Although relatively scarce, horror movies directed by women are out there. You may have to turn over a few rocks to know who they are and their material might be a little more difficult to get your hands on, but these directors deserve just as much attention and scrutiny as their male counterparts, who have …
There’s no doubting the Soska sisters’ (aka The Twisted Twins of Dead Hooker in the Trunk fame) enthusiasm and imagination. And for the first third, American Mary threatens to turn into something really special–a thoughtful and refreshing revival grindhouse pic. All the elements are here. There’s the spurned, angry protagonist with a as much smarts as sexy.
Toronto – With twenty horror, sci-fi, action, and cult movies crammed into nine nights, and an eclectic mix of short films thrown in between, the Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2012 gave the Toronto genre fan a multitude of reasons to be sleep-deprived. Before going into a sustained state of hibernation, audiences cast their ballot for which …
American Mary Written and directed by Jen Soska and Sylvia Soska Canada, 2012 Do you know the feeling when you wash your hands with a bar of soap? How it makes your hands tensile, coarse, and uncomfortably dry? How it makes you squirm, uneasy, and perpetually unsettled? Like they were being constrained and sucked through …
American Mary Directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska Written by Jen and Sylvia Soska 2012, Canada Steeped in pulp and hardcore imagery, horror allusions, and fetishistic gore, American Mary is a film that has emphatic reverence for its form. And as a collection of horror set pieces and bizarre characters, it is a success. Unfortunately, …