Before our next scheduled class, watch Ginger Snaps (this film is available on ), then write a concise critical
response (150-200 words, excluding works cited) linking the reading(s) for this week (Barbara Creed) to this
film. (See general course documents for more detailed instructions on reading response assignments).
Prompts (optional): Comment on any of the following in relation to Creed’s text:
•After watching Rabid last week, how do you compare/contrast the way bodily transformation is represented in
Ginger Snaps?
•Do you think Ginger Snaps successfully criticizes male Canadian nationalism? If so, how? If not, how does it
fail to do so?
•How do you view the way gender and/or nature is portrayed in this film?
WARNING: This film is a horror movie. It contains scenes violence and gore. Please contact your instructor if
you require an alternative assignment.
Wk3 – September 25th – Ghosts, Beasts and Monsters
Readings:
Creed, Barbara. “Horror and The Monstrous-Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection.” Horror: The Film Reader.
Edited by Mark Jancovich. Routledge, 2002. 67-76.
Johnston, Basil. “Weendigo.” The Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibway. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Key
Porter Books, 1995. 221-237.
TOTAL PAGES: 25pp.
Main Screening:
Ginger Snaps (John Fawcett, 2000)
https://media3-criterionpic-com.proxy.library.carleton.ca/htbin/wwform/006?T=A08744
Sample Solution