Ginger Snaps - the beast in you

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Movie
German title Ginger Snaps - the beast in you
Original title Ginger snaps
Country of production Canada
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director John Fawcett
script Karen Walton
John Fawcett
production Tina Goldlist
Karen Lee Hall
Steven Hoban
music Michael Shields
camera Thom Best
cut Brett Sullivan
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chronology

Successor  →
Ginger Snaps II - Unleashed

Ginger Snaps - The beast in you ( Ginger Snaps ) is a Canadian horror film from the year 2000 . A sequel Ginger Snaps II - Entfesselt (2004) and a prequel Ginger Snaps III - The Beginning (2004) were produced.

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Fascinated by death, the sisters Brigitte and Ginger Fitzgerald, who despite their relatively advanced age (15 and 16) show hardly any signs of puberty , enjoy their roles as outsiders. But their loyalty alliance ("Out by 16 or dead in this scene, but together forever", in German "Exit at 16 or death in this scene, but together forever") is shaken when Ginger is attacked by a werewolf and at the same time is getting her first menstruation . In the course of the subsequent transformation, she mutates into a sex- and blood-addicted monster and soon has nothing but contempt for her sister.

With the help of the drug dealer Sam, who finds an extract from the monkshood plant as a possible antidote, Brigitte tries unsuccessfully to free Ginger from her curse. Brigitte infects herself with the lycanthropy virus and still tries to calm down Ginger, who has already killed a classmate, the school principal, the caretaker and finally Sam. In doing so, she accidentally fatally injures Ginger and has to watch her sister die in the form of the werewolf.

Reviews

  • Cinema magazine described the film as funny horror with feminine charms .
  • Lexicon of international film : “An attempt to transfer the topoi of classic horror cinema to the needs of current teen horror films. Without deriving new aspects from the topic, but with laconic irony, the routinely staged B-film serves the plot as nonchalant as it is exciting. "

Awards (selection)

  • In 2000, Karen Walton won a Special Jury Citation for Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival .
  • In 2002 the film won a Saturn Award for Best DVD Release.
  • In 2002 the film was nominated in three categories at the Genie Awards , namely for best camera, best editing and best sound editing.

Background information

  • Katharine Isabelle got the role of Ginger after it was rejected by both Sarah Polley and Natasha Lyonne .
  • Emily Perkins wore a wig in the film because she cut her bald head before shooting.
  • Xena actress Lucy Lawless had a spoken cameo in the original over a loudspeaker announcement.
  • The German alternative title is Ginger - in love with death .
  • Emily Perkins was the actress with the greatest ratio between playing age (15) and real age (24) in the ensemble. In fact, she is four years older than Katherine Isabelle, whose younger sister she is. At 19, Isabelle was three years older than her portrayed character.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cinema magazine
  2. ^ Ginger Snaps - The beast in you. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used