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Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed

Release Date: January 23, 2004 (Canada)
Studio: Seville Pictures
Director: Brett Sullivan
Screenwriter: Megan Martin
Starring: Emily Perkins as Brigitte, Katharine Isabelle as Ginger, Tatiana Maslany as Ghost, Janet Kidder as Alice, Eric Johnson as Tyler, Pascale Hutton as Beth-ann, Patricia Idlette as Dr. Brookner, David McNally as Marcus, Susan Adam as Barbara, Shaun Johnston as Jack, Jake Mackinnon as Werewolf, Brendan Fletcher as Jeremy, Lydia Lau as Koral
Genre: Horror
Official Website: GingerSnapsthemovie.com

Plot Outline: Brigitte (Perkins), the younger Fitzgerald sister, is struggling to prevent the infection from turning her into a werewolf. After Brigitte collapses, the police believing the monkshood to be an illegal drug, she is taken to a drug rehabilitation clinic run by Alice Seversen (Kidder). Deprived of the only drug that will prevent her from turning into a werewolf, she meets a girl much like herself named Ghost (Maslanv) that helps Brigitte deal with her problem. Ginger (Isabelle) starts appearing as a counseling apparition, trying to help Brigitte. As if things weren’t bad enough, a fierce werewolf starts stalking Brigitte.

Godsend

Release Date: April 30, 2004
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Director: Nick Hamm
Screenwriter: Mark Bomback
Starring: Robert DeNiro as Dr. Richard Wells, Greg Kinnear as Paul Duncan, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos as Jessie Duncan
Genre: Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (violence including frightening images, a scene of sexuality and some thematic material)
Official Website: Godsendthemovie.com
Reviews by: Chicago Sun-Times (2 out of 4 stars), Scifi Weekly (D)

The Grudge

Release Date: October 22, 2004
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Screenwriter: Stephen Susco
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar as Karen, Jason Behr as Doug, Clea DuVall as Jennifer Williams, William Mapother as Matthew Williams, Kadee Strickland as Susan Williams, Bill Pullman as Peter, Rosa Blasi as Maria, Grace Zabriskie as Emma, Courtney Webb as Sick girl, Takako Fuji as Kayako, Yuya Ozeki as Toshio, Ted Raimi as Alex
Genre: Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic material, disturbing images/terror/violence and some sensuality)
Official Website: SonyPictures.com
Trailer: Trailer 1
Reviews by: Chicago Sun-Times (1 out of 4) & Coming Soon (6 out of 10)

Plot Outline: A remake of the Japanese horror thriller "Ju-On". "The Grudge" is about a murderous supernatural curse born of a grudge that passes like a virus to its victims.

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