Ginger Snaps: Blood, Teeth and Fur is an hour-long featurette included on the Shout! Factory Collector's Edition Blu-ray & DVD combo. It features interviews with cast and crew of Ginger Snaps, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the production history of the first film.
Featured cast and crew of Ginger Snaps[]
- John Fawcett (director and writer)
- Steven Hoban (producer)
- Paul Jones (special makeup effects artist
- Jesse Moss (actor: Jason McCardy)
- Emily Perkins (actress: Brigitte Fitzgerald)
- Mike Shields (composer)
- Brett Sullivan (editor)
- Karen Walton (writer)
Summary[]
The featurette consists of interview segments intercut with scenes from the movie.
John Fawcett and producer Steven Hoban talk about the pre-production history of the movie, pointing out the difficulties of getting funding and casting agencies due to the recent Columbine shooting, but also the major inspirations for the film and the story together with writer Karen Walton. Who goes together with Fawcett into detail how they developed the script. They then talk about how it was important to cast the Fitzgerald sisters as a fitting duo rather than as separate actresses for each part and that there was ultimately no better combination than Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins. They continue to talk about the other cast and how they influenced the portrayal of their characters.
Throughout, the crewmembers tell stories about the production and shooting of the movie. Perkins and Moss talk about their experiences shooting different scenes for the film and their interpretations of their characters.
Fawcett and Sullivan explain how they went about trimming down the more than 2 hour long film to its current length.
Mike Shields talks about his experience of producing his first real feature film score.
Paul Jones goes into detail about the design and creation of the werewolf suits featured in the movie. Explaining how John Fawcett's directive of having a mostly hairless monster posed problems in the beginning. Fawcett elaborates the differences between shooting the werewolf on the set and reviewing that footage later for editing. Fawcett and Walton talk about how the film was initially received at festivals and its release history. Explaining how important it was to license the movie to HBO.
At the end everyone talks about what the films means to them personally and the genre as a whole.
Trivia[]
The werewolf head seen in the background of some shots is from the hellhound from Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning.