There are alot of horror movies so many infact that it would be next to impossible for anybody to have seen every single one ever made. Well today I get to finally check of a film that i've never seen but through various other horror related media have heard about and as a result of that is the fact that the film really does have alot to live up to and so then join me as I review the film that helped to make Katharine Isabelle a horror megastar with the film in question being called simply just "Ginger Snaps" enjoy.
The plot of this film is when her teenage sister is bitten by werewolf Brigitte Fitzgerald has to find a cure before it's two late and she looses her sister forever. Now then then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with this films plot being a really rather fresh and different take on the whole becoming a werewolf for the first time plot which was rather refreshing to see with it really being helped by the fact that this films plot is just as fresh and just as new and different as it was when it first came out nearly twenty five years ago with this films plot also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Katharine Isabelle as Ginger Fitzgerald , Emily Perkins as Brigitte Fitzgerald and Kris Lemche as Sam. Also starring in this film is 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 , Jimmy MacInnis as Tim , Lindsay Leese as Nurse Ferry and Wendii Fulford as Ms. Sykes.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that'd actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty alot better then what it really had right to be. As when you hear the words "low budget horror film" you don't think of good or even great acting and yet that's exactly what we get in this film with every single actor in this film really killing it in there respective roles with perhaps the true standout performer being Katharine Isabelle who is just a joy to watch in this film with the performances in this film not really being helped by the fact that this films script really doesn't give the actors in this film a whole lot to work with interms of what there respective characters personalities are even meant to be but because of the fact that they have a solid director who knows how to get a good performance out of his cast the cast really do elevate the material that was given to them in the script.
What lets this film down quite a bit is the fact that for the most part this films main characters just aren't that likable. With the Fitzgerald sisters coming across as your typical edgy teens and really nothing more then that as the characters aren't given much in the way of personalities nor are they given hobbies and the characters are perhaps the most unlikable characters in the film as they frequently talk about hurting the dog of someone who is bullying them which is never right and when there not talking about that there planning ways to get back other people all of which goes along way to make these characters who are meant to be really likable characters seem rather unlikable which would be fine if Ginger started of as a werewolf but she doesn't and as such she acts like a bully just for the fun of it anyways regardless of if she's transforming into a werewolf or not.
This film does do something that was rather interesting and that was to give the two main characters a strong sisterly bond. This was a really interesting aspect of the film and to the films credit it does explore this idea as fully as it can do which makes Ginger's ultimate fall to the dark side even more tragic then what it already is with the only real issue with this idea being the fact that it's an idea that could have had a much more bigger impact on the plot like the fact that Ginger only gets attacked by the original werewolf because she's trying to protect Brigitte as that would show that she's willing to do anything for her sister and it would make it even more tragic when come the end of the film she's the one that's attacking Brigitte which would go along way to making the film alot better then what it really already is.
Rather shockingly when this film first came out it wasn't a hit film with the film failing to make back's it's $4.5 million dollar budget. However over the years the film did go on to become a cult classic and it's not hard to see why as the film doesn't have all the hallmarks of a hit film but it does have all of the hallmarks of a cult classic with the film being kind of weird enough to stop it being a hit film as the very idea behind the film is rather weird one but at the same time it's that weird idea that makes it a cult classic and when you add in the fact that the cast for this film was rather unknown at the time it's not that shocking that the film didn't make a splash at the box office but would instead find it's audience after it's release and because of that it's managed to spawn one sequel film and a prequel film which for a film that didn't even make back one million dollars at the box office isn't a bad thing at all as it proves that this film is the little film that could as even tho it's wasn't a hit film it's still managed to get alot of fans that love this film to this very day.
The film does have a habit of either A) not explaining key plot points or B) just straight up not addressing key plot points. As when the film starts we find out that there's a creature attacking this small town where the girls live this is something that is only mentioned once and that's it and yet when the creature does die nobody in the film seems to remember the fact that just a short time ago The Creature was the one running amok in there town as they never mention it and they never really explain the curse either which only makes you wonder why Brigitte thinks that she can cure her sister this makes the character looks dumb which is made all the more worse when you take into account that she's meant to be the more smarter and level headed one of the two and yet she's saying and doing things that are the complete opposite yes there's a case for the argument that she's acting this way because it's her sister but at the same time tho she doesn't corrected at all with it coming of as her acting like she normally would do from all of those around her.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and forty eight minuets and ten seconds. Which is a huge issue with this film as the film really doesn't have a whole lot there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time and as a result of that this film does feel a tad bit boring at times which wouldn't be a problem if the film used it's running time to build up tension to when Ginger does kill someone and make it actually scary as a result of that but the film doesn't do that and as a result all it comes across as is just seeing these two rather unlikable characters go through this rather tragic thing and yet we the audience don't feel anything because of the fact that we aren't given a reason to like these characters something which could have been added into the film to help to justify the films slightly long running tie but I will admit tat this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a horror film that means that I have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills tat are actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad. However that's also the issue as alot of the tie this films kills just aren't that good either with alot of the kills in this film just being really lame at best with this not really being the fact that alot of the kills just aren't that scary but with that being said the best kill in the whole entire movie being the death of The Janitor as that whole scene is just so cool with the kill itself being the tip of the ice berg and while we go get a few really cool kills those are very few and far between with the film having more bad kills then it does have some actually good kills in it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this film is just so good and is very easily a must watch for any horror fan that's worth there salt as it gives you all of the things that you want in a horror film like this and then some in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and and well then that means that this very film earns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Ginger Snaps fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this film up on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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