by Tim | Jun 29, 2014 | AMERICAN MARY, BB, DEAD HOOKER
CJ Wallis has been described as “Canada’s Best Kept Secret Weapon” A hidden Gem in the filmmaking world. He is an extremely talented and gifted director, actor, cinematographer, producer, editor and writer. You might know Cj because of him acting as Goody Two-Shoes in...
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...