Halloween Review– Ginger Snaps

They don’t call it the curse for nothing.
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Back in Februrary, I had unkind words for Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed, the first of a batch of Ginger Snaps sequels. The original‘s best moments, however, make it must-see lycanthrope viewing. Witty, funhouse-scary, and extremely bloody, Ginger Snaps takes I was a Teenage Werewolf far beyond the comfortable horrors of the 1950s drive-in.

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Team America: World Police

“You had me at ‘dicks f-ck assholes.'”.

Thunderbirds-style marionettes kicks ass in a Jerry Bruckheimer-style action movie that blends dead-perfect parody and social satire with sophomoric gags. The opening proffers a better reason for why certain people dislike the West, beyond the official rhetoric of they hate us because we’re free. The behaviour of bandwagon-jumping celebrities also comes under attack, while gratuitous movie scene parodies and Easter Eggs fill the screen.

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