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Another Halloweeny movie. And towards Christmas too. Weird. Ah well. The actually good Christmas movies are overwatched since there's actually relatively so few that qualify as good in my arrogant opinion. But anyway. Ginger Snaps. And what we got here is a dedicated werewolf movie! So... Can it knock Cursed off its (unstable) throne then? Well... While it starts off shaky as hell, it builds up steam, and after the beginning, for the rest of the movie until the end, it's actually pretty decent and almost succeeds in unseating Cursed. Until the ending parts start. Then you might as well stop watching because the rest of the movie effectively divebombs into the ground, quality wise.
My very first complaint is ONCE AGAIN with the werewolf design. It looks like FUCKING ASS. AGAIN. Whoever decided that was how a werewolf should look needs to be fired. Man, I am SO tired of them fucking up this one very simple and straightforward part of a WEREWOLF movie! And it's especially egregious in this film as well because,
Putting all that nonsense aside though, this movie is still not a terrible werewolf movie at all. Again, during the entire middle portion of the movie, we see Katharine Isabelle as Ginger slowly becoming this sexy little force of nature. It's very entertaining to watch and may even redeem this movie depending on how much you'd enjoy that sort of thing, but sexy dominant redheads are always a big win in my book. Preferably, it would have been even better if Brigitte had loosened up even just somewhat with her as well, but she remains a stick in the mud. Completely static water that is utterly opposed to Ginger's oil. If all of the above doesn't sell you on the movie though, then you'd better just skip this one entirely.
My very first complaint is ONCE AGAIN with the werewolf design. It looks like FUCKING ASS. AGAIN. Whoever decided that was how a werewolf should look needs to be fired. Man, I am SO tired of them fucking up this one very simple and straightforward part of a WEREWOLF movie! And it's especially egregious in this film as well because,
As per the plot, Ginger is supposed to transform into something primally attractive, and to Brigitte, the slow but steady transformation should look oddly appealing to her and especially after she herself gets infected. But all that just gets SHATTERED with a hammer when we see some AWFUL looking werewolf design. FUCKING RAW. Completely kills that entire powerful and seductive vibe the movie actually did a great job slowly building up over most of the runtime.
Another issue at the end is how utterly braindead Brigitte acts. She runs into danger and so often forgets the syringe that gives her, her sister, and her friend an actual chance to come out of this both human and alive. A complaint could also be made with Ginger's intelligence toward the end as well, but I can give her a pass because she was practically deranged with the infection by that point. Brigitte is also infected at the end too, but her infection is just starting out, so it doesn't count.
And finally, there's the very ending itself. Brigitte has both a syringe filled with the cure in one hand and a knife in her other hand. So what does she do when the werewolf leaps at her? She stabs it with the fucking knife of course! Not the syringe with the curing liquid. But wait! After the impromptu stabbing, the wolf is still alive! So that means Brigitte has a clear shot to stab the syringe in and... Nope, she doesn't do that. She just lays there as her former sister dies. The End. Roll credits.
Another issue at the end is how utterly braindead Brigitte acts. She runs into danger and so often forgets the syringe that gives her, her sister, and her friend an actual chance to come out of this both human and alive. A complaint could also be made with Ginger's intelligence toward the end as well, but I can give her a pass because she was practically deranged with the infection by that point. Brigitte is also infected at the end too, but her infection is just starting out, so it doesn't count.
And finally, there's the very ending itself. Brigitte has both a syringe filled with the cure in one hand and a knife in her other hand. So what does she do when the werewolf leaps at her? She stabs it with the fucking knife of course! Not the syringe with the curing liquid. But wait! After the impromptu stabbing, the wolf is still alive! So that means Brigitte has a clear shot to stab the syringe in and... Nope, she doesn't do that. She just lays there as her former sister dies. The End. Roll credits.
Putting all that nonsense aside though, this movie is still not a terrible werewolf movie at all. Again, during the entire middle portion of the movie, we see Katharine Isabelle as Ginger slowly becoming this sexy little force of nature. It's very entertaining to watch and may even redeem this movie depending on how much you'd enjoy that sort of thing, but sexy dominant redheads are always a big win in my book. Preferably, it would have been even better if Brigitte had loosened up even just somewhat with her as well, but she remains a stick in the mud. Completely static water that is utterly opposed to Ginger's oil. If all of the above doesn't sell you on the movie though, then you'd better just skip this one entirely.
