It seems like she was at the end of her rope in a lot of ways...felt like that was a ticket to escape. Though, not proud her daughter was a murderer. She might've snapped a bit psychologically.
For the dog-squeamish: The good-ish news is that from what I recall you don't SEE any dogs being killed, you just see gory dead corpses (and the dogs usually don't have any screen time beforehand). So if you're like me and just don't want to see an animal actively being killed but can handle cheap corpse effects, you might be OK with it.
It's very much a pocket-money budget film, while it makes great use of it and it isn't distracting, I don't think they could have afforded a dog killing scene. It does also make a good effort of making you think you have seen more gore and violence than what actually is shown on screen.
I still feel tramitized from the opening scene with the mutilated dead dog. Sure you don't see it happen but it was still really grusome and heart breaking to see. I have to skip that scene.
Ginger Snaps was SUCH an integral part of my childhood, my sister and I watched this around the same time WE were going through puberty, and it resonated SO HARD, we were obsessed with this series for YEARS. Every young girl needs their weird murderous coming of age film and this was ours.
This movie predicted the Richardson family murders in 2006: Jasmine Richardson, Canada's youngest serial killer , a 12 year old obsessed with goth culture, fell in love with 23 year old man who claimed to be a 300 year old werewolf. Her parents grounded her so badly, then she made plan with her boyfriend to murder them including her 8 year old brother, so they could be together forever. Today her "werewolf" boyfriend is serving a life sentence, while she's been released since 2016.
When this movie came out, I was a Canadian teen who mostly couldn’t handle horror movies (or even their trailers or covers). I was lonely, confused about my lesbian feelings, and feeing highly awkward about puberty and my body. Periods brought intense pain, nausea, and more than once i thought I would die. I also preferred to be very androgynous in my presentation and having to wear bras etc just felt like such crap. I loved loved LOVED Ginger Snaps. To me, the trope was fresh and so relatable. Just so you knows, it did become a franchise… but my enthusiasm was really just for the first. :)
As a trans girl I really related to the feeling of losing control of your own body and growing hair where you really don't want it. I liked the second, I feel it rounded out Bridget and kind of finished the sisters story. I liked the aesthetic of it as well and I think it enabled a greater focus on the lycanthrope transformation from the perspective of the individual going through it. A lot of the horror of the 'change' in the first film was from Bridget's perspective on her sister. I think the first and second are two parts of the same story. The third one pissed me off.
This movie predicted the Richardson family murders in 2006: Jasmine Richardson, Canada's youngest serial killer , a 12 year old obsessed with goth culture, fell in love with 23 year old man who claimed to be a 300 year old werewolf. Her parents grounded her so badly, then she made plan with her boyfriend to murder them including her 8 year old brother, so they could be together forever. Today her "werewolf" boyfriend is serving a life sentence, while she's been released since 2016.
Machine Girl has an album called WLFGRL (& the deluxe version WLFGRL+) with the songs *Out By 16, Dead On The Scene* , *Phase Alpha* and *Excruciating Deth* that sample lines from Ginger Snaps and it's sequel. It's a great album I listen to quite often and love reccomending it to people!
Oh good, I'm not the only one. I had nearly convinced myself that I had horribly misremembered what lacrosse was, and was wondering what other obviously wrong things I was believing without question.
@@swiftxrt I don't think I've even seen a field hockey stick until this movie lol Also lacrosse is cool. Used to be much deadlier of course but the pouches on the sticks are only there for men, women sticks it is straight in the netting. Very weird detail and idk why it's like that.
When I was a teenager, I thought Ginger Snaps was awesome. When I was a young adult, I thought it was embarrassing and childish. Now that I'm middle aged, I realize that it's actually awesome.
I really really hope this leads to a Howling II review. The werewolf orgy scene, the Eastern European village sets, the goth club stalking scene... the "ok so i guess the werewolf is also a sorceress" scene. Its flippin' bonkers.
It is my actual favorite garbage movie in the same way Mildred seems to like Basket Case. Pure, whole, unironic love. PLUS a Big Wolf on Campus Reference? We vibe at the same level with regards to media, is seems... unless they hate it in which case, Stiiiirrrrba curse them.
I remember one review I agreed with at the time said that this was the best werewolf movie since An American Werewolf in London and the best high school movie since Heathers, so I'm a little scared of where this is going to go.
I always kind of wanted a Lost Boys, The Craft, and Ginger's Snap crossover... Why? Their teen horror films that are set in their respective eras (80s, 90s, and 2000s) That literally re-establish older monsters for a newer generation, and used the concepts about those monsters for a coming of age story but horror themed. Lost Boys - Is about rebellion The Craft - Is about peer pressure Ginger's Snap - is about change. Wanna know what else makes these series similar? Having shitty sequels.
I've always said that The Craft was to girls like Lost Boys was to boys, but this argument is even better. Damn I would watch the hell out of a Lost Boys/Craft/Ginger Snaps crossover.
@@DaughterOfFrankenste It's fun too as each movie takes place in different eras as well, so you can pretend these films are set in the same world but their stories are taken place in different time periods.
Ginger Snaps is one of my favourite movies of all time! Especially that ending. SO GOOD! I’ve watched it like a million times, just again a couple weeks ago haha. 🖤🦇🎃
The particular set of metaphors surrounding adolescence at work here and the very strange, uncomfortable places the film is willing to go in its back half remind me of one of my all-time favourite pieces of media, the sadly truncated anime adaptation of Hitoshi Tomizawa's manga Alien Nine. Although the original comic goes in a fair bit deeper on the whole "through a child's eyes, adults are aliens" theme simply due to covering more ground-and boy, does it go some places-the specials constitute one of the most effective pieces of animated surreal horror I've ever seen, and at a trim hundred minutes, no less. It's a lot darker and eerier than Ginger Snaps, and even though it doesn't spell out a lot of the worst subtext, I'd still issue a hardy content warning to anyone with childhood trauma stuff going on, but I'd still highly recommend it if you're properly prepared. It's… unique. (Also, watch the Japanese version if you can; the English dub is really uneven.)
I'm glad you joined the right side of history, Mildread - welcome aboard! I've loved this movie since it came out and I only happened to chance upon it by god only knows what kinda mailer/magazine I must've been subscribed to, but I'm glad I did.
I was always under the impression that lacrosse was a national sport because of its indigenous origins (obviously there are better ways to pay actual respect to indigenous people, but there ya go)
Lacrosse is actually based on a game played by indigenous North Americans before colonisation. Not that picking the national sport makes up for having your land stolen and population genocided. I saw Ginger Snaps when it came out as well, and liked it. Will have to watch it again if I get the chance.
I'm sure one of the reasons werewolves always resonated with me was a prelude to discovering I was trans. What with the whole 'my body is turning against me, Grargl'. The werewolf design is a bit silly, but at least it is a unique look. Could probably do with more hair though.
@@profileuser5845 I respect that. It is one of the more interesting werewolf designs out there. I love werewolves, but in movies the designs are often disappointing. My favorites are probably still the pack in Dog Soldiers.
I like it having less hair because humans have much less hair than actually wolves so it makes sense to me. Maybe if they spend longer being werewolves then more hair but the initial transformation was perfectly creepy. I hated how it looked when it ran, it freaked me out.
I was always fascinated with werewolves and other shapeshifters long before I knew I was trans, but for the exact opposite reasons. For me, they represented a strong desire to become something else, anything else than what I actually was. Needless to say, I didn't agree with the premise of any story that depicted werewolves as evil, murderous, or predatory. In fact, I saw it as analogous to Hollywood's queer-coding of villains, also factoring in that monsters in fiction are often allegories for the anxieties society feels towards foreigners and marginalized groups. I gravitated towards stories where the werewolf is the protector of nature, symbolizing liberation from the shackles of society, and blurring the lines between the strict binary categories of man vs. beast. I've written such stories myself.
This movie rules so hard, showed my wife for the fist time recently and her head exploded. Also, do Ginger Snaps 2.. it doesn’t get as much credit, but I think there’s still some interesting subtext to be explored. Plus, way more werewolf puppets.
I love how literally every character except the protagonists in both movies are the most insufferable pieces of shit known to humankind. It's truly breathtaking.
@@Cool_Calm_Cam It’s definitely coming from a certain antisocial angle, which is really kinda unique. Like.. they try so hard to be different because everyone else is, like you said, a little bit insufferable. But then those differences start to divide the sisters themselves. And the reactions to those changes are also kinda fascinating.. you either become a werewolf and all the other characters start to lust after and include you, or fight against it and end up siding with those other characters by default. There’s a lotta layers.
I first watched this movie in 2006 at about age 12. it deeply resonated with the anger and anguish of being a teenage girl. I think it was the first time I ever felt like a filmmaker understood how I felt. it remains to this day one of my favourite films. weirdly the sequel is pretty fun (explores psychiatric incarceration) and the third is a bizarre historical venture about the first North American werewolf that is strangely delightful.
My Canadian girlfriend has a Canadian uncle that is in the Canadian film industry and he assures me that this movie was definitely made by cats. You would not know any of the Canadian people I mentioned above. They go to a different Canadian high school. All of them.
I, too, was a SUPER TRY-HARD 15 year old burgeoning horror fan when Ginger Snaps came out, and OH BOY did I watch that shit waaaay too many times. On top of being a pretty great movie, Katharine Isabelle made a 2000s mall-goth me feel a whole lot of some type of way.
I only recently watch Ginger Snaps this past year and absolutely loved it. Also, shoutout to you for including a shot of Big Wolf on Campus at 8:07. Grew up on that show!
Oh, man, I can't believe Scaredy Mildred didn't like Ginger Snaps back in the day. Still, it's a relief that this video wasn't tryna cancel it as being bad actually.
'American Werewolf in London' was a pretty strong film but I almost lost it at the end of this movie. 'Ginger Snaps' has that rare feeling of real dread that forces you to watch, ( because you got attached to the sisters ) hoping that maybe, everything will turn out ok. I wouldn't call it a Horror film, it was so much deeper than that...
Ginger Snaps ties with Dog Soldiers as my favourite werewolf movies of all time - goofy, funny, vicious and visceral. But until Mildread brought it up, I didn't realise just how much dog murder happens in both films*... *Dog Soldiers starts with one getting shot in the head...
I was wrong about 'Lake Mungo' (2008). When I saw this mockumentary horror movie soon after its release, I just wasn't impressed. After seeing it very recently, and after being down a few devastating roads beforehand, this movie resonated very differently. It was extremely moving. Sometimes it takes a fresh view with eyes (and mind) that have taken a few steps towards a more nuanced or empathetic viewpoint. I'm glad you are able to enjoy 'Ginger Snaps' now.
I have never seen Ginger Snaps but both actresses for Ginger and Bridget play the step sisters in ‘Another Cinderella Story’ (2008) with Selena Gomez ??? Underrated performances from both
Ginger Snaps is among my top 10 horror movies! The lighting and color design is amazing. All the colors are orange/red washes. It fits with the Halloween theme and the focus on blood/mensturation themes.
recently ive decided to finally watch the classic horror movies ive been meaning to watch for years but was too much of a scaredy cat to do so (now i am insane over the childs play franchise), but a close friend convinced me to watch ginger snaps. and i do think its one of the Best Horror Movies Ive Seen, up there with the babadook. it isnt super expensive but it used every single dollar to make something memorable and recognizable. its rare for a movie to have all its characters be well rounded and believable people, and definitely thats a big part of why the costume and set design fucking rules. the acting is also pretty fantastic, and the script really manages a wonderful balance between teen dramedy and actual body horror and family melodrama i dont really get why you mentioned you got the idea that there was a hint of incest, though? i felt the bond between the sisters was extremely well done and believable, but never that it reached *that* point. ginger wanted her sister to become a wolf too not out of lust or anything to me, but because of a sense of them being always themselves against the world -a codependent relationship in which ginger always established herself as the leader. yeah, i understand these sorts of relationships are usually seen as typically romantic, but i have seen it happen among siblings and friends without any romance/sexual feelings involved. its not a jennifers body situation. also i love that wolf puppet, puppeteering is hard as hell (i know that, because i watched the behind the scenes of the childs play movies) so i have nothing but respect to the people who decided to make that thing and put all their effort into convincing us that ten minutes ago it was a teenage girl. also thanks for that image of christopher lee with the funky shades, very needed today
Fellow Canadian here and I loved Ginger Snaps from the very first time I saw it. I think it spoke a lot more to teen girls than boys because it was the first horror movie that actually explored what it was like to be a teenaged girl and the horrors that come with it. It's intensely relatable to a lot of us, especially first periods, pains that can come with it, changes. It all feels alien and monstrous but this movie explores it in a way where it's on our side rather than disgusted by it. It's a very cathartic movie in a lot of ways. It's definitely my favourite werewolf movie. Also yes, lacrosse is dumb and our national sport should be hockey because duh. Hated playing lacrosse in gym class.
Ginger Snaps has been a personal favorite of mine since I was a teen. I've always interpreted the Fitzgerald sisters as non-binary, but that might just be me. Love your eyeliner btw! Lookin real good :)
I consider this movie to be my favorite movie of all time, from 15 years old to...now, and yet the incest subtext passed way over my head. In fact, I remember relating to this movie on, like, a spiritual level, which might have been because the humor also passed way over my head. Speaking of which, the sequel was also really good, I recommend it. I have never seen the third movie, but I have heard it's not as good (although it take places in New France, which is a setting I like.)
Thanks for the breakdown of the film's subtle themes of Canadian-ness. I would otherwise had no idea! I hope that aspect was taken into consideration by the film rating board in order to protect our children from corrupting influences.
so happy to hear you rewatched and enjoyed ginger snaps! it's one of my all-time favourites and the one that at least consciously introduced me to the monster girl/monstrous puberty trope which is also my favourite. i constantly recommend it to people and am always shocked that it doesn't seem to be as much of a staple of millennial youth experience as it was to me. this film just feels so quintessentially MTV generation. anyway, bottom line is i love ginger snaps and love to see others embracing it! i actually dressed as ginger this halloween, coincidentally ☺️
Been a decade since I've seen the movie, but there is a Glassjaw song toward the beginning played on a car radio. Glassjaw, and this movie, are amazing.
Yes! I love this movie, it's undoubtedly my fave werewolf movie. I am so glad you talked about it! Mimi Rogers is amazing and I wish she got cast in parts like this more often (especially considering the dark twist towards the end)
This is one of my favorite movies in the world, and seeing it on Joe Bob's Last Drive In was something really special. Thanks for changing your mind and making this video.
Wow, this exact episode has tickled all of my buttons. Analysis of deeper themes of Ginger Snaps, pics of Mildread being a young edgelord, random lacrosse dunking, and that final scene with Bobby Duke had me Howling 2: Stirba Werewolf Bitch.
Glad you came around to reevaluate this one. Even if Ginger Snaps is trying a little hard, I'll take that over the endless tide of Horror movies that don't try at all.
Oh man, a Ginger Snaps review, what an amazing birthday present! I mean, my birthday isn't in November, but it feels like a birthday present specifically for me.
This was my coming of age movie. I don’t think any other film has spoke to my primordial teenage self more than this. I wanted to be Ginger in every way possible. Still kinda do…
I think showing Christopher Lee in hip sunglasses means I must double dog dare you to do a Howling series. I’ll rewatch them with you, I got oddly into that series after reading Werewolf the Apocalypse.
There is a visceral seen in ginger snaps it’s the moment that changes her and you know ginger has lost her power to resist the primal beast inside her . It’s literally the moment when she snaps it is perhaps one of the best scenes ever and ranks it high on my list of favorite movies . Pure cinematic genius ! The sequel and prequel are beautiful and well thought out stories the power of the werewolf in ginger snaps back is felt at the crescendo when the wolves follow ginger into the fort ! Great movie !
I swear, I thought most Canadian teenagers (myself included) had the same experience as you did - that they watched a film and thought that it was a bit too try-hard, but it's warming to see so many people bring up in the comments how it was a formative part of their developing sexuality or interest in horror films. I think that's neat!
I actually paused this video part way through and watched the movie. It was my first horror movie, and I really liked it. Thanks for the recommendation :)
One of the best horror movies ever. It centers around their sisterly bond, and boys are just there to sort of get in the way but aren't ever necessary to the plot. 10/10
I remember finding it genuinely touching how fast Mimi Rogers' character jumps to " I will do crimes for my murder-crazy daughter."
Trying to protect her daughters like a cake baking momma wolf.
It proved she wasn’t overbearing with no character trait beyond that. Great character moment for such a relatively minimal character.
Totally a move my mom woulda pulled... she was a great lady.
It's just a shame that the sequel makes this feel like a loose plot thread since it never addresses the aftermath of the ending.
It seems like she was at the end of her rope in a lot of ways...felt like that was a ticket to escape. Though, not proud her daughter was a murderer. She might've snapped a bit psychologically.
For the dog-squeamish: The good-ish news is that from what I recall you don't SEE any dogs being killed, you just see gory dead corpses (and the dogs usually don't have any screen time beforehand). So if you're like me and just don't want to see an animal actively being killed but can handle cheap corpse effects, you might be OK with it.
It's very much a pocket-money budget film, while it makes great use of it and it isn't distracting, I don't think they could have afforded a dog killing scene. It does also make a good effort of making you think you have seen more gore and violence than what actually is shown on screen.
I still feel tramitized from the opening scene with the mutilated dead dog. Sure you don't see it happen but it was still really grusome and heart breaking to see. I have to skip that scene.
Ginger Snaps was SUCH an integral part of my childhood, my sister and I watched this around the same time WE were going through puberty, and it resonated SO HARD, we were obsessed with this series for YEARS. Every young girl needs their weird murderous coming of age film and this was ours.
SAME but by myself lol, I even used metallic sharpies to colour pieces of my hair lol
This movie predicted the Richardson family murders in 2006: Jasmine Richardson, Canada's youngest serial killer , a 12 year old obsessed with goth culture, fell in love with 23 year old man who claimed to be a 300 year old werewolf. Her parents grounded her so badly, then she made plan with her boyfriend to murder them including her 8 year old brother, so they could be together forever. Today her "werewolf" boyfriend is serving a life sentence, while she's been released since 2016.
When this movie came out, I was a Canadian teen who mostly couldn’t handle horror movies (or even their trailers or covers). I was lonely, confused about my lesbian feelings, and feeing highly awkward about puberty and my body. Periods brought intense pain, nausea, and more than once i thought I would die. I also preferred to be very androgynous in my presentation and having to wear bras etc just felt like such crap. I loved loved LOVED Ginger Snaps. To me, the trope was fresh and so relatable. Just so you knows, it did become a franchise… but my enthusiasm was really just for the first. :)
I think I now get why I loved this movie. Came out right in that mid-teens timeframe.
As a trans girl I really related to the feeling of losing control of your own body and growing hair where you really don't want it.
I liked the second, I feel it rounded out Bridget and kind of finished the sisters story. I liked the aesthetic of it as well and I think it enabled a greater focus on the lycanthrope transformation from the perspective of the individual going through it. A lot of the horror of the 'change' in the first film was from Bridget's perspective on her sister. I think the first and second are two parts of the same story. The third one pissed me off.
This movie predicted the Richardson family murders in 2006: Jasmine Richardson, Canada's youngest serial killer , a 12 year old obsessed with goth culture, fell in love with 23 year old man who claimed to be a 300 year old werewolf. Her parents grounded her so badly, then she made plan with her boyfriend to murder them including her 8 year old brother, so they could be together forever. Today her "werewolf" boyfriend is serving a life sentence, while she's been released since 2016.
Machine Girl has an album called WLFGRL (& the deluxe version WLFGRL+) with the songs *Out By 16, Dead On The Scene* , *Phase Alpha* and *Excruciating Deth* that sample lines from Ginger Snaps and it's sequel. It's a great album I listen to quite often and love reccomending it to people!
Omfg I love that album
That album is what made me watch this movie.
I watched that movie after listening to the album and I was like that one dicaprio meme
this is the kind of benign mistake that we, the youtube commenters, sustain ourselves on. Thank you Mildred
Oh good, I'm not the only one. I had nearly convinced myself that I had horribly misremembered what lacrosse was, and was wondering what other obviously wrong things I was believing without question.
Came to say exacly this.
yeah but for a Canadian, even just seeing footage of some field hockey is enough to make us fly into unhinged rants about how much lacrosse sucks
@@swiftxrt I don't think I've even seen a field hockey stick until this movie lol
Also lacrosse is cool. Used to be much deadlier of course but the pouches on the sticks are only there for men, women sticks it is straight in the netting. Very weird detail and idk why it's like that.
@@KayKay114 Insert joke about stick ball pouches only being for men
I gotta say, it's kinda wild seeing Mildred get better at eyeliner in real time lol. It looks great!
I wonder if a lower lid wing is coming in style... been seeing it around more often... kinda retro-y 2000s-y
@@toericabaker This time in 2022 will be Mad Mildred: Fury Road makeup.
What's wild is commenting on someones makeup, like they are some kind of zoo animal.
yes! Wish I had their confidence
@@stephss Do... do you know many zoo animals with makeup skills that they enjoy talking about in videos?
When I was a teenager, I thought Ginger Snaps was awesome. When I was a young adult, I thought it was embarrassing and childish. Now that I'm middle aged, I realize that it's actually awesome.
GINGER SNAPS??? more like
GINGER SLAPS !!!!
I really really hope this leads to a Howling II review. The werewolf orgy scene, the Eastern European village sets, the goth club stalking scene... the "ok so i guess the werewolf is also a sorceress" scene. Its flippin' bonkers.
You forgot the song. And Reb Brown. And Christopher Lee later apologizing to Joe Dante for appearing in the sequel to his werewolf masterpiece.
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Didn't forget. Just kept my comment concise by focusing on my favorite parts.
It is my actual favorite garbage movie in the same way Mildred seems to like Basket Case. Pure, whole, unironic love. PLUS a Big Wolf on Campus Reference? We vibe at the same level with regards to media, is seems... unless they hate it in which case, Stiiiirrrrba curse them.
I remember one review I agreed with at the time said that this was the best werewolf movie since An American Werewolf in London and the best high school movie since Heathers, so I'm a little scared of where this is going to go.
Spoilers: They were wrong for disliking it as a teen. Because teens are kinda dumb and such.
I don't even really watch horror movies, but I've really loved your spooky breakdowns on what I can only assume are underloved classics
Ginger Snaps is pretty universally praised. It’s a smaller film, but it’s well known in horror circles.
"Ginger Snaps" is the werewolf version of "Dead Alive" and I find that to be amazing and beautiful.
I love goofy, out-of-touch moms who are super supportive of whatever thing their kid is going through, even if they have no idea what's going on.
Mildred’s face shopped onto How Do You Do Fellow Kids is the most cursed thing I’ve ever seen, so thank you for that
I always kind of wanted a Lost Boys, The Craft, and Ginger's Snap crossover... Why?
Their teen horror films that are set in their respective eras (80s, 90s, and 2000s)
That literally re-establish older monsters for a newer generation, and used the concepts about those monsters for a coming of age story but horror themed.
Lost Boys - Is about rebellion
The Craft - Is about peer pressure
Ginger's Snap - is about change.
Wanna know what else makes these series similar? Having shitty sequels.
I've always said that The Craft was to girls like Lost Boys was to boys, but this argument is even better. Damn I would watch the hell out of a Lost Boys/Craft/Ginger Snaps crossover.
@@tesseracht Great minds think alike - to me I'd always loved that comparison.
Honestly this just seems like a good marathon trio too
@@DaughterOfFrankenste It's fun too as each movie takes place in different eras as well, so you can pretend these films are set in the same world but their stories are taken place in different time periods.
That movie would last 2 minutes lol they'd all kill each other/get each other killed
Ginger Snaps is one of my favourite movies of all time! Especially that ending. SO GOOD! I’ve watched it like a million times, just again a couple weeks ago haha. 🖤🦇🎃
I love how the movie feels ... real. No over explanation, no absurd decisions to get the plot going. Just teen girls, with werewolf problems~
The particular set of metaphors surrounding adolescence at work here and the very strange, uncomfortable places the film is willing to go in its back half remind me of one of my all-time favourite pieces of media, the sadly truncated anime adaptation of Hitoshi Tomizawa's manga Alien Nine. Although the original comic goes in a fair bit deeper on the whole "through a child's eyes, adults are aliens" theme simply due to covering more ground-and boy, does it go some places-the specials constitute one of the most effective pieces of animated surreal horror I've ever seen, and at a trim hundred minutes, no less. It's a lot darker and eerier than Ginger Snaps, and even though it doesn't spell out a lot of the worst subtext, I'd still issue a hardy content warning to anyone with childhood trauma stuff going on, but I'd still highly recommend it if you're properly prepared. It's… unique. (Also, watch the Japanese version if you can; the English dub is really uneven.)
I'm glad you joined the right side of history, Mildread - welcome aboard! I've loved this movie since it came out and I only happened to chance upon it by god only knows what kinda mailer/magazine I must've been subscribed to, but I'm glad I did.
I was always under the impression that lacrosse was a national sport because of its indigenous origins (obviously there are better ways to pay actual respect to indigenous people, but there ya go)
I watched this when it came out when I was approximately 17 and I enjoyed it and you've convinced me to watch it again.
Lacrosse is actually based on a game played by indigenous North Americans before colonisation. Not that picking the national sport makes up for having your land stolen and population genocided. I saw Ginger Snaps when it came out as well, and liked it. Will have to watch it again if I get the chance.
They’re playing field hockey, not lacrosse.
Yeah, where I grew up, it was just kinda known that if you go to a party with lacrosse players, don't leave your drink unattended near them.
I'm sure one of the reasons werewolves always resonated with me was a prelude to discovering I was trans. What with the whole 'my body is turning against me, Grargl'.
The werewolf design is a bit silly, but at least it is a unique look. Could probably do with more hair though.
I kinda like that the werewolf is mostly bald, it makes it look more monstery.
They really wanted to avoid making it look like a typical werewolf, the little hair that is there was allowed to hide the seams of the costume/puppet
@@profileuser5845 I respect that. It is one of the more interesting werewolf designs out there. I love werewolves, but in movies the designs are often disappointing. My favorites are probably still the pack in Dog Soldiers.
I like it having less hair because humans have much less hair than actually wolves so it makes sense to me. Maybe if they spend longer being werewolves then more hair but the initial transformation was perfectly creepy. I hated how it looked when it ran, it freaked me out.
I was always fascinated with werewolves and other shapeshifters long before I knew I was trans, but for the exact opposite reasons. For me, they represented a strong desire to become something else, anything else than what I actually was. Needless to say, I didn't agree with the premise of any story that depicted werewolves as evil, murderous, or predatory. In fact, I saw it as analogous to Hollywood's queer-coding of villains, also factoring in that monsters in fiction are often allegories for the anxieties society feels towards foreigners and marginalized groups. I gravitated towards stories where the werewolf is the protector of nature, symbolizing liberation from the shackles of society, and blurring the lines between the strict binary categories of man vs. beast. I've written such stories myself.
"It's fine and good to menstruate. It's also very Canadian -- 'Ginger Snaps', not menstruating."
Dear God, I love this channel so much.
This movie rules so hard, showed my wife for the fist time recently and her head exploded. Also, do Ginger Snaps 2.. it doesn’t get as much credit, but I think there’s still some interesting subtext to be explored. Plus, way more werewolf puppets.
Also, baby Tatiana Maslany.
@@WhatRyansReading and she absolutely KILLS IT.
I love how literally every character except the protagonists in both movies are the most insufferable pieces of shit known to humankind. It's truly breathtaking.
@@Cool_Calm_Cam It’s definitely coming from a certain antisocial angle, which is really kinda unique. Like.. they try so hard to be different because everyone else is, like you said, a little bit insufferable. But then those differences start to divide the sisters themselves. And the reactions to those changes are also kinda fascinating.. you either become a werewolf and all the other characters start to lust after and include you, or fight against it and end up siding with those other characters by default. There’s a lotta layers.
I still say "I've bean where you are" all the time to people. What a phenomenal movie
Your eyeliner is /lovely/ and I'm so happy to see you covering this!
I first watched this movie in 2006 at about age 12. it deeply resonated with the anger and anguish of being a teenage girl. I think it was the first time I ever felt like a filmmaker understood how I felt. it remains to this day one of my favourite films. weirdly the sequel is pretty fun (explores psychiatric incarceration) and the third is a bizarre historical venture about the first North American werewolf that is strangely delightful.
You're stepping up your eye makeup game. Nicely done!
My Canadian girlfriend has a Canadian uncle that is in the Canadian film industry and he assures me that this movie was definitely made by cats. You would not know any of the Canadian people I mentioned above. They go to a different Canadian high school. All of them.
A grown man enrolling himself in his niece's high school sounds like a (Canadian) sitcom premise.
One of the movies my future-wife and I bonded over.
I, too, was a SUPER TRY-HARD 15 year old burgeoning horror fan when Ginger Snaps came out, and OH BOY did I watch that shit waaaay too many times. On top of being a pretty great movie, Katharine Isabelle made a 2000s mall-goth me feel a whole lot of some type of way.
I only recently watch Ginger Snaps this past year and absolutely loved it. Also, shoutout to you for including a shot of Big Wolf on Campus at 8:07. Grew up on that show!
Oh, man, I can't believe Scaredy Mildred didn't like Ginger Snaps back in the day. Still, it's a relief that this video wasn't tryna cancel it as being bad actually.
This movie and Jennifer’s Body make an incredible double-feature.
Plus the sequel is better than it has any right being.
'American Werewolf in London' was a pretty strong film but I almost lost it at the end of this movie. 'Ginger Snaps' has that rare feeling of real dread that forces you to watch, ( because you got attached to the sisters ) hoping that maybe, everything will turn out ok. I wouldn't call it a Horror film, it was so much deeper than that...
Love your eye makeup today, that smokey pink really suits you!
This channel makes me want to watch more horror movies just so I can watch the associated videos.
Basically it's I was a teenage werewolf. And not the Sasquatch looking Teen Wolf Michael J. Fox movie.
Holy sh*t YES! You're slaying the eye makeup! 👀💖
Ginger Snaps ties with Dog Soldiers as my favourite werewolf movies of all time - goofy, funny, vicious and visceral. But until Mildread brought it up, I didn't realise just how much dog murder happens in both films*...
*Dog Soldiers starts with one getting shot in the head...
I'm glad Bobby knows you're the best in the business.
I was wrong about 'Lake Mungo' (2008).
When I saw this mockumentary horror movie soon after its release, I just wasn't impressed.
After seeing it very recently, and after being down a few devastating roads beforehand, this movie resonated very differently. It was extremely moving.
Sometimes it takes a fresh view with eyes (and mind) that have taken a few steps towards a more nuanced or empathetic viewpoint.
I'm glad you are able to enjoy 'Ginger Snaps' now.
I have never seen Ginger Snaps but both actresses for Ginger and Bridget play the step sisters in ‘Another Cinderella Story’ (2008) with Selena Gomez ??? Underrated performances from both
I avoided this movie, but then it was played on The Last Drive-In. Watched and was very surprised that it was so good.
Ginger Snaps is among my top 10 horror movies!
The lighting and color design is amazing. All the colors are orange/red washes. It fits with the Halloween theme and the focus on blood/mensturation themes.
I'm so glad Scaredy Cats is back
recently ive decided to finally watch the classic horror movies ive been meaning to watch for years but was too much of a scaredy cat to do so (now i am insane over the childs play franchise), but a close friend convinced me to watch ginger snaps. and i do think its one of the Best Horror Movies Ive Seen, up there with the babadook. it isnt super expensive but it used every single dollar to make something memorable and recognizable. its rare for a movie to have all its characters be well rounded and believable people, and definitely thats a big part of why the costume and set design fucking rules. the acting is also pretty fantastic, and the script really manages a wonderful balance between teen dramedy and actual body horror and family melodrama
i dont really get why you mentioned you got the idea that there was a hint of incest, though? i felt the bond between the sisters was extremely well done and believable, but never that it reached *that* point. ginger wanted her sister to become a wolf too not out of lust or anything to me, but because of a sense of them being always themselves against the world -a codependent relationship in which ginger always established herself as the leader. yeah, i understand these sorts of relationships are usually seen as typically romantic, but i have seen it happen among siblings and friends without any romance/sexual feelings involved. its not a jennifers body situation.
also i love that wolf puppet, puppeteering is hard as hell (i know that, because i watched the behind the scenes of the childs play movies) so i have nothing but respect to the people who decided to make that thing and put all their effort into convincing us that ten minutes ago it was a teenage girl.
also thanks for that image of christopher lee with the funky shades, very needed today
Fellow Canadian here and I loved Ginger Snaps from the very first time I saw it. I think it spoke a lot more to teen girls than boys because it was the first horror movie that actually explored what it was like to be a teenaged girl and the horrors that come with it. It's intensely relatable to a lot of us, especially first periods, pains that can come with it, changes. It all feels alien and monstrous but this movie explores it in a way where it's on our side rather than disgusted by it. It's a very cathartic movie in a lot of ways. It's definitely my favourite werewolf movie.
Also yes, lacrosse is dumb and our national sport should be hockey because duh. Hated playing lacrosse in gym class.
Mildred, please record a "Scaredy Cat Eye" tutorial. Your makeup is looking great!
Ginger Snaps has been a personal favorite of mine since I was a teen. I've always interpreted the Fitzgerald sisters as non-binary, but that might just be me.
Love your eyeliner btw! Lookin real good :)
I consider this movie to be my favorite movie of all time, from 15 years old to...now, and yet the incest subtext passed way over my head. In fact, I remember relating to this movie on, like, a spiritual level, which might have been because the humor also passed way over my head. Speaking of which, the sequel was also really good, I recommend it. I have never seen the third movie, but I have heard it's not as good (although it take places in New France, which is a setting I like.)
Thanks for the breakdown of the film's subtle themes of Canadian-ness. I would otherwise had no idea!
I hope that aspect was taken into consideration by the film rating board in order to protect our children from corrupting influences.
so happy to hear you rewatched and enjoyed ginger snaps! it's one of my all-time favourites and the one that at least consciously introduced me to the monster girl/monstrous puberty trope which is also my favourite. i constantly recommend it to people and am always shocked that it doesn't seem to be as much of a staple of millennial youth experience as it was to me. this film just feels so quintessentially MTV generation. anyway, bottom line is i love ginger snaps and love to see others embracing it! i actually dressed as ginger this halloween, coincidentally ☺️
I saw this as a early 2000s mall goth nursing trans masc dysphoria so this movie is a extremely close to my heart
"Respectable six nipples." - MIL-"totally not a furry"-DREAD
I fucking love ginger snaps it's one of those movies I can watch a hundred times and never get tired of it. P.s the full movie is on UA-cam
Everybody knows that when women acquire supernatural powers of any kind they always start dressing sexier.
Ugh I loved Katharine Isabelle in Ginger Snaps and American Mary
Been a decade since I've seen the movie, but there is a Glassjaw song toward the beginning played on a car radio. Glassjaw, and this movie, are amazing.
As a fellow Canadian I enjoyed the quick reference to Big Wolf on Campus. Now that theme song is stuck in my head though.
Yes! I love this movie, it's undoubtedly my fave werewolf movie. I am so glad you talked about it! Mimi Rogers is amazing and I wish she got cast in parts like this more often (especially considering the dark twist towards the end)
Not just a period celebration cake, but a raspberry coulis covered cake at that. Just next level.
I read this as "I wrote a song about ginger snaps" and my sleep deprived brain just fully accepted it
This is one of my favorite movies in the world, and seeing it on Joe Bob's Last Drive In was something really special. Thanks for changing your mind and making this video.
Wow, this exact episode has tickled all of my buttons. Analysis of deeper themes of Ginger Snaps, pics of Mildread being a young edgelord, random lacrosse dunking, and that final scene with Bobby Duke had me Howling 2: Stirba Werewolf Bitch.
As someone who grew up in extra Southern ontario, AKA Buffalo New york, I really appreciate how Canadian this movie is
This really speaks to me, a person who *loved* Ghostbusters as a kid and then discovered as an adult that it is, in fact, a comedy
I KNEW something sounded wrong about "Your Sister Is A Werewolf."
I actually saw Gingersnaps 2 first, and have always held that it was the best of the trilogy. I hope Mildred plans on covering all of them
That ain't lacrosse, that's field hockey. Which is still pretty damn bougie.
Aw, big wolf on campus was so much fun though. Also this movie has one of the best werewolf transformation scenes.
Glad you came around to reevaluate this one. Even if Ginger Snaps is trying a little hard, I'll take that over the endless tide of Horror movies that don't try at all.
I haven't watched the rest of the movie yet, but I couldn't stop laughing at the Brian Mulroney joke.
Roosters,mice, and lacrosse sticks.
We're racking up a big ol list of things mildred cannot recognise as actually being different things
Fun fact, heterochromia (differently colored eyes) is often a sign of incest in the bloodline.
I would give this video a million likes if I could, just for the big wolf on campus reference.
I usually play these videos in the background but I have to say that Mildred's eye makeup is fantastic
Oh man, a Ginger Snaps review, what an amazing birthday present! I mean, my birthday isn't in November, but it feels like a birthday present specifically for me.
the end joke got me really good
The ending bit made me laugh WAY too hard.
Memorable film. Literally, I watched it when it was fairly new, and I still remember it.
I even liked the video before I watched it...
The ending of this video is absolutely spectacular. It made me enter-gage.
Oh, yeah, this movie ROCKS on so many levels. I saw it at about the same age and got a new appreciation as I got older.
This was my coming of age movie. I don’t think any other film has spoke to my primordial teenage self more than this. I wanted to be Ginger in every way possible. Still kinda do…
I think showing Christopher Lee in hip sunglasses means I must double dog dare you to do a Howling series. I’ll rewatch them with you, I got oddly into that series after reading Werewolf the Apocalypse.
The best fucking movie to sample for Breakcore.
Source - Machine Girl.
I watched "Ginger Snaps" last night for the first time, three months after seeing Mil-Dread's re-cap. 😘👌💋
There is a visceral seen in ginger snaps it’s the moment that changes her and you know ginger has lost her power to resist the primal beast inside her . It’s literally the moment when she snaps it is perhaps one of the best scenes ever and ranks it high on my list of favorite movies . Pure cinematic genius ! The sequel and prequel are beautiful and well thought out stories the power of the werewolf in ginger snaps back is felt at the crescendo when the wolves follow ginger into the fort ! Great movie !
I swear, I thought most Canadian teenagers (myself included) had the same experience as you did - that they watched a film and thought that it was a bit too try-hard, but it's warming to see so many people bring up in the comments how it was a formative part of their developing sexuality or interest in horror films.
I think that's neat!
1. This video rules.
2. Ginger Snaps is also an excellent pun of a title.
3. The Hockey Meltdown had me rollin.
Oh God! 8:09 is "Big Wolf on Campus!" I remember watching the hell out of that show growing up!
baby matilidred looks like a member of the store brand version of tally hall.
it's extremely endearing
Oh my god, the Homestar Runner reference. Just when I didn't think I could love your content any more, you plant that one on us. Thank you so much!
I actually paused this video part way through and watched the movie. It was my first horror movie, and I really liked it. Thanks for the recommendation :)
mildread ur eyeliner is SO GOOD I this video!!!! I am wildly jealous I cannot pull off that eyeliner style but it works so well on you!!!
Werewolves for puberty, that's the tag line...
One of the best horror movies ever. It centers around their sisterly bond, and boys are just there to sort of get in the way but aren't ever necessary to the plot. 10/10
They did it! They did Big Wolf on Campus! It happened and I was here to see it!
I liked all three ginger snaps movies. Highly recommended!