tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post8815037416946853242..comments2024-02-25T07:04:13.904-08:00Comments on The Horror Effect: Ginger Snaps (2000): An Overdue LookB-Movie Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301865641232633502noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-10382959395256803162013-03-04T14:42:26.448-08:002013-03-04T14:42:26.448-08:00Great review. Personally, this movie didn't do...Great review. Personally, this movie didn't do it for me. I get that some people enjoy it because of the analogy to puberty and the unique female roles. But I watched this movie to see a horror werewolf movie and it did not deliver.<br /><br />If you get the chance, you should check out my review. I can always use more feedback.<br /><br />http://horrormoviemedication.blogspot.com/2013/03/ginger-snaps-werewolves-during-that.htmlThe Cheshire Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08224678106445126955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-11063977467841205942011-11-29T09:29:20.556-08:002011-11-29T09:29:20.556-08:00FUCK "Jennifer's body"! Bunch of stu...FUCK "Jennifer's body"! Bunch of stupid crew who cannot find their own ideas! Shame on them! I sh!t on this film!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-9043147664447275702010-05-04T19:02:50.451-07:002010-05-04T19:02:50.451-07:00What the hell?? Why they had to picked ideas from ...What the hell?? Why they had to picked ideas from this Canadian film to made "Jennifer's body"??<br />Shame on "Jennifer's body"!!!!!!!!!!!!(I mean f#ck this film!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-82571824815070577242009-11-15T07:33:00.712-08:002009-11-15T07:33:00.712-08:00Katherine Isabelle is starting to look like Bette ...Katherine Isabelle is starting to look like Bette Davis (not a good sign).the posturing (and admittedly rather irritating) little popinjaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-13777005048077643672009-10-21T21:32:34.839-07:002009-10-21T21:32:34.839-07:00not bad for a horror trilogy and I think it delive...not bad for a horror trilogy and I think it delivered female characters that weren't just fodder for gratuitous T&A and/or body bags. Horror films need more of that. I mean when was the last time you saw a cool werewolf movie when this came out? Besides DOG SOLDIERS...Zach S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00036794838503698324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-22840730732361461832009-10-21T16:08:16.340-07:002009-10-21T16:08:16.340-07:00I think the real force behind this movie - which B...I think the real force behind this movie - which Becky pointed out - is stacking it up against the other films being released at the time. Look at the list from 2000 (http://www.filmsandtv.com/genre.php?gs=2000Horror) Leprechaun in the Hood? Scream 3? Dracula 2000 (I've still not been reimbursed for that travesty)?<br /><br />Ginger Snaps struck a chord with more than a few people (myself included) because it was a different beast and a stand out amongst a lot of the mediocrity that came shivering out of film canisters post-Y2K.<br /><br />It's not a perfect film in any sense - better films have come along since - but it's good for killing off a couple hours on a Friday night. I'd certainly reach for it before Hollow Man.King Unicornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01993647377024291345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-9237258228832894632009-10-21T01:43:47.771-07:002009-10-21T01:43:47.771-07:00Uhmmm yeah not so much... I agree with the MEH in ...Uhmmm yeah not so much... I agree with the MEH in your review... the rest... well its a little nice to a boring film that could have been a 15 minute short, which i most likely would have laughed at and walked out on... but hey i mostly made it (between falling asleep out of sheer boredom)through this one. Wouldn't accept it into any genre, maybe teenage angst and whiny little girl should be genre for this one.Nick Sayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847401542140680363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-22626216604632017382009-10-21T01:42:37.748-07:002009-10-21T01:42:37.748-07:00Yeah, the cover art alone prevented me from seeing...Yeah, the cover art alone prevented me from seeing this movie. Definitely lame because I probably would have liked it better 9 years ago since I was actually a teenage girl (around 13) when it came out.B-Movie Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301865641232633502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-27763755859986156702009-10-20T22:23:35.534-07:002009-10-20T22:23:35.534-07:00While the filmmaking itself does have an amateur l...While the filmmaking itself does have an amateur look and feel, the originality and brilliant scripting more than make up for it in my mind. This is an all time fav, but I had to reread the first sentence in the post when I read that you havent seen it. Hence, the cover earning its rightful place in Lame Cover Art history!I Like Horror Movieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15851268002582984544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-70255463067476743812009-10-20T15:39:48.713-07:002009-10-20T15:39:48.713-07:00Haha I love the comparison of that shot to Jennife...Haha I love the comparison of that shot to Jennifer's Body. They're exactly the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-27287419455542747972009-10-20T11:47:20.883-07:002009-10-20T11:47:20.883-07:00I feel that all three of the Ginger Snaps pics are...I feel that all three of the Ginger Snaps pics are terrific additions to the sparsely populated werewolf genre- but each entry is a seperate sub-genre.<br /><br />The first film (structurally the weakest) is essentially a pitch-dark comedy, a coming of age story that applies lycanthropy to "the change" that all girls experience as they become women- B and Ginger don't want to deal with any of that- until it starts to happen to (Ginger) them. It is a bit over-long, with segments that drag a bit, but the sexualization of the werewolf mythos (and the venereal subplot with the first guy Ginger "spends time with") is fun stuff, different and fresh.<br /><br />The second movie is much darker- without the snarky humor of the first- but this fits, since B doesn't revel in the change the way Ginger did. One could argue that Ginger Snaps Back is more of a straight-forward horror film, with a degree of sexual abuse (and hiding from one's own sexuality) as the subtext within the werewolfery.<br /><br />The third film is sort of my favorite, mainly because it comes from left field- if you want a coherent reason for the 3rd Ginger Snaps film to be set in the 1830s, there isn't one. Oh, they throw out a sort of pseudo-mystical sop to an Indian prophecy about "the sisters of black and red" and blah-blah- but the real joy of Ginger Snaps: the Begining comes from watching what is essentially a Hammer Films variation on Ravenous- beautifully shot, lyrically dreamlike at times, with a solid cast and the best wolf effects of the series...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-58202860865423202902009-10-20T10:30:06.493-07:002009-10-20T10:30:06.493-07:00I remember watching this back when it came out. It...I remember watching this back when it came out. It intrigued me enough to want to check out the sequel, but not enough to where I actually went out and rented the sequel. Oh well.Noelle Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866794866013900659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1981940971905366365.post-57239138404938671312009-10-20T05:30:44.078-07:002009-10-20T05:30:44.078-07:00Aww, Ginger is one of my faves.
You might like the...Aww, Ginger is one of my faves.<br />You might like the EC style horror of the second movie better, though.<br /><br />But non of the Ginger movies will appeal to gorehounds, they are all pretty tame in that department, and the werewolf FX, well, they never really stand out in any of the three.<br /><br />Still, personally I enjoyed all three movies a lot, I think Katherine Isabelle/Emily Perkins have a great chemistry together, and bring a certain natural feeling to these outcast characters which I often tend to miss from other movies.Old Folkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974128781041813293noreply@blogger.com