Monday 4 July 2005

Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)

Back  in 2000 there was a nifty little Canadian horror film which somehow equated the beginning of menstruation in teenaged girls with the blood curse of the werewolf.  Hmm. It was indeed quite a watchable low-cost production.  As with most successful movies, someone felt that a sequel was necessary and Ginger Snaps Unleashed followed in 2004 which in turn was followed by this prequel.

The heroine of the first film was destroyed so her sister was the heroine of the second.  Both sisters are back in this movie and they are played by the same actresses; however since it is set in the early 19th Century, no way can they be the same characters.  The theme however remains unchanged and the girls bring a rash of gory killings with them when they arrive at a remote fort.  Not exactly anything special and with some convoluted logic; but it will pass the time for gorehounds.

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