The ingenuity of writer-director Jeremy LaLonde’s film ends with its title.
The film is clearly influenced by Wes Craven’s shrill, violent, and weirdly erotic Scream series.
NBC’s Hannibal ran for three seasons, but its concept called for at least twice as many.
The episode is bug-fuck baroque even by Bryan Fuller’s incredibly accommodating standards, and the title is telling and apropos.
One of the great teenage horror films is ushered onto Blu-ray with a sense of long overdue and decidedly fan-centric respect.
The filmmakers certainly exaggerate (i.e. exploit) their subject, but for a community that prides itself on shock value, there seems no sufficient alternative.
Everything’s Gone Green just barely hangs there in that low-watt Canadian film-world deadpan, when it calls out for a shot of adrenaline.
As far as feminist horror primers go, none come as fully-realized as Ginger Snaps.