To Jennifer basically goes like this...Joey suspects his girlfriend of two years, Jennifer, is cheating on him. He is so convinced that he enlists the help of his cousin Steven to create a Video Diary of his attempt to catch her in the act as well as to document the heartbreak she is putting him through. In an attempt to make her feel guilty, he intends to give this tape.
The third film from the rather awesome, and annoyingly young (HA!!) James Cullen Bressack, To Jennifer stars indie horror darling Jessica Cameron, Chuck Pappas, Jody Barton and Bressack himself, with a sneaky peaky cameo from my horror hoe sista Tristan Risk herself, moooahahahaha!! Ooh, it's also the first film to be shot entirely on an iPhone 5, which is a pretty cool concept in itself. Have a peak at the trailer and see what you think.
The film is now out to buy on DVD, or you can get it on VOD and stuff. For more information just get your butts on over to the Official Facebook page and get supporting this
And let's face it...who wouldn't want to stalk a Jennifer!?! ;)
So it is with great pleasure that I can finally unzip my mouth and announce to y'all that American Mary, the second feature from my twinnie Canadian sista's has been bought by the one and only, Universal freakin' Pictures!!! This is such unbelievably downright fucking rad~core news, for both Jen and Sylvia, the team behind American Mary...and for horror fans the world over!! At the moment they have distribution rights for a number of international territories including the UK and Germany, and are currently battling it out to aquire world rights too!! :D The fact that such a big distribution company have picked up an indie darling of a film, that is beyond downright fucked up, is a huge step forward for the independent horror movie industry. It's proof that the big guys are sitting up and paying attention. That they appreciate a downright good movie, and have perhaps decided that the time has come to support films that aren't just manufactured churned out garbage!! Because let's face it, American Mary most certainly is NOT that!!
American Mary is the story of medical student, Mary Mason as she becomes increasingly broke and disenchanted with the surgical world she once admired. The allure of easy money sends Mary into the world of underground surgeries, which ends up leaving more marks on her than her so called 'freakish' clientele.
American Mary is a wonderful look into the world of body modification, a world that is often frowned upon by mainstream society, and wrongly at that. We live in such a judgemental society that these individuals who get enveloped in this world, they can be some of the sweetest and most loving people you could ever meet. It's the so-called "normal" people, the professionals, the conventionally attractive people, these are the people that can be the real arseholes of society!! With American Mary, Jen and Sylvia have really brought a sense of humanity to these so-called "scary and weird" people and have brought to light some of the horrors behind "normality".
With a downright wicked script, a superb cast and an amazing team behind the film, this really is testament to girl power at its strongest!! They have taken on the sausage~fest world of horror and raped it up the ass with a great big fucking dildo...in the best of ways of course, haha!! Just check out the first trailer for the film, I mean...HERRRROOOOOO!!!!! ;)
And speaking of the cast, one of the most amazing things to have come out of this is the absolutely gore~geous and fucking amazing Tristan Risk. Tristan was originally brought in to work on dance routines and it was after meeting her that Jen and Sylvia realised that she WAS Beatress!! She embodies the character of Beatress Johnson so much, it's totally freaky that the girls actually wrote this part without even knowing her. It's a match made in freak~tarded heaven!! :)
After such a positive screening at the Cannes Film Festival, Universal have obviously seen the brilliance that lies before them. People in England can also witness this genius on Monday 27th August at the 13th Annual Frightfest Film Festival in London where both Jen and Sylvia, along with stars Katherine Isabelle and John Emmet Tracy will be in attendance.
For a nerd~gasm of a look at the look at the full cast then check out my post I did before which you can read here. To follow all the latest Mary updates and going on's then please be sure to LIKE the American Mary page on Facebook!
Okay so it is with super fucking totally rad~core over the top excitability that I wander into my email to discover this little beauty of a picture...the first promotional pic from my Canadian twinnie sista's in crime, Jen and Sylvia Soska's 2nd feature, American Mary! <3 The first pic features Katherine Isabelle in the title role of Mary, meeting two potential clients...with bad ass fucking awesome as fuck back~deco! :P I want my back to look like that! :D Also featured is Twan Holliday, looking all bad ass and biker boy...mmmmmmm. I freakin' love everything about this photo, it truly is an epic first picture! Well, next to THAT picture that Jen accidentally leaked before, mwahahaha. Now that was a bad ass picture! :D
Next picture to be released is one of Antonio Cupo in the role of Billy Barker, Jen and Sylvia's tribute to horror legend Clive Barker, a tribute I have a feeling Mr Barker will fucking love!!! <3
Now I am one of the lucky few to have read the script and I can tell you now, it's fucking beyond all quantities of fucked up awesomeness!!! And looking at these stills is making me wet with anticipation!!!
Now these pics aren't the only exciting things happening in the world of Mary...Jen and Sylvia are actually headed to the Cannes Film Festival for the World Market Premier of American Mary on the 17th May! I am so excited and proud of my sisters, they have accomplished so much, and in such a short period of time. I can't wait to be able to share more pics...and I'm especially looking forward to seeing Tristan Risk as Beatress Johnson. Sooooooo looking forward to her! :D I mean, just check her out with Jen and Sylv! ;)
In the meantime, please check out my blog on the full cast of the movie where you can view the teaser trailer as well. And also, in celebration of Jen and Sylvia talking Mary to Cannes...take some enjoyment out of these pics... ;)
Okay so after the final casting announcement for Jen and Sylvia Soska's American Mary was released yesterday and I published it on my blog, a number of the main horror sites such as Dread Central and Bloody Disgusting obviously published the information as well...with a number of them linking to my blog as the source of information. The thing is, it looks like they've taken the info that I gave yesterday in my blog and then added Leah Gibson's name to it. Leah was originally slated to play the role of Beatress Johnson, however due to creative differences this is no longer the case.
As a burlesque performer Tristan was originally brought in as the dance choreographer for the movie, not to read for the part. It was only after chatting to the girls that they realised that their Beatress was sitting right in front of them...Tristan IS Beatress! So now, not only do the girls have their perfect Beatress, they also have an amazing choreographer as well...it's the perfect scenario! Just looking at these amazing pictures of Tristan, I'm sure you will all agree, she is perfect for American Mary....I can't wait to see her in action! <3
So it is with geektastic pleasure that I can now announce the names of the lead characters in Jen and Sylvia Soska's new movie, American Mary!
American Mary is the story of medical student, Mary Mason as she becomes increasingly broke and disenchanted with the surgical world she once admired. The allure of easy money sends Mary into the world of underground surgeries, which ends up leaving more marks on her than her so called 'freakish' clientele.
Now I've always known Jen and Sylvia to be massive X Philes, and coming from Vancouver, that's all the cooler to be honest. Now that the cast has been announced, and I've had time to stalk all their resume's...I have realised just how much X Files talent is going to be in this movie! Soooooooo, without further adu.......
Katherine Isabelle is the daughter of X Files Art Director Graeme Murray who worked on The X Files for a number of years. Not content with just having a totally rad~core X Files Dad, Kate went on to appear in the episode Schizogeny as Lisa Baiocchi. (Pictured below)
In the Horror~verse Katherine Isabelle is mostly known as her amazing role as Ginger in the Ginger Snaps trilogy. A role that, especially in the first one, is well worth being remembered for! This is one of my favourite werewolf movies and one that I have been a fan of since day one! And like American Mary, it's a movie that is filled to the brim with X Files stars and geekery! :) Katherine has also spent some time playing hide and seek with the one and only Freddy Kreugar in Freddy vs Jason and also starred in one of my favourite sleeper horrors, Disturbing Behaviour! She has also appeared in a number of cult hit sci-fi shows such as Stargate SG-1, John Doe, Supernatural, The Outer Limits, Endgame and Smallville.
The lovely Paula Lindberg started out doing voice work for Anime series including Starship Operators, Elemental Gelade and Mobile Suit Gundam 00 before moving on to guest roles on shows such as Fringe and a recurring part on A Town Called Eureka...as well as small parts in a variety of movies. Paula is also the only member of this new cast that was actually part of the teaser for American Mary as well, as can be seen below. :)
Antonio Cupo has been acting since 2000 when he started out doing guest spots on TV shows. Like the majority of the rest of the cast, he has done a number of sci-fi show guest spots. These have included Dark Angel and Andromeda as well other shows such as The L Word, Special Unit 2, The Sausage Factory and a number of Italian shows and movies as well. Movies have included Elegy, Smile, Love Notes, and more recently Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story.
Horror nerds will probably pick up on the fact that Billy's last name is Barker, a nod of course to one of Jen and Sylvia's favourite director's, Mr Clive Barker! When casting, the girls had to make sure that the actor they cast would do their favourite director justice...and that dreamy was a must! On hearing that during the audition, Antonio melted the entire room, I think the girls are most definitely going to do their favourite dreamy director proud. And speaking of Clive Barker, he has been incredibly supportive of the girls and is really excited about this film. When you've got the creator of ye olde Pinhead on board, you know you must be doing something right! :)
David has been working in movies and TV since 1987 when he started out with a role in an episode of 21 Jump Street. He has appeared in episodes of Red Dwarf, The Outer Limits, The L Word, Supernatural, Masters of Horror, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Smallville, Andromeda and many more. Including The X Files. :)
He appeared as the clone Kurt Crawford in the episode Memento Mori. Seen below with the lovely Agent Mulder! <3
Twan Holiday is a metal loving actor, stunt man, singer, song writer, bass player and pro-wrestler...a wonderful combination of talents if ever I heard one! Movie wise, the thing that stood out for me about Twan was him being a stunt man on Marcus Nispel's Pathfinder! Starring the one and only Karl Urban! *insert MAJOR LoTR geek~gasm*
Tristan is a burlesque dancer who performs with Vancouver based Sweet Soul Burlesque. Tristan has the horror Darkest Hour and the horror short Crazy Dracula Spring Break Weekend already under her belt. Add to that American Mary and Tristan is starting to make a name for herself in the horror world, on top of already being popular in the burlesque one. :)
Shooting starts in 10 days time...in the meantime however, please take a peek at the ever so delicious teaser trailer...starring Sylvia Soska in the role of Mary Mason, who shall be played by Katherine Isabelle in the movie.
