by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | DEAD HOOKER
Having seen “American Mary”, I instantly became a fan of the Soska twins. It was apparent to me that they get what horror is and understand it on a professional level. They’re innovative and tactical, as well as smart directors and writers. I even...
by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | DEAD HOOKER
It sounds straight away like the set-up to a joke, so I might as well do the synopsis as such… So there’s these twin sisters. One of them’s a badass, and one of them’s a geek. The badass has a BFF who’s a junkie, whilst the geek is chummy with a goody-two shoes who...
by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | DEAD HOOKER
After much hype and a long road, I finally found my way to a copy of the Soska Sisters’ inaugural film, Dead Hooker in a Trunk. You’ve all seen it by now, so this review might be moot. But I’m writing it anyway. Dead Hooker in a Trunk is an everyday cautionary tale of...
by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | DEAD HOOKER
Canadian identical twin sisters Sylvia and Jen Soska are on one hell of a roll. In their 2009 indie directorial debut, Dead Hooker in a Trunk, four friends find a dead prostitute in the trunk of their car and set out on a crazy road trip to dispose of the body before...
by Tim | Jan 22, 2014 | DEAD HOOKER
As cheap, meretricious and disposable as its titular character, this countercultural road movie is a puerile mishmash of low-rent clichés and in-your-face transgression. See a film with a title like Dead Hooker in a Trunk, and you know you are in for some wilfully...