John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps

by Ernest Mathijs

Book Overview

Few studies of Canadian cinema to date have engaged deeply with genre cinema and its connection to Canadian culture. Ernest Mathijs does just that in this volume, which traces the inception, production, and reception of Canada's internationally renowned horror film, Ginger Snaps (2000). This tongue-in-cheek Gothic film, which centres on two death-obsessed teenage sisters, draws a provocative connection between werewolf monstrosity and female adolescence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442615672
• ISBN13: 9781442615670
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 7.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher