Film Bizarro and Dead Hooker In A Trunk

"At this point if you haven't heard of the Soska Sister's movie "Dead Hooker in a Trunk" then you my friend are living under a rock. The Soska's leave no stone unturned with their little home-grown project: successful festival tours where the movies garners both praises and prizes, glowing reviews from various critics and media sites, the movie has managed to even catch the attention of Eli Roth." ~ Preston Carnell, FilmBizarro.com

A long time ago, we had a dream of making a film. With little more than an unconventional idea, a few incredible friends, and a won't-let-any-logical-reason-as-to-why-we-shouldn't-do-this-stand-in-our-way attitude set out to make that dream a reality.

We have come so far and have the wicked awesome horror community to thank for that. Every single person who went out of their way to see the film, everyone who's written to us, everyone who's told a friend about DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK, every festival that has played our film, every reviewer who's written about it, and countless others have taken our DEAD HOOKER and made it into what it is today. The film will be released in the UK on May 23rd with more official release news coming. At long last, everyone will be able to park a DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK in their living rooms.

It's a beautiful thing.

And speaking of gore~geous... FilmBizarro.com is spectacular. A site that embraces both independent and underground talent. Preston Carnell of the site was kind enough to take the time to watch and review the film. A special thanks to one James DePaolo for introducing us. Preston has a fantastical way with words and his review of the film is downright delectable. Not only does he have a vast understanding of horror, he has a twisted sense of humor, the kind that inspired us to make our film in the first place.

"With the title, I'm sure most folks are expecting "Dead Hooker in a Trunk" to be a comedy, and you'd be right. The movie is a successful combination of horror and pitch-black comedy that manages to get you to say, "Oh shit" one minute, and making you slap your knee from morbid hysterics the next." ~ Preston Carnell, FilmBizarro.com

A very special thanks to both Preston and FilmBizarro.com for the brilliant work that they do and for spending some intimate time with our DEAD HOOKER.

Please enjoy the FULL REVIEW HERE.

And do take a little awesome tour around the site. You'll find many a treasure.

Bloody Best!
Jen

Orally Gruesome Hooker Review

Feels like everyone is forcing you to read. Cereal boxes - stuff to read, your cell phone - stuff to read, even TV - stuff to read. What if you want to learn more about DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK, a rad review perhaps, and you want your ears to do all the heavy lifting? We got you cover, well - more specifically - Gruesome Hertzogg Horror Review Podcast did a podcast movie review on HOOKER and all you have to do is press play and let the awesome wash over you.


Not only is Gruesome Hertzogg a smart, witty, hip reviewer but he also has an incredibly soothing and mesmerizing voice. I will not go into all the gory details because he says it best - listen to it hear and feel awesome about hookers, horror, and indie filmmaking.


Thank you for taking the time to check out the flick, sir, and so happy that you dug the utter insanity of it all. Love your style and totally digging your cadence and voice - going to be checking those podcasts out for a long time to come!

~Sylv

I Think, Therefore I Tweet

Twitter is a website, owned and operated by Twitter Inc., which offers a social networking and microblogging service, enabling its users to send and read messages called tweets.

Need your news now? Can't get enough (dead) hooker and want the freshest (pun intended) DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK updates as well as up to date release information, behind the scenes secrets, photos from the set, messages from the twins, and much more rad that can barely fit in the 140 characters tweet max? Then I have something for you. Our good friend, fellow filmmaker, Tanner Ross has everything you want and more. You can follow _@DeadHooker for all your hooker needs (except you know your sexual hooker needs - those are still on Craigslist lol).



It's mother- tweeting - fan -fucking - tastic! You can also inter-stalk the twins here --



If you have horror in your heart and need to tweet it out, you can drop Tanner a line at his official horror and indie promotional twitter account here --



I am a slightly greener twitterer, but the more I use this cool service. The more I dig it. You can follow some incredible folks, get up to the second updates from around the world, and even stalk the lovely Bear Jew --



Now spread your azure feathered wings, clear your birdie throat, and get your chirp on. Twitter is fun, fast, and informational. Warning - it is also highly addictive. Tweet to you later, boys and girls!

~Sylv

Have A Fucking Brilliant Weekend!

Hello, boys and girls. There have been so many news updates and I just wanted to have a little heart to heart with my favorite friends. Prep on our second upcoming feature, AMERICAN MARY, continues to go strong. What is the difference between making a feature by maxing out your credit cards versus an actual budget? Almost everything, but knowledge is power and it's school time for the twisted twins once again. What's the same? Working with an incredible, driven, and ambitious team to bring this new story to life.

This is all possible because of you. You - reading this blog, you - who watched DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK, you - who wants to watch HOOKER, you - who talked to a friend about the work, you - who wrote a piece about a project, you - who interviewed us, you - who read any of the pieces. It's not a common situation where two first time directors can make a piece like HOOKER and have so much support from the community that they can go on to have a generous budget to make another one. It all happened in about three years and you have been there standing beside us, being utterly rad. Thank you for making a pair of horror nerds' greatest dreams come true.


We are working hard to make sure this next film is a thank you for all your efforts and support. We promise you that AMERICAN MARY will be like nothing you have seen before and a real bloody, dark treat for all us horror nerds. Thank you for standing here with us - it's a true honor to be in your company.


Have a fucking brilliant weekend, boys and girls. Watch some horror, hang with your homies, and have some fun! Be talking to you lots and soon.

~Sylv

Exclusive Twisted Twins interview with Kotori Magazine!!

Kotori Magazine kicks ass. Plain and simple.

"Sometimes the truly creative hand us a movie whose title packs as much punch as the movie itself, luring us in and giving us not only what title promises, but more coolness to spare. Hot Tub Time Machine, Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Natural Born Killers spring to mind. In 2009 Jen and Sylvia Soska- two Vancouver film school drop-outs- wrote, produced, directed and acted in their own hometown horror-comedy, Dead Hooker in a Trunk, and the fruit of their labors is every bit one of those aforementioned pictures.

They delivered on the title, albeit without the putrefaction we so loved from the dead hooker in the mattress in Robert Rodriguez's "Misbehavers" short (from the anthology Four Rooms), and they yielded a 92-minute hodge-podge of heightened gore, deadpan gags and solid, admirably rough-and-tumble female leads with lines like, 'You think dying's gonna kill me?'" ~ Bob Freville, Kotori Magazine

Not only was Bob Freville, the gore~geously worded writer and associate editor of Kotori, wicked awesome enough to review our beloved baby, DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK, he also took the time to have a little chit chat with this dynamic duo. The result? Many an exclusive revealed.

Want to know more about AMERICAN MARY?

How will our upcoming feature differ from DHIAT?

What's the gnarliest thing we have in store for MARY?

What's the easiest way to separate a disinterested studio exec's nads from his body?

And much, much more juicy yummy~ness.

For your FULL TREAT aka EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW click here!

Please enjoy and stick around to check out the wicked wonderment that is KOTORI. You're quite welcome in advance, boys and grrls.

Bloody Best!
Jen

A Dead Hooker sits Under The Small Umbrella

Born in 1983, there are certain cultural moments of history that I was lucky enough to be in the presence of. One of the many was a little Canadian children's show called, "Under the Umbrella Tree", created by one Noreen Young and starring a multitude of puppet pals. What does that have to do with anything? Glad that you asked, my dears.

Our latest DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK review comes from a beautiful blog titled "UNDER THE SMALL UMBRELLA", posted by "the coyote". Is there any relation to the children's show aside from how my brain hops about like fish out of water? I haven't a clue. But there is indeed little in this world that I LOVE like a good story. Even a totally random one ;)

"This is one of the silliest horror films I have seen in a long time. The idea is simple. How do you get rid of a trunk full of dead hooker?" ~ The Coyote, Under The Small Umbrella

I have a lot of admiration and respect for bloggers. We live in an amazing time where some incredible artists are in fact independent. I found this blog, after a little online stalking, I was quite impressed.

Do have a little look about of this wonderful blog right here.

And check out their review of our DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK here!

Bloody Best!
Jen

Bob Freville Spends Quality Time with our Dead Hooker In A Trunk

What is Kotori magazine? In a word, awesome. In two? Fucking awesome.

If you treat yourselves to a little browse of their official site, they'll tell you they are "where the future of music, art and politics collide to define a new and necessary progressive culture." This is also true and far more eloquently put than my summery. And they're exceptionally good, too. In every definition of the word. Kotori is dedicated to providing its readers with insight into an emerging culture defined by progress towards a globally cooperative and environmentally sound way of life.

Bob Freville is the associate editor at Kotori and is no stranger to wicked awesomeness, in fact, the combination of the two seems to have been an inevitability. Bob was kind enough to cozy up to our DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK and give us his thoughtful insight. He has a wonderful writing style that simply pulls you in and makes you feel as though you're in the company of a good friend.

And a damn good one at that...

"It's a seldom thing to be promised something great and get exactly that. How many times has somebody recommended an album or a movie to you, and when you bring it home you're so sorely underwhelmed that you feel like pissing on the "art" and shitting on the person who raved about it? But Jen & Sylvia Soska's Dead Hooker in a Trunk is one of those infrequent articles of awesomeness that not only doesn't disappoint or piss you off, but fills you to drowning point with piss and vinegar and glee! This is a flick that's as bad ass as its title would suggest!"

As you may guess from that delicious snippet, Bob peered into our proverbial trunk and liked what he saw. We simply adored his article and highly recommend you start your day off with a piping hot cup of rad.

Check out the FULL DELECTABLE REVIEW HERE.

A very special thanks to Bob Freville for taking the time to watch our DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK and all the kick ass Kotorians.

Bloody Best!
Jen