The Real Housewives of Horror

Check out the Real Housewives of Horror, a show I would watch every fucking week. Kudos, ladies, this rocks. 

-Sylv

The Globe & Mail Talk Women in Horror

"The rea­sons that women are rolling around in the su­per­nat­u­ral muck, both as cre­ators and con­sumers, are as nu­mer­ous as those zom­bies chas­ing Pitt down a lab cor­ri­dor. One, says Dave Alexan­der, the ed­i­tor-in-chief of Toronto-based Rue Morgue, the world’s fore­most hor­ror mag­a­zine, is that cheaper film­mak­ing tech­nol­ogy and chang­ing modes of dis­tri­bu­tion opened doors for a lot of new film­mak­ers – “many of them women,” he says, “who bring a more fe­male per­spec­tive” to the old tropes.

“For ex­am­ple, Jen and Sylvia Soska, twins from Van­cou­ver, made Amer­i­can Mary, an am­bi­tious film with a strong woman pro­tag­o­nist – a med stu­dent – that touches on top­ics, in­clud­ing a rape-re­venge fan­tasy and squea­mish fe­male-body hor­ror, that are im­por­tant to women.”"

Read the whole piece HERE!

-Sylc

Monthly HORROR Nights at the Rio Theater hosted by the Twisted Twins and Little Miss Risk

Welcome to my Pleasure Room~!!

The Rio Theatre & Queens of Horror the Twisted Twins Presents:
The Suicide Club - Friday Late Night Movie July 6th
11pm tickets $8/ $6 with film related costume 19+ no minors
Performance by the dark goddess Little Miss Risk and human tackle box, Russ Foxx.

Need a little XTREME HORROR in your life? The Twisted Twins are here to give you your fix! From the Indie film makers who brought you "Dead Hooker in a Trunk" and their recent feature "American Mary" getting notice at international festivals like Cannes. The Rio has invited the Twisted Twins to hand pick their favorite horror films once a month to quench your blood lust. http://www.facebook.com/pages/tWIStED-tWINS-PRODUCtIONS/122032761355

The Suicide Club, is the Twins top pick, known in Japan as Suicide Circle (自殺サークル Jisatsu Sākuru?) is a 2002 Japanese independent horror film that gained a considerable amount of notoriety in film festivals around the world for its controversial subject matter and gory presentation, and has since developed a significant cult following. It won the Jury Prize for "Most Ground-Breaking Film" at the Fantasia Film Festival. The movie was written and directed by Sion Sono. It deals with a wave of seemingly unconnected suicides that strikes Japan and the efforts of the police to determine the reasons behind the strange behavior.


See you there!! Visit our FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE for details!!

Fatally Yours,
Jen and Sylv

Para Nuestros Amigos españoles, Que Adoramos

Now, for my English speaking friends, the above proclaims, "For Our Spanish Friends, Who We Love".

We live in a small world. With the outstanding advancements and achievements in technology, we can communicate and share with countries and people who are far, far away. People we may have never met and places we have never been. It's a good time to be alive.

From the onset of our journey with our debut feature, DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK, we had two great ambitions. One was to make a film that was pure enjoyment for our audiences and the other was to share the film with as many people as possible. We never wanted to merely be released in the USA, though we do adore our American cousins. We wanted world domination. We wanted to see DHIAT dubbed in every language (or at very least with subtitles) so that everyone everywhere could enjoy our demented little film.

I've not had the chance to travel to Spain yet, but I must admit that I do have a deeply seeded love for it. It all started with Robert Rodriguez and a Mariachi once upon a time in Mexico...


Spain is not only the birth place of my beloved Desperado, but where the sensational horror film REC came from. If you haven't seen it, go do that. Not the American, remake, snooze fest, but the real deal.

Let's just say it starts here....

...and ends up here with some truly outstanding, horrendous, WTF events happening in the middle.

It's a beautiful example of why we really should pay attention to international cinema.

Now, it gives me so much happiness to get the opportunity to be able to extend our reach and talk to people all across the world. We recently had the esteemed pleasure of speaking with José Miguel Rodríguez of Dioses Y Monstruos. Never heard of it? Probably because you don't speak Spanish. Neither do we, but like hell that's gonna stop us. And it really shouldn't stop you. You can even translate the text to English at the top of the site. I wish I knew how far we'd come technologically when my 10th Grade French teacher would catch me drawing phoenixes fighting dragons in her classes.... *le sigh*

The resulting interview in downright epic. Divided into two parts (Part ONE and Part TWO), we spoke in great depth about horror, what has drawn us to the genre, and why we love it so much. But that's not all. We speak about censorship, international cinema, American Mary, Dead Hooker In A Trunk, illegal downloads, our futures, and the future of film and entertainment itself. And to think that a little language barrier could stand in the way. Pfft. Translate and enjoy.

You can find PART ONE of our interview here.

You can find PART TWO right here.

And don't let a little thing like I-don't-speak-Spanish stand in your way of enjoying international cinema. That's what subtitles are for.

Please enjoy Dioses Y Monstruos. It's bloody brilliant.

Bloody Best!
Jen

Twisted Twins Exclusive Interview with Stiff Magazine

STIFF MAGAZINE is a thing of beauty.

That's right, boys and grrls, drink in the awesome.

My friends, STIFF MAGAZINE is wicked awesome. Here's their story...

STIFF MAGAZINE (commonly referred to simply as "StiffMag") is a quarterly horror-themed, alternative culture, modeling and entertainment magazine based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Birthed from the original Graveyard Girls modeling website, and in only its second year of print publication, Stiff Magazine is already internationally distributed throughout 5 continents in both print and digital editions.

Each issue features modeling spreads from their signature Graveyard Girls, features and reviews on films ranging from box-office hits, to underground indie releases, to looks back at retro/classics you may have forgotten about. Each issue also features technology and video game product reviews, music and literary reviews, exclusive interviews and much, much more.

And this quarterly issue has something especially wicked awesome inside...

...an exclusive interview with us Twisted Twins by the outstanding Andrea Albin, a woman truly after our own hearts. And if that's not enough, there's also an exclusive with our favorite badass, Eli Roth. Yes, the man himself and you know you want to hear what he's go tot say. Don't miss out. It is fucking awesome.

You can hit up the official STIFF MAGAZINE SITE right here and you can GET YOURSELF A COPY right here.

We love you, Andrea. Cannot wait to chat again and to meet in the flesh.

Now go grab yourselves a copy! XD

XO,
Jen

Frederic Courtin is Wicked Awesome

Frederic Courtin is a dear and wonderful friend of ours. He has long been a supporter of our work and when we announced that we want a piece of the Addams Family, he was right behind us, believing in our ambitious dream.

Today, he treated us to this very thoughtful video. It made our day. Please enjoy.

And thank you, Frederic, for being so good to us.



Bloody Best!
Jen

Bob Freville Spends Quality Time with our Dead Hooker In A Trunk

What is Kotori magazine? In a word, awesome. In two? Fucking awesome.

If you treat yourselves to a little browse of their official site, they'll tell you they are "where the future of music, art and politics collide to define a new and necessary progressive culture." This is also true and far more eloquently put than my summery. And they're exceptionally good, too. In every definition of the word. Kotori is dedicated to providing its readers with insight into an emerging culture defined by progress towards a globally cooperative and environmentally sound way of life.

Bob Freville is the associate editor at Kotori and is no stranger to wicked awesomeness, in fact, the combination of the two seems to have been an inevitability. Bob was kind enough to cozy up to our DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK and give us his thoughtful insight. He has a wonderful writing style that simply pulls you in and makes you feel as though you're in the company of a good friend.

And a damn good one at that...

"It's a seldom thing to be promised something great and get exactly that. How many times has somebody recommended an album or a movie to you, and when you bring it home you're so sorely underwhelmed that you feel like pissing on the "art" and shitting on the person who raved about it? But Jen & Sylvia Soska's Dead Hooker in a Trunk is one of those infrequent articles of awesomeness that not only doesn't disappoint or piss you off, but fills you to drowning point with piss and vinegar and glee! This is a flick that's as bad ass as its title would suggest!"

As you may guess from that delicious snippet, Bob peered into our proverbial trunk and liked what he saw. We simply adored his article and highly recommend you start your day off with a piping hot cup of rad.

Check out the FULL DELECTABLE REVIEW HERE.

A very special thanks to Bob Freville for taking the time to watch our DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK and all the kick ass Kotorians.

Bloody Best!
Jen

American Mary Poster

The amazing artwork of the incredibly talented CJ Wallis. Here is our AMERICAN MARY , Katharine Isabelle.

Please enjoy.

~Jen

New Interview on Fangirltastic, Hear Us Roar~!!

"From damsels in distress to bad-ass: the changing personae of women throughout slasher films is about to be changed by the Soskas." ~ Corrinne Brownhill, Fangirltastic

The above quote fills us with indescribable pride and happiness. I'm sure it'll make my mom feel the same way. Heck, even my dad, for as we all know, feminists come in all forms, all ages, and both genders. We're far from your stereotypical feminists. One theme we keep prevalent in our work is the presence of strong female characters. Many people have discussed DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK's Badass as the future of females in horror. From the helpless victims of the past to the virgin heroines of the 70's, our present and most likely our future has seen a new breed of women rise up in the horror industry, the femme fatale. And it's about fucking time.


We had the opportunity to chat with the very talented Corrinne Brownhill about the history of women in horror, the future, and our work.

You can read the FULL ARTICLE HERE.

With strong women like Mary Harron, Kathryn Bigelow, Katharine Hepburn and Sigourney Weaver paving the way and characters like Ripley (Alien), Alice (Resident Evil), Ginger (Ginger Snaps), Regan (The Exorcist), and "She" played by Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist) leading us into the future, I'm excited to see what lies ahead.

And in closing, one of my favorite lines ever uttered...

"You make it so easy, don't you? Always waiting for some Batman to save you. I am Catwoman, hear me roar."

XO,
Jen

A Walk on the Wildside with Twisted Twins

Recently we had the absolute pleasure of speaking with Wildside Cinema. It is always a great pleasure to be asked things for the very first time. It was fun, thoughtful, thought provoking, and very in depth asking everything from "Why a Dead Hooker?" to "If I could ask you one patently offensive and sexist question meant to denigrate you and belittle your hard work, what would it be?" We can't even begin to say how much we appreciate the time and thought that was put into the questions. The result is an interview that cannot be missed.

Here's a little aperitif...

WC: Certain parts of the horror genre, namely the whole “Scream Queen” label, seems to have been hijacked and assimilated for mainstream commercial consumption. Even the indie world is exploiting it. How do you feel about the whole overblown “Scream Queen” trend? And what do you feel qualifies one to be a “Scream Queen?”

JS: There’s something very sexy about the image of a “Scream Queen”. People love to be scared and there’s a good reason for that. When you’re afraid, your body does the same things it does as when you’re turned on. Adrenalin is pumped into the blood stream, breathing becomes more rapid, and pupils dilate. And we all know sex sells. It’s a no-brainer that Hollywood would latch onto the “Scream Queen” label. What better way to present a sexed up image of horror to the masses and get them to perk up and pay attention?

SS: Scream Queen nowadays is synonymous with some hot chick who dies in a movie. It used to mean someone like Jaime Lee Curtis was in Halloween – that powerful female force that somehow always survives the murder rampage and kills the crazy motherfucker. I want it to become like that again. I think the genre is over saturated with these fluff-piece horror films with no thought or imagination. We need a Freddy or Pinhead to mix shit up again. No more remakes, just honest to goodness sweet original nightmares to thrill people at the theaters.

For the main course, check out the FULL WILDSIDE CINEMA INTERVIEW HERE. After all, you deserve your break today ;)

Excelsior~!!
Jen

RUNNING AND SCREAMING

I remember once, when we were younger, our mom took us to go see 'The House on Haunted Hill'. I love seeing movies in the theaters. When the lights go dark and the music gets loud, anything can happen. You never know if you're going to see something that leaves a mark on you.

There was another similar movie out at the same time (both were remakes of the still creepy today, 1959 House on Haunted Hill) called 'The Haunting' and it was pretty dull. Too many obvious effects, predictable story, you all know what a bad horror is like.

Well, maybe that's the movie the girls' birthday party that sat two rows ahead of us had meant to see because they really made this trip to the theater memorable.

So, the lights go out, the trailers play, the movie starts. It begins with a flashback to the old insane asylum that the 'house' was originally used as. Doctors are operating on patients without anesthesia, experimental surgeries that birth evil in horror stories, the crazies seem to be especially excitable tonight. A man in an office is sharpening pencils. There is a birthday party of about twelve girls sitting in front of us. They are giggling and talking. Their moms are also chatting.

Jen and I both know that shit is about to go down. Those crazies are just a little extra crazy tonight. They start to break free. A patient grabs the pile of newly sharpened pencils and uses them to stab a man through the throat. Screams.



CHECK THE 4:52 MARK ;)

One girl starts screaming, they all start screaming. Some get up and run out of the theater. The head mom stands and starts acting like a traffic director, she motions for the rest of the girls to run out of the theater with a scared chant of, 'Go, go, go, go, go!'

My sister, my mom, and I all exchange looks and giggles. We love horror movies. Jen and I grew up on them. Sometimes, you get lucky, and get to witness people actually getting scared at one of them. The rest of the film was pretty rad, a CG monster towards the end soured it for me, but overall it was a cool flick. I heard that during the throat slit scene of 'Interview With The Vampire' that many people walked out of the theater.

I haven't witnessed a walkout/ runout in a long time but it just adds to the charm of horror. Sure, people might walk out of a truly crap movie. But only horror makes them run out screaming.

Jen and I are writing a new project. It's coming together quickly. My mind is wandering to all sorts of happy horror memories and I felt like sharing. Thanks for reading, boys and girls.

Talk soon,

xo
Sylv

Weapon Chic with Gory Hole Tees

Best t-shirts ever. No grrl should be without one. Get yours HERE.

XO,
Jen

Ax Wound Zine is here!

The newest issue of the fabulous feminist horror zine, Ax Wound, produced by the talented and witty Hannah Neurotica, is now available! Back issues of the zine are also available. For those of you that have never heard about Ax Wound zine before, should check it out, it's rad. Utterly rad.



Ax Wound is the derogatory for a menstruating vagina. How fucking perfect is that for a feminist horror zine? Check the site here. Check Hannah here.



What's in this zine? Well, there's a rad interview with Eli Roth where he talks about the Twisted Twins, which led to an interview with twins for the same issue. It was also how Harry Met Sally, how the Twins Met Hannah. The woman who started Women In Horror month. She's really smart and she makes you love horror even more! You can order the newest Ax Wound here.

Thank you, boys and girls.

xo
~Sylv

Coming Soon...

A brilliant new project is in the works from your Twisted Twins and fellow film maker extraordinaire and visionary, Adam Wojtowicz. It'll be a project like none other. Stay tuned, girls and boys. You don't wanna miss this one!

xo,
Your Twisted Twins