Synopsis
In Bailey Downs, a rash of dog killings has been occurring. Brigitte and Ginger Fitzgerald are teenage sisters who harbor a fascination with death and, as children, formed a pact to move out of the suburb or die together by the age of 16. One night, while on the way to kidnap a dog owned by school bully Trina Sinclair, Ginger begins her first period. The scent of blood results in the girls being attacked by the creature responsible for the maulings. Sam Miller accidentally runs over the beast that was chasing them, saving the sisters.
Following the attack, Ginger undergoes transformations that concern Brigitte. Brigitte finds Sam for information on what he hit, and they both agree that Ginger was attacked by a werewolf and is transforming into one. Sam suggests infusing a monkshood extract, which is impossible to create as the plant is only found in the spring.
Trina shows up at the Fitzgerald house to accuse Ginger of kidnapping her dog. As she fights with Ginger, Trina is accidentally killed. The sisters narrowly avoid their parents and bury the body. Brigitte tells her sister she cannot go out anymore, but Ginger remains defiant.
On Halloween, Brigitte takes monkshood purchased by her mother for a craft project and asks Sam to make the cure, which is successful. Brigitte first uses the extract on Jason McCardy (who was infected by Ginger due to unprotected sex) when he attacked her, and she witnesses his immediate change in behavior, which proves it is a cure. At school, Brigitte discovers Ginger’s murder of a faculty member and witnesses her killing another. Ginger then informs her intent to go after Sam next at the Greenhouse Bash, a Halloween party hosted by him, leaving Brigitte alone.
Brigitte arrives at the party to find Ginger hurting Sam for rejecting her advances. In despair, Brigitte wounds Ginger's and her own palm and clasps their hands together, infecting herself with Ginger's blood. She convinces Ginger of her loyalty and genuine willingness to help her sister, ending their long fight. Brigitte and Sam take Ginger back to the Fitzgerald house in his van to prepare more of the cure for her.
Ginger fully transforms into a werewolf on the way home and escapes the van. Aware that she has transformed, Sam and Brigitte hide in the pantry as Sam makes the cure. When he goes to find Ginger, a transformed Ginger attacks and drags him away. After finding Sam, injured and bloody, she tries to save him by drinking his blood to calm Ginger, but is unable to go through with it. Ginger senses Brigitte's revulsion and insincerity, and she kills Sam in front of Brigitte.
Brigitte defends herself while holding the syringe in one hand and a knife in the other. Ginger lunges at Brigitte and into the knife, fatally wounding herself. Looking at pictures taken of both sisters throughout their adventures on the wall, Brigitte lays her head upon her dying sister's chest and sobs.
External Links
- Ginger Snaps on Wikipedia
- Ginger Snaps official website (cached)
- Ginger Snaps official UK website
- Ginger-Snaps.com