Restored Archive Review, Originally Posted on 7/1/2001
It has become a sad, familiar refrain: How is it that a scary, intelligent teen horror film like Ginger Snaps can't make it to major U.S. release, while dross like Urban Legends: Final Cut, Valentine and The Forsaken makes it into theaters nationwide? In this case, it is at least understandable, if lamentable, that the studios would be averse to handling Ginger Snaps. Not only is it drenched in blood and the rawest language heard in a youth film since Heathers, it also deals frankly with adolescent female sexuality, a subject the majors have never been comfortable with. Not to mention that (speaking of Heathers) it spotlights two sisters who rehearse their own suicides, and not all the bloodletting is done by the victims. Menstruation is a key subject here, and it's easy to imagine studio heads reacting the way the young protagonists'...
It has become a sad, familiar refrain: How is it that a scary, intelligent teen horror film like Ginger Snaps can't make it to major U.S. release, while dross like Urban Legends: Final Cut, Valentine and The Forsaken makes it into theaters nationwide? In this case, it is at least understandable, if lamentable, that the studios would be averse to handling Ginger Snaps. Not only is it drenched in blood and the rawest language heard in a youth film since Heathers, it also deals frankly with adolescent female sexuality, a subject the majors have never been comfortable with. Not to mention that (speaking of Heathers) it spotlights two sisters who rehearse their own suicides, and not all the bloodletting is done by the victims. Menstruation is a key subject here, and it's easy to imagine studio heads reacting the way the young protagonists'...
- 7/19/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Wolfe Releasing has acquired two new titles for theatrical distribution: Thom Best's thriller Ice Men and Jan Dunn's political drama Gypo. Wolfe president Maria Lynn brokered the deal for Gypo, which portrays the breakdown of a working-class family, at the Festival de Cannes with Fil Frank Mannion of Swipe Films. The deal includes all North American festival, theatrical and home video rights. Lynn brokered a similar deal for Ice Men, which revolves around a group of friends whose secrets are revealed, with Sara Bagdasarianz of Seville Pictures.
- 5/26/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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