Ginger Snaps (2000) 8/10

Starring : Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Jesse Moss, Danielle Hampton, Mimi Rogers
Director : John Fawcett
Running Time : 104 mins

Sisters Ginger (Isabelle) and Brigitte (Perkins) are outcasts at school – and love things that way - but following an attack from a wild animal Ginger starts to act out of character, and when she starts developing body hair and a tail Brigitte starts to suspect that her sister is turning into a werewolf. With the help of local drug dealer Sam (Lemche) Brigitte tries to find a cure before Ginger’s transformation becomes irreversible.

I can’t believe I haven’t reviewed this movie already – it is one of my favourite guilty pleasure horror films. The story is like a cross between An American Werewolf In London and Carrie, with a bit of Species thrown in for good measure. The performances are faultlessly subtle and the action is paced in such a way that humour and horror are perfectly balanced with each other until the concluding action scenes where things turn to complete terror. A must see for any horror fan.

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