Goodbye, Blogger, Rest Your Weary Head Sweet Prince...

Hello, beloved boys and grrls...

Since we started out in our ventures of filmmaking, we've utilized social media and online video and blog sites to keep you abreast (giggity) of all of our exploits. From film news to behind the scenes goodies, from rants to raves, beginnings and ends, Blogger has been the first avenue we embraced to connect with you all. It started at DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK and has continued to grow as we have.

Blogger has seen us travel the world. It's seen us at our best. It's been there at our lowest. We've shared laughs and tears and memories that we'll never lose and always have just a library scroll away. But as our lives have changed, so has the world around us. New avenues have opened up for us to connect with you all. We now have so many ways to connect, many very VERY user friendly and so simple even at my most intoxicated can I regale you with every thought that enters into my mind and our long running quest for total and utter world domination beginning with the beautiful nation of Canada.

It is with a heavy heart that we now end our Blogger journey together. As our lives have changed, our time is more limited and we need to prioritize our methods of communication. We will always have our history together, but we will no longer be updating our Blogger. It will now take its well earned place in Valhalla as an archive of our journey from ambitious youngsters who wanted to kick the film world in the balls to the forces of nature we've evolved to today. None of which would have been possible without the love and support of you all and our methods of reaching you all.

Goodnight, sweet Prince. At long last, your work here is done.

You will be able to follow us and all that is to come for us on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, TUMBLR, INSTAGRAM, FLICKR, and YOUTUBE.

Thank you to all of you for being here with as throughout all and a very special welcome to those of you just coming into our lives and everyone in between. Thank you from the very bottoms of our Twisted little hearts....

Fatally Yours,
Jen and Sylv

American Mary, ja?

"Look who made it into the new issue of Redrum - Das Filmmagazin again 
The article is about the meanest girls in movie history. Our beloved Mary is just next to Annie Wilkes and Pamela Voorhees  

I hope someday I can put an article about you two inside the magazine, that would be awesome!

Greetings from Berlin, Germany!" - Christopher Reuter

Would love it!!!!

-Sylv

Get All The Tracks from American Mary to Treat your Ears to Rad!

Love the American Mary OST? There is no official soundtrack release - but you can still get all the music HERE!!

The link will bring you to every track and make it possible for you to make your own playlist. Thank you for listening and please support these fantastic artists.

-Sylv

One Room With a View Sees American Mary

"Aside from American Mary‘s already numerous merits, the paradoxically engrossing motley of Brian Pearson’s elegant cinematography consistently permeates the screen. Slow, languid movements are in perfect contrast with Mary‘s exploitative and visceral subject matter. Composer Peter Allan works in skillful synchronicity with Pearson’s muted intonations, resulting in an extremely accomplished and immersive space, upon which the Soskas emblazon their antithetically reticent impressions of a sub-culture known for its innate shock-value.

Consequently, American Mary occupies an innate sense of intimacy, that intuitively renegotiates the role of sub-culture within a scheme that customarily elicits systems of difference in an effort to evoke feeling. The pervasive use of tactical alienation that runs throughout the morbidly orthodox heraldry of horror surgeons, has been freely altered by the Soska’s tactful sensitivity. Lastly, the Twisted Twins have initiated a much desired re-calibration of the ostensibly overworked philosophies of conventional horror, once again demonstrating the conducive influence of cult cinema."

Read the whole article here!

-Sylv

Seeing XX's

I love this.

"Every time I see this image, the concept of foreshadowing comes to mind. The Soska twins have worked so hard and you can tell they are such hard working women in the industry. They give so much of themselves to their fans, friends and loved ones, its humbling and inspiring. Most people, the minute they get any notoriety lose their sense connectivity to where they came from.
So, here, we see a shot of Mary, struggling, covered in blood and in the background, we see her attacker… but what really catches my eye now is the “X X on the doors to Mary’s new place.

As some of you may know, Jen and Sylvia Soska are now working on a film, specifically an all-female horror anthology titled XX. Itwill feature segments directed by female filmmakers.

The director roster includes JENNIFER LYNCH, known for Boxing Helena, Chained, Surveillance), MARY HARRON ( American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page) and of course, JENNIFER SYLVIA SOSKA (Dead Hooker in a Trunk, American Mary, See No Evil 2) among many other great female filmmakers.

If you know anything about me, you know that I am a strong proponent of strong, intelligent, and creative women. I do consider myself a feminist, specifically speaking, a third wave feminist. Therefore, to see that something like this is coming together is just not only awe-inspiring but also quite touching. I have always been an advocate for strong female leads, whether it’s in film or in t.v shows (I grew up watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer) or in bands (Evanescence, Lacuna Coil, The Veronicas etc) and I am the first person to root for “girl power.”

As a side note, just because a woman embraces her sexuality, dresses sexy and feels sexy, does not take away from her intelligence, wittiness, creativity and humbleness. A woman can be sexy, and humble!!! I can’t tell you how many times, I walk into a room, a meeting and can just tell the judgement on some people’s faces." ~Sandra Struzik

-Sylv 

Master Gio Awards American Mary with the Top Spot

"1. American Mary- What more can I say about a film, I have savagely worshiped since I first saw it two years ago? The absolute best movie of the year is one of the very best horror films in ages. A true modern classic from the modern masters of the genre, the Twisted Twins: Jen and Sylvia Soska!"

Read the whole killer list HERE!

-Sylv

AMERICAN MARY win Horror Central's Fan's Choice Best of 2013

"Katherine Isabelle was absolutely born for the role of “Bloody Mary”, and her performance in this feature is nothing short of hypnotizing. There is no denying that the actress delivers a once in a lifetime performance, making the character believable, terrifying, and sympathetic all in the same frame; and all with elegant and flawless variations of simple facial expressions and features. If Dead Hooker in a Trunk was an experiment, then American Mary is the hypothesis. Jen and Sylvia Soska (AKA The Twisted Twins) set a new standard in independent horror filmmaking, and judging by the amazing leap between their first and second films, this community is nothing short of lucky to have both of them gracing the screen with their horrifying visions."

A huge thank you to Horror Central and all the fans that voted for choosing AMERICAN MARY as one of your favorite films of 2013. To have the fans have voted and chosen means the world to us. Thank you so very much. This is awesome.

Check it out here: http://horrorcentralofficial.weebly.com/fans-choice-2013.html

-Jen

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards of 2013!!

HUGE news today, boys and grrls! TWO major nominations for two spectacular women from Fangoria today, Katharine Isabelle for Best Actress and Tristan Risk for Best Supporting Actress in American Mary! 

Please vote as both these ladies deserve it in spades. And thank you so much to FANGORIA for nominating these ladies 

Vote HERE!!

-Sylv

American Mary Wins Horror Central's Fan's Choice Best Screenplay

Best Screenplay! Thank you so kindly Horror Central. And huge congrats to Truth or Dare for Best Film.

Check all the winners HERE.

-Sylv

Mary & Billy Fan Video

           

So, this happened. An astoundingly beautiful fan made pairing video for American Mary and Mary and Billy's relationship. Just beautifully done and cut together by the very talented Bobby McGriffin. Please enjoy. I know we did.

-Sylv

Killer American Mary Replication Shoot

Holy shit - complete dead ringer for Mary. This is just killer gorgeous.

David Love Photography 12/8/2013 American Mary / Veron

-Sylv

Twisted Twins are coming to Chicago for Flashback Weekend!

Hells yes!! Jen and I are coming back to Chicago. See your beautiful faces there!!

"The Soska sisters will appear at the Flashback Weekend Chicago Horror Convention August 8-10, 2014. The "Twisted Twins" Jen & Sylvia Soska created “AMERICAN MARY” (one of the best horror movies of 2013), as well as their wildly popular debut feature DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK. The Soska Sisters will be joining Horror legends Robert Englund, Lance Henriksen, “AMERICAN MARY” star Katharine Isabelle and many more celebrity guests. Visit flashbackweekend.com for updates."

-Sylv

WiH Charity Event With American Mary Screening!

Great event! And great cause! Texans, come out and support with your friends!

-Sylv

Stunning American Mary Fan Video!

             

Cool American Mary fan video by Bloodanna13!

-Sylv

Search My Trash Talks to the Twisted Twins

"See No Evil 2 stars wrestler Kane - so what was it like working with him, and are you into wrestling in your private lives? 

Sylvia: Here's the funny thing. Jen and I started watching WWF when Kane's character was just being set up for anintroduction. It was a heated rivalry between Jen and me because she is a diehard Undertaker fan and I was pretty in love with the Heartbreak Kid and they were feuding. I will never forget Shawn Michaels getting his ass handed to him and then in comes Paul Bearer with Kane - that must be KANE!!! - at Hell in a Cell. We were so nervous to meet Glenn. We are fan directors and it's how we approach our work - what do we, the audience, want to see happen. I will say I was a hug fan of Kane when we got this project, now I am an even bigger fan of Glenn Jacobs. I learned so much from working with him, the film was important and he brought the calibre to an entirely different level, and he was cool enough to even show me some wrestling moves. So, be afraid, I have minor wrestling skills from Kane. I'm a force to be reckoned with now!

Jen: We LOVE it! Admittedly we don't get much down time doing what we do and we rarely watch TV. I can now tell you that we've gotten back into watching Monday Night RAW, 3 hours of WWE bliss, and let me tell you, it's only gotten better. It was like coming home after being away for so long. At some point in everyone's life, they have been a WWE fan and let me tell you, that never goes away. We are all WWE fans and if you haven't treated yourself to a watch for a while, it's time to come back. It was absolutely incredible working with Glenn. Let me tell you, going in, I was a Kane fan. Coming out, I was and am a Glenn Jacobs fan."

Read the whole interview here!

-Sylv

Picking Brains Talks to Katharine Isabelle

"Her latest starring role in ‘American Mary’ really provides a showcase for her immense talent. I urge you to go and see ‘American Mary’ it is one of the best horror films to come out in the past few years. I only had 10 minutes with Katharine but it was put to good use as we discuss her roles of Ginger, Mary, her experiences on ‘Freddy V.S. Jason’ and her views on on-screen nudity."

Here it all HERE!

-Sylv

Rad American Mary Art

Beautiful American Mary artwork by David Biron - so fucking gorgeous!

-Sylv

Cool Custom American Mary Gifts

Samantha Duncan got a killer giftie from someone who is utterly rad! Love this!!

-Sylv

Bloody Brilliant Makeup

Beautiful American Mary makeup by one of my favourite artists, Fotini Karakostas. This girl rocks at glam and gore.

-Sylv

American Mary Infographic

This is just fucking cool!

"Lost Highway Hotel@losthiwayhotelI made an #AmericanMary infographic. SPOILERS! @twisted_twins pic.twitter.com/wcrlV1Ok9d"

-Sylv