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Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed(2004)
Directed by Brett Sullivan
Stars: Emily Perkins, Tatiana Maslany, Eric Johnson
I watched Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed the other night, and found it to be even better than the first movie, which was pretty damn good itself.
In this sequel to 2000’s teen werewolf movie Ginger Snaps, we find Bridget, one of the sisters from that tale, ensconced in a hospital psych ward. There she befriends Ghost, a young girl who is in the hospital helping to care for her badly burned grandmother. Ghost is a comic book-devouring outcast who immediately realizes that Bridget is fighting a slow but steady transformation into becoming a werewolf. To slow the process, Bridget needs monk‘s hood, aka wolfsbane, which she injects much like the heroin and cocaine that the other residents are being treated for. The two form an alliance of sorts, with the sullen Bridget slowly opening up to the imaginative Ghost.
What Ghost doesn’t realize, though, is that Bridget is being stalked by a wolf, which is now lurking outside the hospital. The wolf is not seeking Bridget for a meal, but for a mate. The unlikely pair manage a harrowing escape and make their way to Ghost’s home and prepare for the final confrontation.
Ginger Snaps 2 is a character driven horror movie, one of my favorite kinds. There are no amazing transformations (and really, haven’t we seen enough of those?), and there isn’t a great deal of gore. There are a couple of pretty good kills, though, which are effective more for what they don’t show than for what they do.
Okay, so the acting is sometimes sub-par (especially by Tatiana Maslany as Ghost), but the characters, the tension and the unexpected finale all make this a worthwhile view.
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed(2004)
Directed by Brett Sullivan
Stars: Emily Perkins, Tatiana Maslany, Eric Johnson
I watched Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed the other night, and found it to be even better than the first movie, which was pretty damn good itself.
In this sequel to 2000’s teen werewolf movie Ginger Snaps, we find Bridget, one of the sisters from that tale, ensconced in a hospital psych ward. There she befriends Ghost, a young girl who is in the hospital helping to care for her badly burned grandmother. Ghost is a comic book-devouring outcast who immediately realizes that Bridget is fighting a slow but steady transformation into becoming a werewolf. To slow the process, Bridget needs monk‘s hood, aka wolfsbane, which she injects much like the heroin and cocaine that the other residents are being treated for. The two form an alliance of sorts, with the sullen Bridget slowly opening up to the imaginative Ghost.
What Ghost doesn’t realize, though, is that Bridget is being stalked by a wolf, which is now lurking outside the hospital. The wolf is not seeking Bridget for a meal, but for a mate. The unlikely pair manage a harrowing escape and make their way to Ghost’s home and prepare for the final confrontation.
Ginger Snaps 2 is a character driven horror movie, one of my favorite kinds. There are no amazing transformations (and really, haven’t we seen enough of those?), and there isn’t a great deal of gore. There are a couple of pretty good kills, though, which are effective more for what they don’t show than for what they do.
Okay, so the acting is sometimes sub-par (especially by Tatiana Maslany as Ghost), but the characters, the tension and the unexpected finale all make this a worthwhile view.