Sunday, 26 October 2025

31 Days of Horror # 26 Ginger Snaps (2000, dir. John Fawcett)

 'Wrists are for girls, I'm slitting my throat'.

Death obsessed sisters Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) don’t have any friends outside of their unhealthily close friendship. At school they’re bullied and their fellow students think they’re weird. 

Their suburban neighbourhood is is experiencing a series of violent dog mutilations and on the same day that Ginger gets her very first period she’s bitten by a werewolf. From then on, Ginger’s different. She’s no longer the awkward, shy girl who does PE in her coat, she’s a high school hallway strut queen in a tight sweater. She’s also growing thick white hair over her body, long, curved nails, a little waggy tail and she has a thirst for the blood of teenage boys and the neighour’s dog.

After popular girl bully Trina (Danielle Hampton) accidentally dies in the sister’s house Brigitte and Cillian Murphy lookalike Jason Dean coded dropout drug dealer Sam (Kris Lemche) try and work out a cure.

Content warning: a lot of dogs die.

Final thoughts: I think I'm getting my period.