversy over the film's horror themes and the funding it received from Telefilm.
A mother finds her dog's mutilated body strung across the lawn. She runs into her front yard, sobbing uncontrollably, "It got our dog! It got our Baxter!" Meanwhile a slideshow of Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger Fitzgerald (Katharine Isabelle) creating staged deaths for a school project plays in their classroom. Their teacher and the school's guidance conselor, Mr. Wayne, (Peter Keleghan) demands to see them after class. Later, they smoke and play: "Search and Destroy", dissing the reputation of people they dislike, and imagining how they may die. Trina Sinclair's (Danielle Hampton) friend overhears Brigitte describing Trina's character and death, and tells Trina. The sisters notice this, and Ginger tells Brigitte she will "cover her". However, as Ginger is distracted, Trina pushes Brigitte into the remains of a dog, a victim of the Beast of Bailey Downs, a wild animal which has been killing pets. Together, Brigitte and Ginger decide to kidnap Trina's dog that night, and imply the Beast of Bailey Downs killed it. They set out, and find the mutilated corpse of another dog. They decide to take it with them to convince Trina it is actually her dog, but, as they pick it up, a leg comes off in Brigitte's hand. Brigitte notices blood on Ginger thinking it is from the dog, but the blood proves to be from Ginger's first period. The Beast of Bailey Downs attacks, and drags her into the woods screaming. Brigitte rescues Ginger. As the sisters flee, they narrowly escape being hit by an approaching van (driven by Sam (Kris Lemche), which hits and kills the Beast. Brigitte finds Ginger's wounds are already healing and begs her to go to a hospital. Ginger refuses, as she does not want their mother (Mimi Rogers) to find out. After a few days, Ginger begins to grow hair from the sites of her wounds, sprouts a tail and menstruates heavily. A rift forms between the sisters after Ginger smokes marijuana with Jason, and aggressively pursues him. Ignoring Brigitte's warnings, she has unprotected sex with Jason, then kills her neighbor's dog. Ginger explains to Brigitte: "I get this ache, and I thought it was for sex; but it's to tear everything to fucking pieces!". Frightened by what is happening to Ginger, Brigitte turns to Sam. Agreeing the Beast of Bailey Downs is a lycanthrope, he suggests a pure silver ring may cure Ginger. Brigitte persuades Ginger to have her navel pierced using the ring, but this proves ineffective. Later, Trina goes to the Fitzgerald house, unannounced, claiming Ginger kidnapped her dog. As Ginger and Trina fight, Trina slips, hits her head, and dies. The sisters panic, narrowly avoiding their parents seeing them as they put the body in the freezer. Brigitte later accidentally hacks off two fingers trying to get the corpse from the freezer. As they take Trina's body to bury it, they lose the fingers. Brigitte tells Ginger she cannot go out anymore, but Ginger proves defiant. On the pretence that Brigitte is the one "changing" instead of Ginger, they visit Sam, who suggests a monkshood solution for Ginger's illness; and says "It grows everywhere, but only in spring". Ginger angrily replies they have no time and accuses him of just wanting to have sex with Brigitte, before storming out. On Halloween, Brigitte takes her mother's monkshood (from a craft store), and asks Sam to make the "cure". Sam warns her she "Shouldn't let her use it alone; it's for Ginger, isn't it?". Brigitte admits the truth, and promises to go to the "Greenhouse Bash". Unfortunately, on the way home, she is forced to use it on Jason (whom Ginger infected through sex). Ginger returns to school looking for Jason. As Brigitte arrives, a message on the PA, which is really Ginger, asks her to go to the Guidance office. She knocks, and is dragged inside by Ginger who has killed the counselor. Brigitte calms Ginger down. Brigitte goes to find cleaning supplies, but returns to see the janitor with his throat torn open. The sisters' mother discovers Trina's corpse, goes to look for her daughters, sees Brigitte and picks her up. As she drives Brigitte to the Greenhouse Bash, she tells her that she will "let the house fill up with gas, and light a match" to erase evidence of Trina's death, and their escape. Brigitte arrives to find Sam nursing a broken arm. In despair, she infects herself as Sam pleads with her not to. Her mother decides there is no chance to get away and tells the police she killed Trina Sinclair. As the sisters leave, Sam knocks Ginger out with a shovel. Brigitte and Sam then take her back to the Fitzgerald house in his van, and prepare more of the cure for Ginger. However, Ginger fully transforms into a werewolf on the way and escapes the van. Afraid, and unaware she has transformed, Sam and Brigitte hide in the pantry, and he makes the solution. As he goes to find Ginger, Ginger-Wolf mutilates Sam. Brigitte picks up the dropped syringe and a knife, and follows the blood trail downstairs. She tries to drink Sam's blood in an attempt to calm Ginger-Wolf, but chokes on it. Ginger-Wolf senses Brigitte's insincerity and kills Sam in front of her, then leaps at Brigitte, only to be impaled on her knife. Brigitte then lays upon Ginger-Wolf, sobbing, listening until its breathing finally stops.
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A mother finds her dog's mutilated body strung across the lawn. She runs into her front yard, sobbing uncontrollably, "It got our dog! It got our Baxter!" Meanwhile a slideshow of Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger Fitzgerald (Katharine Isabelle) creating staged deaths for a school project plays in their classroom. Their teacher and the school's guidance conselor, Mr. Wayne, (Peter Keleghan) demands to see them after class. Later, they smoke and play: "Search and Destroy", dissing the reputation of people they dislike, and imagining how they may die. Trina Sinclair's (Danielle Hampton) friend overhears Brigitte describing Trina's character and death, and tells Trina. The sisters notice this, and Ginger tells Brigitte she will "cover her". However, as Ginger is distracted, Trina pushes Brigitte into the remains of a dog, a victim of the Beast of Bailey Downs, a wild animal which has been killing pets. Together, Brigitte and Ginger decide to kidnap Trina's dog that night, and imply the Beast of Bailey Downs killed it. They set out, and find the mutilated corpse of another dog. They decide to take it with them to convince Trina it is actually her dog, but, as they pick it up, a leg comes off in Brigitte's hand. Brigitte notices blood on Ginger thinking it is from the dog, but the blood proves to be from Ginger's first period. The Beast of Bailey Downs attacks, and drags her into the woods screaming. Brigitte rescues Ginger. As the sisters flee, they narrowly escape being hit by an approaching van (driven by Sam (Kris Lemche), which hits and kills the Beast. Brigitte finds Ginger's wounds are already healing and begs her to go to a hospital. Ginger refuses, as she does not want their mother (Mimi Rogers) to find out. After a few days, Ginger begins to grow hair from the sites of her wounds, sprouts a tail and menstruates heavily. A rift forms between the sisters after Ginger smokes marijuana with Jason, and aggressively pursues him. Ignoring Brigitte's warnings, she has unprotected sex with Jason, then kills her neighbor's dog. Ginger explains to Brigitte: "I get this ache, and I thought it was for sex; but it's to tear everything to fucking pieces!". Frightened by what is happening to Ginger, Brigitte turns to Sam. Agreeing the Beast of Bailey Downs is a lycanthrope, he suggests a pure silver ring may cure Ginger. Brigitte persuades Ginger to have her navel pierced using the ring, but this proves ineffective. Later, Trina goes to the Fitzgerald house, unannounced, claiming Ginger kidnapped her dog. As Ginger and Trina fight, Trina slips, hits her head, and dies. The sisters panic, narrowly avoiding their parents seeing them as they put the body in the freezer. Brigitte later accidentally hacks off two fingers trying to get the corpse from the freezer. As they take Trina's body to bury it, they lose the fingers. Brigitte tells Ginger she cannot go out anymore, but Ginger proves defiant. On the pretence that Brigitte is the one "changing" instead of Ginger, they visit Sam, who suggests a monkshood solution for Ginger's illness; and says "It grows everywhere, but only in spring". Ginger angrily replies they have no time and accuses him of just wanting to have sex with Brigitte, before storming out. On Halloween, Brigitte takes her mother's monkshood (from a craft store), and asks Sam to make the "cure". Sam warns her she "Shouldn't let her use it alone; it's for Ginger, isn't it?". Brigitte admits the truth, and promises to go to the "Greenhouse Bash". Unfortunately, on the way home, she is forced to use it on Jason (whom Ginger infected through sex). Ginger returns to school looking for Jason. As Brigitte arrives, a message on the PA, which is really Ginger, asks her to go to the Guidance office. She knocks, and is dragged inside by Ginger who has killed the counselor. Brigitte calms Ginger down. Brigitte goes to find cleaning supplies, but returns to see the janitor with his throat torn open. The sisters' mother discovers Trina's corpse, goes to look for her daughters, sees Brigitte and picks her up. As she drives Brigitte to the Greenhouse Bash, she tells her that she will "let the house fill up with gas, and light a match" to erase evidence of Trina's death, and their escape. Brigitte arrives to find Sam nursing a broken arm. In despair, she infects herself as Sam pleads with her not to. Her mother decides there is no chance to get away and tells the police she killed Trina Sinclair. As the sisters leave, Sam knocks Ginger out with a shovel. Brigitte and Sam then take her back to the Fitzgerald house in his van, and prepare more of the cure for Ginger. However, Ginger fully transforms into a werewolf on the way and escapes the van. Afraid, and unaware she has transformed, Sam and Brigitte hide in the pantry, and he makes the solution. As he goes to find Ginger, Ginger-Wolf mutilates Sam. Brigitte picks up the dropped syringe and a knife, and follows the blood trail downstairs. She tries to drink Sam's blood in an attempt to calm Ginger-Wolf, but chokes on it. Ginger-Wolf senses Brigitte's insincerity and kills Sam in front of her, then leaps at Brigitte, only to be impaled on her knife. Brigitte then lays upon Ginger-Wolf, sobbing, listening until its breathing finally stops.
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