Fake Shemp Talks to the Twisted Twins

What was your favourite film or television show as a child? 

Sylvia: DESPERADO, we would watch that non-stop, over and over again. I wanted to be El, then I grew up, I still want to be El. We watched Darkwing Duck, Beetlejuice, She-Ra, Gem, X-Men - you know, the usual suspects for kids that turn out like us.

Jen: ha ha, obviously we watched all the same shows. There were some films we watched a gratuitous amount of times. PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, GHOSTBUSTERS, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT, SCROOGED... oh! And LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS! If it was scary it didn't matter. Our parents talked to us about what we watched and watched with us. More parents really ought to these days.

Were you raised on genre films or was it a self discovery? 

Sylvia: Raised. Watching horror movies with my mom was a really special part of growing up. We always had an interest in it, so my mom encouraged us and would watch the films with us. If we had questions, we would talk about what we were watching. She was smart, she has a rule that if we read the book then we could watch the movie, which lead us to reading Stephen King novels in elementary school.

Jen: Very much raised. Our mum loved horror, so we inherited the horror loving gene. Genre films are just so cool. I fell in love with DESPERADO and how fucking cool it was before I even really got what made it so awesome.

READ THE WHOLE INTERVIEW HERE!

-Sylv

Anthony Maguire Has Got Sketching Skills

Fucking awesome pic by Anthony Maguire on Instagram of Jen and me as DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK's Geek and Badass.

 -Sylv

American Mary on Yekra

"Happy 4th, everyone! What's more American than hot chicks, body modification, and the word American? Stream American Mary - winner of 5 Screamfest Horror Film Festival awards, including best film, director, and actress - via YEKRA tomorrow at your BBQs, and see which of your friends throw up the most hot dogs. Watch the trailer now HERE."

-Sylv

Plenty of Horror Talks to the Twisted Twins

Plenty Of Horror- What attracted you to horror initially? 

S: I can't remember ever not being attracted to it. We were drawn to things that others weren't. I remember playing with spiders my whole life. Once as a child at a BBQ, I showed a nice garden spider that I was playing with to family friends and I could see the horror on their faces. They ran off and screamed. I didn't understand why that happened, but it fascinated me. What frightens people still fascinates me.

J: I don't remember a time not being into horror. It just kind of chose us. Our parents always encouraged our interests and they just leaned towards horror. Our mum had and still has this massive collection of Stephen King novels. She was very clever in the way she allowed us to read them. She said if we read the novel, we could watch the film. This jump started our reading in a life changing way. In Elementary School, we'd sit there and read with our King novels and dictionaries and thesauruses. We were reading at a highschool level fast. I blame my mum and mister King for our sense of humor as well. I feel that good horror has to have elements of comedy to them. If you can't laugh at something awful, you're going to have a very hard time in life.

Read the whole interview here!

-Sylv

San Diego Comic Con Panel

HEYYY~!! Are you going to San Diego Comic Con? Then you don't want to miss this: 

"Warp Comics It's the 30th Anniversary of First Comics's inaugural comic book, Warp, and artist Frank Brunner is on hand to present an all-new 30th anniversary edition. Other First Comics creators are here to tell you how they will once again be rocking your world with comics entertainment from the cutting edge. Panelists include Ken F. Levin (Wanted, The Boys, First Comics co-founder and director), the Fillbach Brothers (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Steve Stern and Dan Cote (Zen the Intergalactic Ninja), film directors Sylvia and Jen Soska, Larry Young (Astronauts in Trouble), and Omaha Perez (The Drude).  

Thursday July 18, 2013 5:00pm - 6:00pm Room 23ABC"

Also, Comic Con darlings, Jen and I will also have a panel on Thursday July 18, 2013 7:00pm - 8:00pm in room 5AB for the Horror on the Panelled Page Panel. Hope to see you there!

-Sylv

Twisted Twins DVD Forum Interview

DVD-Forum.at: "American Mary" is your second movie and the first one to be distributed worldwide and shown in the US-theatres - did you ever expect such a successful launch?

Sylvia: I feel really lucky to have had such a tremendous amount of support with the new film. We had a limited theatrical with HOOKER, so theatrical was always a goal with MARY. The only reason why the film has gotten to where it is is because of the people who have stood by the film from the teams that allowed it to be the film we set out to make and the people around the world that have watched it, shared their thoughts on it, and gotten the word out. A film is only successful if people watch it and this release is allowing just that. It's an honor for us as filmmakers to have this opportunity.

Jen: I had nothing but faith in the response from the fans. I knew they'd "get it", but their out pour of support has us floored. The tattoos, the cosplaying, the fan art, the tribute videos, the photos, the screenings they've held, the girls who have cut their hair to look like Mary... it's just so much more than we could have even dreamed for. Our fans are just the best people in the planet. They're just better than everyone else. I love them so much. They're the reason we do what we do and they're the reason we get to keep doing what we do.

READ THE FULL INTERVIEW BELOW

http://www.dvd-forum.at/news-details/35768-interview-an-interview-with-the-twisted-twins-about-american-mary-female-filmmakers-and-their-next-projects

American Mary Unboxed, Watched, & Reviewed

MASSIVE SPOILERS. That said, I'm cutting back on flooding y'all with MARY, especially since we're back on set for something fucking fantastic in a few weeks which I want to flood your walls with, but if you've seen the film, check this review because it's hilarious and brilliant.

"In the season 2 finale of Unboxed Watched and Reviewed I watch the very anticipated American Mary, The new movie by the Soska twins. (Dead Hooker in a Trunk)"

-Sylv