Sisters Jen and Sylvia Soska enjoy a relaxing moment between killings

"Magnet Releasing revealed the line-up for its The ABCs of Death sequel at Cannes today, and Vancouver's Jen and Sylvia Soska—currently riding a big wave with American Mary—are among those who have signed on to direct a segment in the newest anthology. 

Otherwise known to adoring genre fans as the Twisted Twins, the Soskas will join other genre insurgents such as Larry Fessenden, Alex De La Iglesias, Sion Sono, Room 237's Rodney Ascher (interviewed by the Straight here), and Lithuania's Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper—we talked to the former when their exquisite erotic sci-fi flick Vanishing Waves played at the Rio Grind festival last year. Also involved this time around is legendary animator Bill Plympton."

Read the whole piece here.

-Sylv

Fangoria Features NSFW American Mary Clip to Celebrate Today's VOD Release!

Great way to celebrate the American Mary VOD release today with an exclusive clip featuring Paula Lindberg with Katharine Isabelle getting a NSFW procedure. Please enjoy and check out the film today!

"The heroine of AMERICAN MARY practices all sorts of graphic surgery, including one showcased in a decidedly NSFW clip from the film (which debuts on VOD tomorrow) that you can see past the jump. 

AMERICAN MARY, written and directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska, stars Katharine Isabelle as a struggling med student who finds a lucrative sideline in the underground realm of body modification, leading to all sorts of unpleasant developments. XLrator Releasing issues the movie on VOD tomorrow, May 16, and then opens it in theaters May 31. Look for interviews with the Soskas and Isabelle in Fango #325, on sale this month."

WATCH THE CLIP HERE!

-Sylv

We Love RUE MORGUE

A huge thank you for the free swag and amazing weekend at Fan Expo Vancouver to Rue Morgue. And, not to mention the endless love and support! We love you and can't wait to see you again. 

XO, 
from Tristan Risk, Sylvia Soska, and me!!

Bloody-Disgusting Talks to Mary

Bloody-Disgusting: You spend a lot of the movie conversing with someone who is surgically altered to look and sound like Betty Boop. Is it hard to maintain character through that?
Katharine Isabelle: Tristan Risk, who played Beatress, is fucking amazing. Not only did she have to get there 4 hours early to get her prosthetics on, but she had an absolutely stellar shining attitude. She so utterly absorbed the part that there was no disconnect between myself and her, she literally just became Beatress. She came onset literally without any makeup on and people were like, “I’m sorry we’re going to have to ask you to leave.” No one recognized her [even though she's one of the stars of the movie]. She is brilliant, she exuded Beatress through every pore.

Bloody-Disgusting: Out of all the procedures your character has to perform in the movie, which one disturbed you the most?
Katharine Isabelle: I don’t think any of them disturbed me. There was the clitorectomy scene where I’m dropping bits of bloody vagina on the floor, and if we get a walkout that’s usually when it happens. But I’m not actually performing it, it’s just a tray with little bits of bloody latex. Honestly, I think the suturing of turkey got to me the most, I’m paranoid about raw poultry.

READ THE WHOLE INTERVIEW HERE!

-Sylv

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

Twisted Twins Part of the ABCs of Death 2

Jen and I are very proud to announce that we will be taking part in the ABCS OF DEATH sequel. We loved the first film and are very honored to be a part of the next instalment. I don't want to sound crazy or anything, but I have been thinking of something fucking insane for our letter. It's on.

"Yesterday, anthology fans received a very early Christmas (or maybe Halloween) present when it was announced that Magnet Releasing was firing up THE ABCs OF DEATH 2. We heard three directors names at the time of the initial announcement: animator Bill Plympton, ROOM 237 director Rodney Ascher and THE LAST CIRCUS helmer Alex de la Iglesia. And now a slew of additional names have come tumbling in!

Among the other ABCs directors:

- Filipino icon – and Director’s Fortnight inductee – Erik Matti (ON THE JOB, MAGIC TEMPLE)
- The Founder of Nigerian “Nollywood” cinema Lancelot Imasuen
- Lithuania’s Kristina Buozyte and Bruno Samper (VANISHING WAVES)
- Japan’s arthouse provocateur Sion Sono (COLD FISH, SUICIDE CLUB)
- SPLICE and CUBE’s Vincenzo Natali
- Indie horror icon Larry Fessenden (THE LAST WINTER, HABIT)
- THE COLLECTION’s Marcus Dunstan
- France’s Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (INSIDE, LIVID)
- E.L. Katz (director of the SXSW breakout hit CHEAP THRILLS)
- Twin auteurs Jen and Sylvia Soska (AMERICAN MARY, DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK)
- Israel’s Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado (RABIES, BIG BAD WOLVES)
- A LONELY PLACE TO DIE’s Julian Gilbey
- Brazil’s most controversial filmmaker Dennison Ramalho (NINJAS and LOVE FOR MOTHER ONLY)
- THE LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM and the upcoming STAGEFRIGHT’s Jerome Sable
- Animator Robert Morgan – creator of the BAFTA Award nominated short BOBBY YEAH."

READ THE WHOLE PIECE HERE!

-Sylv

VOD Release Tomorrow & We're at #9 on iTunes Today!

Ok, I fucking love you guys. I woke up this morning to American Mary being in the top ten list of the iTunes Top Horror List at #9. Thank you so so so fucking much. VOD release date is tomorrow on the 16th, but word on the street is people can already watch on iTunes and VUDU.

Thank you for making this possible. I can't even believe it. Please keep getting the word out! Being on a high spot on a list like this makes a huge difference for an indie film like this!

Holy shit, we're number 9!!

-Sylv