11. The Ginger Snaps Trilogy (2000-2004)
What makes for a great horror? Take an existing genre (werewolves) and give it a unique little twist (girl werewolves). Maybe add in something to emphasise this is about teen girl werewolves (like puberty) and watch the blood (some of it menstrual) fly. Shot in the northern confines of Western Canada, Ginger Snaps is a movie of two sisters, one of whom (Ginger) is bitten by a werewolf. The younger sister (Brigitte) is the one who bears witness to the growing transformation of Ginger until the next full moon, where as per werewolf convention, all hell breaks loose. This was another film that confounded critics when the similarities between the werewolf "cycle" and the female "cycle" were noticed and began to get more and more press. The talk became more of the sisters' relationships, of girls' embracing their sexuality and - above all - the power that is within them. The two following films try to follow up on the main theme of the sisters' relationship, which is difficult as Ginger is killed off in the 1st. The 3rd one added a unique twist to their story and rebooted the story back 150 years, where a good job is established in that the girls are always sisters and that the werewolf curse/story is a continual loop. They are doomed to repeat these events over and over. So it's like Teen Wolf, but not.