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As this is a carry over from the BADASS UNIVERSE, I'm sort of reinstating it over here. I say sort of, because the skull and crossbones are gone, so I have to improvise. It will be the stars * ratings from now on (or at least until Z adds skulls once again to the smiley's).
With that, it pleases me to no end that this will be a good review. Anyone who knows me from our former home, knows I am a complete fanatic for the movie Ginger Snaps. This is no exception. The title is somewhat misleading, as Ginger Fitzgerald is in it only briefly, and that in flashbacks and sort of a sinister Jiminy Cricket for her sister, Brigette, who is needing daily dosages of the Monkshood serum to keep the Werewolf curse that destroyed her sister, at bay. Something however, is following Brigette as she makes her way from place to place to avoid it. Another werewolf is on her trail with a singular purpose in mind--to mate with the reluctant lycanthrope. After a harrowing escape from the beast, Brigette collapses, and awakens in a mental ward for women and girls. Mistaken for a drug addict, her "stash" is confiscated, and she is locked in solitary for most of her stay. A young waif named Ghost, who's grandmother is there with over 80% of her body covered in burns, befriends Brigette and the two girls set out to escape the mental ward. The other Werewolf tracks Brigette to the place, and unbeknownst to either, there is a monster locked in with them, that is far more dangerous than any beast of lore can be.
You have to hand it to Emily Perkins. She could have been in way over her head trying to escape the enigma of her cinematic sisters legacy in this movie and this could have been an instance where you would be saying to yourself the entire time, "Boy, I sure do miss Ginger in this movie!" I am here to say such is not the case. She carried this movie quite well despite the lack of Katherine Isabelle as the main femme fatale, and in the end, much like the first one, you have nothing but sympathy for the character of Brigette Fitzgerald.
This movie screams for a sequel. I'm one of those that would love to see it happen. Not better than, but just as good as the first one was, and that's saying a lot for me.
Rating: ***1/2
With that, it pleases me to no end that this will be a good review. Anyone who knows me from our former home, knows I am a complete fanatic for the movie Ginger Snaps. This is no exception. The title is somewhat misleading, as Ginger Fitzgerald is in it only briefly, and that in flashbacks and sort of a sinister Jiminy Cricket for her sister, Brigette, who is needing daily dosages of the Monkshood serum to keep the Werewolf curse that destroyed her sister, at bay. Something however, is following Brigette as she makes her way from place to place to avoid it. Another werewolf is on her trail with a singular purpose in mind--to mate with the reluctant lycanthrope. After a harrowing escape from the beast, Brigette collapses, and awakens in a mental ward for women and girls. Mistaken for a drug addict, her "stash" is confiscated, and she is locked in solitary for most of her stay. A young waif named Ghost, who's grandmother is there with over 80% of her body covered in burns, befriends Brigette and the two girls set out to escape the mental ward. The other Werewolf tracks Brigette to the place, and unbeknownst to either, there is a monster locked in with them, that is far more dangerous than any beast of lore can be.
You have to hand it to Emily Perkins. She could have been in way over her head trying to escape the enigma of her cinematic sisters legacy in this movie and this could have been an instance where you would be saying to yourself the entire time, "Boy, I sure do miss Ginger in this movie!" I am here to say such is not the case. She carried this movie quite well despite the lack of Katherine Isabelle as the main femme fatale, and in the end, much like the first one, you have nothing but sympathy for the character of Brigette Fitzgerald.
This movie screams for a sequel. I'm one of those that would love to see it happen. Not better than, but just as good as the first one was, and that's saying a lot for me.
Rating: ***1/2
-- and I have to say, it was a completely fitting sequel. It absolutely capitalized on the absurdity of the werewolf subgenre, and again threw us for a completely new loop which I fully enjoyed! 
