Ginger Snaps (2000)

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'I got this ache, and I thought it was for sex. But it's to tear everything into f*cking pieces'. 

Directed by John Fawcett

Starring: Emily Perkins,  Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers

Budget: 4.5M        Box Office: $570,000

Concept

Ginger, and her younger sister Brigitte are two antisocial young girls who find fascination in death and gore. Ginger is much more antisocial and misanthropic than Brigitte, who is just awkward and anxious. After Brigitte is bullied Ginger decides to kidnap the bully's dog, as there had been a string of dog murders in the area...

Ginger then experiences her first period in a park, when out of nowhere something attacks her and drags her into the woods. Brigitte follows, desperate to locate and save her sister, successfully they escape. The creature follows, and is run down by Sam; the local drug dealer in a van. 

It is not long before Ginger begins having natural hormone changes to her body now she is on her period but having unusual changes as well. The changes begin small, with wounds healing and fur growing in strange areas on the body. 

Brigitte has to find a way to cure her sister, who becomes more engrossed in the power and influence she has, before she can strike and begin haunting the town. With help from Sam the two must fight the ailment Ginger has, before she snaps.

Review

This criminally underrated Canadian horror flick is a great example of taking folk tales and lore, already perfected in cinema and then looking at it from a different angle. This film will fill you with joy, sadness, dread and relief. It's a campy film from the turn of the century and it fits in well with it, there's a great use of Nu-Metal played in this film and carries that grungy/ Marilyn Manson anti society trope with it. 

It's can be seen as a bullying revenge film but is more focused on a young girl trying to save her older sister and what can happen to someone who despises society if they get their hands...or in this case claws into unstoppable power. 

The film does mention a lot on growing up in those awkward teenage years when it comes to periods, sex, lust and parties. It can bring some awkward memories with it when you think back to that age you were, however that's just a nit pick. 

This film has to be seen it is a true Horror Hidden Gem you can't miss it you ahve to  watch Ginger Snaps ASAP, right now in fact. What are you waiting for? The full moon? Go!