Good Day, Hooker!

You know, Robert Rodriguez has a lot to answer for. His Grindhouse films Planet Terror and Machete have inspired a new generation of independent film-makers wanting to turn their own twisted ideas into full-fledged features. Take Canadian director Jason Eisener for example. His Hobo With A Shotgun (didn’t the Daily Mail just love it?) is a carefully crafted homage to the action exploitation genre and boasts a standout performance from the one and only Rutger Hauer.

Then’s there’s the Soska sisters. Armed with their film-making bible, Rodriguez’s Rebel Without a Crew, the twins maxed out their credit cards to fund their own Grindhouse-inspired vision – Dead Hooker in a A Trunk.
-Pete's Peek

This is an excerpt from a fantastic article from Pete's Peek talking about tonight's DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK television premiere screening in the UK. Click here for the entire lovely article and tune in tonight to see this indie flick hit the small screen for the first time! Here is a little more motivation from Peter of Pete's Peek on Movie Talk --

Intentionally ridiculous, Dead Hooker is bloody good fun – but you have to suspend your belief from the outset. So don’t expect any logic – just sit back and enjoy one Hell of a ride.

The biggest, craziest, most humble, thank you to you reading this blog, you who heard about this flick and shared it with your friends, you who reviewed it, you who took the time to chat with us, you who become our dearest friends, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You made this possible with your support and by demanding that it be seen. Please tune in tonight!


This is the continuation of the big release. As promised, HOOKERS for everyone!

~Sylv

Horrifically Awesome Interview with James

Jen and Sylvia Soska are twins who enjoy the darker side of cinema and their first movie, the wonderfully titled Dead Hooker In A Trunk is getting its UK TV premiere on Horror on July 29th. It's so cool Eli Roth called it "F***ing awesome" so we decided to have a quick chat with this talented pair.

Something that is too cool for words happened in our lives. On May 23rd, our film DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK was released in the UK and Australia. It was the UK Ghouls on Film Festival that first screened the flick and I gotta say that our overseas friends have been very good to us. At the end of this month - the 29th of July - DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK will be now making its television premiere in the UK on the wicked awesome Horror Channel.

Brutally outrageous bloodbath. Four disparate friends, the Badass, the Geek, the Goody Two Shoes and the Junkie face a fight for their lives when a dead hooker is inexplicably found in their car.

We had the great opportunity to chat with James Whittington of the Horror Channel about the flick, its release, how it got pulled off, and the joys of working with your identical twin --

HC: How do you two write; does one type whilst the other paces around the room?

Jen: Ha ha, Sylvie only paces when she's on the phone. Like a tiger in a cage. We used to write with the recipe card method that we read that Robert Rodriguez used. It worked well for a film like Dead Hooker In A Trunk. We wrote our "stand out scenes" on cards and spread them across the floor. From there, we filled in blank ones for how much time we would reasonably need to get from point A to point B. We have retired that method, for now. Now, we sit on opposite couches and throw ideas back and forth until we get one that we're both really excited about and we flesh it out from there. We write out a time line and then decide who wants what scene. Even then, we know who wants first crack at what.

Sylvia: We play video games usually and tag the other in. Our writing process is really fun when it's not completely stressful. That last part was a joke. What we do to first come up with a concept is just start talking about something cool we would like to see. If an idea is too mainstream, boring, or whatever - the other usually rips it apart before it has a chance to exist. It's a bit harsh, but it's important because the ideas that survive are the goodies. Then we plot out the story line in three acts, plan the main story elements and moments, and plan it out. We'll tell the story back to the other and mess around with different tweaks here and there. We call different sequences that we want to write and have the ability to tag the other in if we get stuck.

Thank you for a great and fun interview, James. If you don't know James Wittington, you can get caught up here with a read array of kick ass interviews by James for the Horror Channel. To read the whole interview clickity click here - hope you dig it.


A huge and humble thanks to you reading this and all of you that have helped us get to this point - it's because of your support that we've been able to get to this point. Can't hardly wait to share the new flick with you!

~Sylv

Dead Hooker On A Television

There are firsts in this life that you never forget.

You remember your first drink, your first date, your first kiss, your first time on a plane, your first pet, and your first crush, among numerous others. We have had the esteemed honor of achieving a number of unforgettable firsts with our first film, hope you've heard of her, our beloved baby, DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK. We remember our first day on set, our first draft, our first fan email, our first film festival attended, our first film festival ever (sadly unattended), our first premiere, our first edit, our first review, our first interview, and so many others. We will always remember May 23rd (2011), the first day that DHIAT was ever released on DVD anywhere, simultaneously in Australia and the UK.

And now, another first that we will never forget. Our television premiere, the VERY first time DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK will ever be seen on TV. It is, to say the least, a momentous occasion that we are absolutely blown away by.

The Horror Channel is responsible for this outstanding occurrence.

On Friday July 29th (a lucky number for us as we were born April 29th), at 22:55 in the beautiful UK, the Horror Channel will be premiering DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK on television. It will be the first time it has ever graced the small silver screen and we couldn't be happier. Here's what they got to say...

"Dead Hooker In A Trunk – Friday 29th
Twin sisters Jen and Sylvia Soska are behind the brutal and shocking independent flick Dead Hooker In A Trunk, which must earn itself the “It Does Exactly What It Says” title of the month. The movie concerns four disparate friends, the Badass, the Geek, the Goody Two Shoes and the Junkie face a fight for their lives when a dead hooker is inexplicably found in their car."

We hope you will watch DHIAT and hope to hear from each and everyone of you. It's always been our most sincere hopes to make a film that was pure enjoyment for our audiences and then to share that film with as many people as possible. Thank you to everyone who has supported us and our work. We simply adore the Horror Community and everything we do, we do for you. After all, we our selves, are just fans of horror, too.

Be sure to tune in!!

Bloody Best!
Jen