Huge thank you to Chris Alexander for taking the time to chat with Jen and me! Check it out in todays Metro. See No Evil 2 stars the mighty WWE superstar wrestler Kane as the malevolent, monstrous serial killer Jacob Goodnight, who once more treats a gaggle of pretty young people (including American Mary star Katherine Isabelle) as slaughter fodder. But this is no ordinary, assembly-line horror sequel; it’s ripe with stylistic “auteur” flourishes that fans are dubbing “Soska-esque.” “That’s a huge honour,” Jen beams. “We are inspired by directors that have a unique style and words like ‘Kubrick-ian’ or ‘Cronenberg-esque’ excite us. It’s really cool that people are able to see our films and see our style and voice in them. We only make films that we love and are emotionally invested in.” On the Cronenberg tip, it is a fact that Canada seems to house some of horror’s most fevered minds. From celebrated novelists like Michael Slade (Headhunter) to iconic zombie-master George A. Romero (who defected to Toronto from Pittsburgh back in 2005) to gory special FX artists like Paul Jones (Resident Evil), the genre’s pulse pounds strongly up here. And yet culturally, we rarely embrace our darker side. “Being Canadian means a lot to us,” says Sylvia. “But there has been such a struggle with our national cinematic identity and I want to see our country give new artists like Jovanka Vuckovic, Jeremy Gardner and (horror-film collective) Astron 6 a pile of money to really show off what we’re capable of. There is something very unique about Canadians. “Our humour is weird, we push boundaries; we are an interesting people and I would love to see that shared more with the rest of the world.” metronews.ca/scene/1192683/see-no-evil-2-just-the-latest-from-the-twisted-minds-of-vancouvers-soska-twins/
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:23:24 +0000
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