Tyler Doupe Talks to the Twisted Twins

"An interview with the Twisted Twins regarding their latest feature American Mary as well as upcoming projects."

-Sylv

Brand New Haunted After Dark Chalk Full Of Awesome!!

The very fucking best digital Zine to ever grace the face of existence? Oh, that’s an easy one. It’s HAUNTED: AFTER DARK!! Now the stunning issue #2 is available and it’s sexy as hell.

Special features you can’t miss including an in depth interview with one of our favorite directors, Alex Chandon, as he chats about his new darkly comedic nightmare, INBRED, a gore~geous look at THE PROFANE EXHIBIT with an interview with the twisted David Bond, a look at the coolest and darkest infamous club, CLUB ANTICHRIST, and a recounting of our journey at Comic Con EXCLUSIVE to HAUNTED: AFTER DARK, plus much much more!

Hook yourselves up with a steaming hot pile of awesome right here: http://www.hauntedafterdark.com/

-Sylv

Twisted Twins Deadpool Hunting at SDCC

                

This is when Jen and I were Deadpool hunting and hit the jackpot (tiger). Official Deadpool. Swoon. We pounce on him at 0:43. Good times.

-Sylv

Indulgently Twisted Interview

 "Indulgently Horrific had the chance to meet the next force in horror, the Soska Twins (a.k.a the Twisted Twins), at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con during the panel of the upcoming movie “American Mary”. Jen and Sylvia Soska wrote, produced and directed the film. American Mary is a Canadian horror film that tells the story of a medical student named Mary Mason, played by Katharine Isabelle, who descends into the madness of the underground surgery world.  

“American Mary” will be previewed on August 27, 2012 at London’s FILM4 Fright Fest."

You can tell when someone has a passion for what they do - Rakkan of Indulgently Horrific is a professional of that ilk which made the interview with him very in depth, interesting, and an absolute pleasure for my twinnie and me.

Want to know what a typical day on set was like? Get two twin-first accounts on the Mary mayhem we were getting up to with our fantastic team. Best people in the industry, so if you're planning to film in Vancouver - these are the people that should be making up your team. Double mint sibling rivalry - does it exist and how do we keep from killing one another? Um, well... What kind of negative response do we get? Some of the words are censored, but I think you'll get a good idea and a laugh too.

You have received a lot of praise for your work, but nothing is immune to criticism. Could you share some of the harshest criticisms you have received throughout your career?  

Sylvia: We get called stupid ugly talentless whores and variations thereof a fair bit. At first, it bothered me, more so because I didn’t want my family to see people talking about me like that. I’ve developed a thick skin and those comments don’t even register to me now. Sometimes when I’m feeling playful, I message them back and say that I hope that they like the next film better. What did offend me was a slew of a comments on what an unintelligent s*** I am followed by a statement that I ‘probably don’t even know who Dario Argento is’. That pissed me off. Dario Argento’s use of colour in his lighting for his films was a huge inspiration in AMERICAN MARY. I understand someone not liking a film, we’ve gotten people calling DEAD HOOKER a masterpiece and people saying that it is the worst film they have ever seen in their lives, but to suggest that I am not a horror fan offends me on a personal level. Whether I’m a terrible filmmaker is always going to be up for discussion as long as Jen and I are making films, but my being a horror fan should not.  

Jen: I hate how it always comes down to our looks. More often than not we are called stupid s**** or c**** and get told the only reason we’re here is because men work with us because they fancy us. They don’t care about our work or what we’ve sacrificed to get to where we are. There are women out there who imply that we somehow have it easier because of the way we look. It’s shitty because we try to make good work for many reasons, one of them being that if good work comes from female artists it makes it easier for others to follow, but then you have women who just hate you for all your successes. The more success we see, the fewer supporters we have. They tell you real life isn’t like high-school, but it is. It really is. If a woman is strong and confident and stands her ground, she’s a b****. If a man does, he’s just being a man. Women seemed to be called b*****, s****, or c****. That’s the hat trick of female insults. 

We have taken a lot of abuse for being women, presenting ourselves the way we do, and for our age. I’ve been told that I should dress more like Penny Marshall if I want people to respect me. That I should intentionally dress down, but I’ll never change the way I am and the way I look to gain the respect of sexist douchebags. It would be degrading to change who I am to fit into what other people want me to be. I dress and act the way I do anywhere and everywhere I go. I don’t dress up a certain way for set. I go like that to the corner store.

Read the whole fucking rad piece here. Thank you to Rakkan and Indulgently Horrific for taking the time to come to our panel at SDCC 2012 and chatting to us!

Thank you to you, lady or gentlemen, for checking out the article. AMERICAN MARY is a'coming - cannot wait to unleash her on you guys.

-Sylv

SDCC 2012: Meeting Larry Thomas

The 90s had a decade definitive show that was SEINFELD. Those catch phrases and crazy situations were hugely popular in many households, including my own. It was great to meet the Soup Nazi himself, the wonderful and kind Larry Thomas at Comic Con and nerd out about soaps.

-Sylv

SDCC 2012: Meeting Lloyd Kaufman

We got to meet the king of Troma, the sensational Lloyd Kaufman - the man behind THE TOXIC AVENGER and the indie filmmaker essential 'Make Your Own Damn Movie' Series. We got our book personalized and got to fangirl on Lloyd on his 38th Anniversary. It was all forms of rad.

-Sylv

SDCC 2012: Meeting Sean Astin

Total dorky fangirls here, but we were completely unprepared to turn a corner and see Samwise Gamgee, the completely awesome, Sean Astin, just chilling there.

It was a big win because there was no way in hell that I was getting into Hall H for THE HOBBIT panel and I didn't win the draw for the autograph signing. He was my favorite in the films which my dad is like the biggest fan of. Also, our dad is rad.

-Sylv

SDCC 2012: FEARnet Interview with Sara Castillo

This is the full BTS interview about AMERICAN MARY with Sara Castillo of FEARnet. Check her wicked piece at www.fearnet.com/news/interviews/sd-comic-con-2012---soska-sisters-interview.

-Sylv

SDCC 2012: The Punisher Just Kissed Me

You can meet everyone at the con, so I sort of lost my fangirl mind when I ran into my favorite Punisher, Tom Jane, at his RAW Studios booth. Check out his Punisher fan vid - Dirty Laundry. Fucking brilliant.

-Sylv

SDCC 2012: Jen is a Lush

Post Deadpool game announcement drop. After a day of hunting Deadpools, we meet the real deal and react in full Canadian patriotism.

-Sylv