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Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
Drama · Horror · Fantasy · 2004
Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost.
Movie details
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
“It only dies if you do.”
2004 Drama · Horror · Fantasy 1h 34m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
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TMDB
6.5 / 10
Community rating
Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Ginger Snaps
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The Company of Wolves
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Brett Sullivan
Written by
Megan Martin
Emily Perkins
Brigitte Fitzgerald
Tatiana Maslany
Ghost
Katharine Isabelle
Ginger Fitzgerald
Eric Johnson
Tyler
Janet Kidder
Alice
Brendan Fletcher
Jeremy
C
Chris Fassbender
Luke
Court is in session
Put Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.