ginger snap single handedly raise my interest in lycanthropic cinema and and ginger snap unleash be a remarkably strong sequel that work for many of the same reason . like the thoughtful horror cinema of george romero and where deep human issue boil under a more obvious horror surface and ginger snap use lycanthropy a a metaphor for puberty and it impact on teenage relationship while unleashed us it a a metaphor for addiction and with brigitte fitzgerald ( emily perkins it ) and sister of the ill fat ginger ( katharine isabelle ) and inject herself with wolfbane to curb her increasingly wolf like tendency . while in a rehab clinic for troubled teen and brigitte forge a relationship with ghost ( tatiana maslany ) and a precocious girl whose seem innocence unravels her secret . the new writing or direct team of megan martin and brett sullivan pick up where the previous film leave off and skillfully bridge the two with a bare minimum of rehashed exposition and and the end result be extremely satisfying ( though the machination of unleashed final third make me wish the script have tie some thematic or character arc together well ) . perkins and who be become a real horror ingénue and play brigitte with sympathy and sarcastic bite and and her relationship with maslany come close to match the sense of sisterly love that provide the endear backbone of the original ginger snap . unleash be the rare sequel that do it parent proud .