Who gave the better performance, Perkins or Isabelle?

/\/\ this. Its not so much "they both delivered equally solid performances" but more that the performances are too different to compare. If you've seen The Craft, its like comparing Nancy to Sarah...they are different characters altogether.

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That's not quite a fair question, nor a fair decision for me to make. I tend to favor Emily Perkins, but that's probably just because I love the character so much, and she gave such an outstanding performance in Unleashed. However, the latter is out-of-bounds in considering the first movie.

Notwithstanding all that, I think Emily Perkins reactions were key to people suspending belief about the special effects, which were somewhat cheesy. Katharine Isabelle didn't have as much of a chance to do it, but when she was called upon to do it, she was up for it. (She also did have to make the makeup look "natural," but wearing it and carrying yourself is different from interacting.)

Emily was also the key piece to the last ten minutes of the movie. She is performing solo most of that time, as she did for large parts of Unleashed. She, and John Fawcett's directing, took that ending and made it high opera.

Katharine Isabelle's role did not require any of that. She did everything perfect playing Ginger. I mean, she took Ginger from a snarky sourness to a creepy mania. She showed fear at the best times with the best technique. In the attack scene, you can't tell if her or Emily sells it better. She knew how to act with her eyes and said more with a look that most actresses could with a dozen lines.

Finally, I don't know if Emily could have done such a good job without Katharine. Katharine's Ginger gave Emily the relationship at the center of Brigitte's life. The two, in fact, made each other better. And I think that they likely came out of the experience far better actors. (That's a hypothesis, anyway. I have to check more.)

So, Emily seems to have done the better job, but perhaps only because her role required more. Katharine showed-- and has shown since-- that she could have done the same thing.

Despite their performances being completely different I'm going to say Emily Perkins. Mainly because I prefer her as an actress.

You have your opinions I have mine.

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Both soo different and therefore equally good. But i think I liked katherin'a performance more, maybe because i found her character much more relatable then bridgette's. but that's not to say that emily's performance was less of in my eyes.

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Perkins . I love Isabelle but Perkins really played a great Bridget