GINGER SNAPS

John Fawcett | Canada | 2005 | 108m

Brigitte and Ginger Fitzgerald are teenage sisters with a fascination with death and a pact to escape their suburban hometown together. When Ginger is attacked by a mysterious creature on the night of her first period, her body and behaviour begin to change, putting their fiercely close relationship to the test.

Directed by John Fawcett and written by Karen Walton, Ginger Snaps combines werewolf horror, dark comedy, and coming-of-age drama with a distinctly Canadian setting and voice.

With an introduction by
writer Karen Walton

Karen Walton is the award-winning screenwriter behind Ginger Snaps, one of the most influential films in Canadian horror. Her screenplay, developed with director John Fawcett, gave the werewolf genre a sharp new perspective on adolescence, sisterhood, sexuality, and the female body. The film earned Walton the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Film Writing in 2002 and has become a lasting cult classic. Walton has gone on to a celebrated career in film and television, with credits including Orphan Black, Flashpoint, Queer as Folk, and The Eleventh Hour.