Soska sisters

Biography

The Soska sisters were born on their mother's birthday, April 29, in Canada and run their own film production company, Twisted Twins Productions. The twins graduated from Argyle Secondary School. Their love of horror began at an early age, when their mother gave in to their constant begging to watch Poltergeist. They decided to work in the horror movie field soon after, initially trying to become actresses and working as extras in various well known films and television series', but were very unhappy with the stereotypical twin roles they were being offered. Seeking to make themselves marketable for better roles, Jen and Sylvia briefly attended film school, creating their movie, Dead Hooker in a Trunk, as a final project. They directed, starred in, wrote, and produced it, with a budget of $2500.

Following their first project, the twins struggled to find work for women in the film industry. Deciding to make films themselves, they created American Mary. Their film, See No Evil 2 was released in late 2014.

The twins are strong supporters of gender equality and LGBTQ causes. They strongly support Women in Horror Month every February, and create a new blood donation PSA for it every year. The subculture of body modification fascinates them despite not having any extreme modifications themselves. The social acceptance and fair treatment of all individuals is something they loudly advocate, including support for the transgender and gender variant communities. They are also avid fans of WWE, making See No Evil 2 with Lionsgate and WWE studios and working with wrestler Kane and coming back for Vendetta starring Big Show and Dean Cain. The Soska Sisters are fans of Grindhouse cinema, and are influenced by directors Robert Rodriguez, Mary Harron, David Cronenberg, Wes Craven, and Eli Roth, who helped inspire them to make their film American Mary. The film's first funding came from their parents who remortgaged their home to invest in the film. The twins cite Alfred Hitchcock as an influence; they appear in all their films and have a tendency to kill off blonde females in their scripts, quoting the famous filmmaker "blondes make the best victims."

Longtime comic book fans, the Soska Sisters first released comic book came in a story featuring Night Nurse for Marvel's Secret Wars Journal #5 in September 2015. They have also teamed with Daniel Way and Rob Dumo on their first full length very graphic novel entitled Kill-Crazy Nymphos Attack! even featuring the sisters' likenesses in two characters called The Sister Sisters.

Film career

They are known for directing often violent and visceral horror movies such as Dead Hooker in a Trunk, See No Evil 2 and American Mary. They are also the hosts of the survival horror gameshow, Hellevator.

Dead Hooker in a Trunk

Dead Hooker in a Trunk was directed, produced, edited and starred the sisters. The film was shot for $2,500 and released by IFC. It received an overall rating of 80% from critics at Rotten Tomatoes (4 fresh and 1 rotten review). The twins starred in the film as twin sisters – Badass (Sylvia) and Geek (Jen).

American Mary

American Mary was shown at Film4 Fright Fest, Toronto After Dark Film Festival and Monster Fest, gaining positive reviews and critical acclaim from each festival. It received an overall rating of 57% from critics at Rotten Tomatoes (27 fresh and 20 rotten reviews). They make an appearance in this film, again playing twins known in the canon as The Demon Twins of Berlin.

ABCs of Death 2, See No Evil 2 and Beyond

Jen and Sylvia Soska have made two films for WWE Studios: See No Evil 2 and Vendetta. They have a cameo appearance in See No Evil 2 as twin corpses in the morgue. The sisters directed a segment in ABCs of Death 2 entitled T is for Torture Porn,and appear in the segment W is for Wish as witches.

Avid fans of cameo appearances, the twins have cameoed in Richard Bates Jr's "Suburban Gothic", Zach Lipovsky's "Dead Rising: Watchtower", and Lauro Chartrand's "The Blackburn Asylum".

They have also said to be working on a monster horror film entitled Bob, rumoured to have already been re-partnered with Masters FX. As of Wednesday, October 21, 2015 the twins will add game show host to their resumes as the Masterminds on the Blumhouse, GSN, and Matador survival horror gameshow called Hellevator. In spring of 2016, it was announced that Hellevator was renewed for a second season with the twins returning as hosts.