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GINGER SNAPS: A mini-article from a very busy editor

© Clinton Davis

I’m a blond. This might not really interest you, but nevertheless, it’s a fact. I am, geneticly, a person with blond hair. The reason I bring this up is lately, I’ve been finding these black hairs protruding from my skin, mostly on my shoulders. Now, I know that they’re probably just random occurences; some weird hormonal blip. However, I can’t help but think as I’m pulling one of them out that I am turning into a werewolf. “Ha ha,” you say? Well, see if you laugh when I tell you that I also chase after animals, howl at the moon and smell like a wet dog most of the time. Ah, I see you’re quite now. Obviously, I’m lying. The stuff about the black hairs is true, though, and I feel it’s more than enough evidence to suggest lycanthropy in my future. The point of all this is directly tied into this weeks movie, a new horror film from the people that brought you… nothing. Yes, it’s a debut feature from some plucky young filmmakers who, already, have been screwed over by the system. The film: GINGER SNAPS, a clever werewolf-centric horror film that’s just being released on video. The plot is this: Bridget and Ginger are sisters. They are their school’s outcasts, always talking about death and suicide. Real pleasant girls. Being picked on is just part of a regular day for them. You know the type. Anyway, while that’s going on, there is some kind of wild animal on the loose, chewing up people’s house pets. After a particularly mean thing is done to Bridget, the sisters decide to get even. On there way to the offender’s house, they come upon the body of a very dead dog. As they’re looking at it, Ginger is attacked and dragged off by the aforementioned beast. A particularly nasty werewolf attack ensues. At any rate, after the attack, Ginger begins changing, slowly morphing into Wolf Girl. There is obviously much more to the plot, but I’m not giving it away. Suffice to say the movie is chock full o’ surprises. Like CHERRY FALLS before it, this is one hell of a smart horror film. And also like CHERRY FALLS, this movie never got picked up for an in-theater distribution deal. It amazes me how good movies like this continue to fall through the cracks. It seems like for every JEEPERS CREEPERS that makes it to the theater, three movies of equal quality get dropped straight to the bowels of video hell.

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