Shock Till You Drop Talks to Mary

Shock Till You Drop: You have starred in two highly influential feminist horror films: Ginger Snaps and American Mary - do you fancy yourself a bit of a feminist icon these days? 

Katharine Isabelle: I would gladly take that title. I’d be fucking enthusiastic as hell about that. I was gifted with the role of both those characters. It was just a fucking blessing to be involved; to be given the characters that I have is terrifying. Mary is so fucking great and I loved her so much.  I really didn’t want to fuck it up. It’s funny. She really has no redeeming qualities. I think she only smiles twice in the film. It’s very rare to see a female character portrayed on screen that isn’t one of the five main stereotypes of women in film. [She is] someone who is so smart, so interesting, so quirky, so dark, and so loveable. It’s hard to define why you feel the way that you do about her. I hope that everybody finds some kind of power in watching what Mary goes through – especially girls. I would love to have that title of feminist icon. I don’t even know what that means, or how to properly take on that title and live it, but I would be fucking stoked to try.   

Shock: I think you just need to keep up the good work.  

Isabelle: Thank you. Hopefully I will be blessed with more awesome female characters like Mary and Ginger.

READ THE WHOLE RAD INTERVIEW HERE!

-Sylv

American Mary To Play New York!!

AMERICAN MARY TO PLAY NEW YORK!!!!

"The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual horror fest Scary Movies returns for its 6th edition featuring a collection of first-time New York City screenings of highly anticipated horror films and thrillers, genre rarities and fan favorites.  

Gavin Smith, Film Comment magazine's editor-in-chief and co-curator of Scary Movies, said, "This year's Scary Movies lineup delivers what we feel have become hallmarks of this series: Must-see new films like American Mary, Stitches, and Maniac, some underappreciated gems like The Believers and Eden Lake, and the rediscovery of great work by masters of horror - with Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth and Wes Craven's Deadly Blessings nicely filling the bill." - Ryan Turek, Shock Till You Drop (full article)

-Sylv

The Twisted Twins Shock Till You Drop Interview

"The Soska sisters have the attention of the horror going community – one that is often accused of being sexist as hell. When you get the chance, grab yourself some Dead Hooker and then ask yourself this - could the Soskas be the long overdue shot of adrenaline to the heart female-driven horror cinema needs?" ~ Aaron Williams, ShockTillYouDrop

We've been horror fans before we even knew what that meant. Sneaking into the horror sections of our local video stores (now a truly lost art form that sadly future generations won't be able to experience), playing with tarantulas, reading Stephen King novels, we just took for granted that these were pleasures everyone partook of. Imagine our shock when we learned the thrill of chills was an acquired taste. I mean, who doesn't love being scared? Surprisingly, some. But for the rest of us there's the horror community. And we're damn proud to be a part of it.

The horror community is made up of the greatest people anywhere. Horror fans have embraced our debut feature, DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK, and without them we wouldn't be able to make films and certainly wouldn't be working on our second feature, AMERICAN MARY. Now, DHIAT is set to be at long last released worldwide thanks to IFC Midnight January 31st. What started as a faux trailer GRINDHOUSE style became an underground sensation and has now traveled more places than ourselves, hit festivals worldwide, won numerous awards and praise, and got people spreading the word has after 4 years finally come full circle. It cost $2,500 and a whole lot of heart and I can't even begin to say how much it means to us to have the horror lovers out there support our work.

And now we're cutting our new baby, AMERICAN MARY, a seriously disturbed, hauntingly beautiful project that will hit film festivals later this year.

To say it's been a crazy ass ride would be an under statement.

It was wonderful to get the chance to chat with Aaron Williams of ShockTillYouDrop. We don't get the opportunity to chat much these days being in editing suite lock down, so please enjoy this exclusive interview RIGHT HERE!!

And stay tuned for AMERICAN MARY ;)

Fatally Yours,
Jen