Ginger Snaps (2000)
They don't call it the curse for nothing.
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Ginger Snaps rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.8/10· 56K votes
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic70%
TMDb6.9/10· 986 votesWith 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.8/10 on IMDb and 70/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About Ginger Snaps
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
Cast of Ginger Snaps
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
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Jimmy MacInnis
as Tim
Lucy Lawless
as Announcer on School's PA System (Uncredited)
Lindsay Leese
as Nurse Ferry
Ginger Snaps facts
- Budget
- $5M
- Collection
- Ginger Snaps Collection
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Coming-of-age body horror works as metaphor for adolescence
- •Dark comedy balances gore with genuine character moments
- •Gothic atmosphere creates unsettling unique tonal identity
What the audience disliked
- •Premise occasionally indulges gratuitous violence for shock value
- •Ending undermines thematic coherence with sudden narrative shift
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