Talk:Ginger Snaps (film)

message: CanadianCaesar, you state that 'If you watch the director's commentary, he makes all sorts of comments like "that was funny..." "We thought this was funny..." "What is this, a horror film?"'. This is no doubt true but i suggest that this doesnt make the film a horror-comedy. For one thing, look at the way genres are categorized here on Wikipedia. There actually is no 'horror-comedy' genre here, but there is Comedy Horror and it is a sub-category of comedy: as in comedy drama, comedy science fiction etc. This implies, and the list of films supports this, that the film and its intentions are primarily comedic, while its imagery, characters etc draw on the horror film. This is clearly not the case with Ginger Snaps. A great many horror films contain moments of comedy to ease the tension or for contrast but i think its going too far to then call all of these horror-comedies. Personally, I think this gives people a very wrong impression of what the film will be like. IMDB categorizes the film as Drama, Horror, Thriller. Allmovie.com says Horror, Coming of Age, Monster Film, Feminist Film. Aglie 22:44, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The category is also a subcategory of Horror films.  I'm aware of no rule that states comedy-horror films, or horror-comedy films, have to be primarily one or the other, (and I don't think the word order makes a difference); I agree a "great many" films are turning out to be blends of horror-comedies, but there are still films that opt for straight horror- there is little to laugh at in The Ring or its sequel (although I know some people found those to be unintentionally funny). CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 22:56, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this is the sort of thing that could really use referencing, considering the subjectivity of the categorization. I've seen the movie myself and I would definitely not categorize it as a comedy. True, there are a few things in it that are funny, but the movie as a whole is IMO not intended to be. What sources are there that consider it comedy? IMDB lists it as a "Drama / Horror / Thriller", Box Office Mojo classifies it simply as "horror", Rotten Tomatoes classifies it as "horror/suspense". Bryan 23:15, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Aha!  According to this  Ginger Snaps actually won a comedy award.  I think this is a pretty good reference that the film is comedy-horror. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 22:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  the difference between a horror film and a horror-comedy 

message: Would it be alright to add  of Katharine Isabelle to the cast section? On the image page it says that the image was removed from the actress's wikipage so I'm not sure. I think it would add to the article. --Supernumerary 06:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was removed for having no source.  It now has a source and has been re-added to the article.  CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 06:43, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Screenshot 

message: Does anyone have ideas on the best way to improve this article? The only things I can think of are expanding the production section, copy editing, and possibly adding more screen shots. I want to get it ready to undergo a peer review.--Supernumerary 00:39, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ways to Improve 

message: Is there a reason why "treatment" is used instead of "plot"?  All other articles use "plot" for the section's title. SIR KITTENS MCFUZZYPAWS III, ESQUIRE (talk) 22:01, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No, there doesn't seem to be. I've removed the brief summary under "Plot summary" and renamed the "Treatment" section "Plot", as guidelines suggest the section should be named. The section clearly is a summary of the plot, not a summary of the Film treatment. - SummerPhD (talk) 14:17, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Treatment 

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message: The first paragraph of the Ginger Snaps article is :
Ginger Snaps is a 2000 Canadian horror film directed by John Fawcett. The film focuses on two teenage sisters who have a fascination with death. The title is a pun on the cookie ginger snap. "Snap" (snapping) also relates to losing one's self-control, or a quick, aggressive bite. During the film's production, the Columbine High School massacre and the W. R. Myers High School shooting took place, causing public controversy over the film's horror themes and the funding it received from Telefilm.[citation needed]
The final sentence talks about shooting events that occured around the time of film publication. Note that a citation w.r.t the second clause "causing public controversy over the film's horror themes was requested in May 2014.  No citation has been added since that time.  The introduction paragraph should be focused primarily on introducing and describing the film and the relationship between the public, the film, and the shootings are discussed in a later section.  Motion to strike this sentence from the leading paragraph.  March 2018.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.148.35 (talk) 19:39, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds reasonable. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 19:44, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction 

message: I want to note that, in line with some comments above I redirected Ginger Snaps to Ginger Snap when I closed the discussion. I recognise this may be a reach because this specific question was not discussed by most participants. Anyway this redirection has been reverted by , and I want to check that people are okay with that. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 12:14, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Post-close note