10 Alternative Films That Show The Real High School

8. Ginger Snaps

Source//Motion InternationalGinger Snaps nearly didn't make this, as technically it could be lumped in with €œhorror films set in high schools€ which is a totally different genre altogether (Scream, The Faculty etc.). However, the typical horror genre cues (lycanthropy, murder, mutilation) are more representative of high school woes, rather than being for horror alone. Ginger€™s werewolf-ism is a thinly veiled metaphor for puberty (sudden sprouting of hair, moodiness, blood everywhere), and so this film places itself firmly in the awkward high school genre. It€™s just a bit more gnarly than most. Ginger and her sister Brigitte are two fairly weird teen girls who are obsessed with death. When they get attacked by a large dog (spoiler: it€™s not a large dog), Ginger gets bitten and strange things begin happening to her. She grows excessive hair and a tail, whilst becoming extremely aggressive and menstruating hardcore. Ginger kills a dog, then a few kids from her school (PMS is a b*tch, isn€™t it?), and when she turns full-on werewolf she has boobs. That€™s right. A werewolf with boobs. It€™s worth watching for that alone. Despite the plot sounding fairly grizzly, Ginger Snaps is (darkly) hilarious. From sarcastic fake suicide notes, to a complete acceptance of the awkward entertainment that periods provide, Ginger Snaps is a coming-of-age film that is a world apart from the rest.