American Mary in the Canberra Times

"The Soska Sisters, Jen and Sylvia, didn't conform to any kind of horror stereotype. For a pair who write, direct and produce horror movies, the 29-year-old Canadian twins were cheerful, chatty and bubbly, answering questions simultaneously and finishing each other's sentences, and saying hello and goodbye with warm embraces. 

Not, perhaps, the sort of behaviour expected from the creators of Dead Hooker in a Trunk and their second movie, American Mary. The latter is screening as part of the Canberra International Film Festival tonight."

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/entertainment/movies/bubbly-sisters-dont-scare-easy--but-their-films-do-20121106-28vz9.html#ixzz2BTdTYAdV

-Sylv

American Mary Gets Her Australian Premiere Tonight at the Canberra International Film Festival

American Mary has her AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE TONIGHT at the Canberra International Film Festival. Come out, meet Jen and me, and be one of the first Australians to see American Mary.

"Stylish, wicked, and darkly funny – this horror film sees a young medical student looking for answers in the bizarre world of underground surgery. 

After their break-out hit Dead Hooker in a Trunk, twin sisters Jen and Sylvia Soskia follow up with a dark tale of a young woman who immerses herself 

in the strange world of body modification. Broke but determined to find a way to continue her education at medical school, Mary (Katharine Isabelle) discovers a world where surgeons can make good money as long as no questions are asked. But this bizarre world is full of both strangely warm characters who need a little help, and those with other ideas about what Mary should be doing in her spare time. Fascinating, disturbing and with a highly sophisticated visual aesthetic, American Mary promises to be a game-changing film in the genre."

Click HERE for additional details on the film and tickets for tonight's screening!

It is an honour for Jen and me to be here for this very momentous screening, looking very forward to meeting you all, and our sincerest thanks for supporting a unique film like AMERICAN MARY.

-Sylv

Perth, Are You Ready?

Word on the Canadian streets is that Perth is a pretty fucking wicked awesome city. So we are beyond thrilled that Monster Pictures is not only bringing AMERICAN MARY to the fine people of Perth, but also bringing Jen and I so we can be there for all the necessary unnecessary surgical fun.

           

Like horror? Like having a rad time? Us too. Hope to see all your pretty faces at MONSTER FEST were you'll get to meet our Bloody Mary.

-Sylv

Are You Ready, Australia?

Are you ready, Australia? Jen and I cannot fucking wait for American Mary to come to Monster Fest!!!! You better grow another liver - because this is going to be the party of a lifetime. 

         

Thank you Monster Pictures Australia for continuing to support Twisted Twin artistic insanity!!

-Sylv

Sexy LabCoat-Inspired Enigma Arcana Frocks for MonsterFest

New labcoatdressies made by the ridiculously talented Enigma Arcana for our Monster Fest Australian Premiere Screening of American Mary. It's going to be a hell of a screening, plus you really ought to see these beautiful dresses in real life.

-Sylv

AMERICAN MARY premieres in Australia at MONSTER FEST!!!

  

MONSTER FEST is not your normal film festival. It is “gore~geousness and gore~gosity made flesh” – a genre love-in for drooling cinema fiends with a fetish for the fantastic.

What started in November 2011 as the Fantastic Asia Film Festival (FAFF) has miraculously transformed into this larger, more imposing, more aggressive beast called MONSTER FEST. The opportunity to open up FAFF into a monster-sized celebration of genre cinema in all its gruesome glory was just too good an opportunity to miss.

Horror, fantasy, science-fiction, action and erotica from every corner of the globe – premiere screenings, special guests, master-classes, parties, events, short filmmaking competitions and much more… MONSTER FEST proudly pits itself as the ultimate celebration of all that is weird & wonderful in the international cult cinema palette.

Beginning on Halloween night 2012, MONSTER FEST is a partnership between Melbourne’s iconic Cinema Nova and Monster Pictures, Australia’s most notorious film distributor.

Get ready, cine~maniacs... MONSTER FEST will light up the city with thrills, spills and chills the likes of which have rarely been seen in Melbourne cinemas ever before...

MONSTER FEST 2012 – Miss it if you’re DEAD!!

                   

Not only is this festival FUCKING EPIC all on its own, shit just got real.

SYLV AND I WILL BE THERE!! For the FIRST TIME EVER in AUSTRALIA!! Live and in person and ready to drink with you and  hand out hugs.

                   

And of course we're coming down with our new feature creature, the highly anticipated AMERICAN MARY, starring Katharine Isabelle (GINGER SNAPS) as our very own Mary Mason.

                    

We will close the whole messy affair off with our new film along with an AMERICAN MARY CLOSING NIGHT PARTY~!!!! So, warn your livers, hide your children, and thank the amazing people at MONSTER PICTURES for making this dream a reality, THE SOSKA SISTERS are coming to MONSTER FEST~!!!

We hope to see each and every single one of you there!!! We'll be easy to find. We'll the ones fangirl~ing over the Queen of Macabre, Elvira herself. This is NOT an event to miss.

 Fatally Yours,
Jen