Why So Blu?

‘Dead Hooker in a Trunk’ is coming to DVD in Canada and the UK May 23rd

Wow, did this story ever put a smile to my face this morning!  What do you do when you find a dead hooker in the trunk of your car?  Well, you’re going to find out when four friends have to work together to get rid of the body before they wind up with it.  Dead Hooker in a Trunk promises blood, guts, and gore…among other things.  Bounty Films will be releasing Dead Hooker in a Trunk on DVD in Canada and the UK May 23rd, 2011.  *coughs* region free player *coughs*

SYNOPSIS:

Set in beautiful Vancouver, four friends set out on an everyday errand and end up in a fight for their lives when they discover the body of a dead hooker left in their trunk.  Lead by a sexy, impulsive Badass, her distant Geek twin sister, their bible thumping, Jesus loving Goody Two Shoes friend, and a chaotic, rock star Junkie pal, the group has to put aside their differences to dispose of the body before they’re next.  Thrown into their own personal purgatory, they face off against persistent police, a sleazy motel manager, chainsaw wielding triads, and a brutal serial killer. All the while they are followed by a mysterious Cowboy Pimp who wants to claim the corpse for his own.  Will they uncover the truth behind the body and be able to stand up to their demons? Buckle up and get ready for the ride of your life filled with gun fights, extreme violence, blood, guts, gore, and goats.

“Watching Dead Hooker in a Trunk is like having the best bare backing sex of your life while hopped up on junk with a fugly prostitute in a seedy motel room on the wrong side of town” – TWITCH Film

The debut feature film written, directed and produced by Jen & Sylvia Soska and featuring music by Fake Shark-Real Zombie! is released on DVD in the UK by BOUNTY FILMS on 23 May 2011.

EXTRAS:

• Mini Documentary

• Commentary & more

The Soska Sisters:

The sisters Jen & Sylvia Soska (Geek & Badass in Dead Hooker in a Trunk) grew up together in Vancouver, British Columbia, and being identical twins, have spent their lives as a team working together. Their earlier years were spent with a strong focus on acting, but the twins’ interest and love of film had them striving to work on their own sets one day. The opportunity presented itself in fall of 2007, when the film school that the twins where studying at had pulled funding for their final project. Never backing down from a challenge, Jen and Sylvia started production on a piece that they would organize themselves, calling in favours from the friends they had made while working on set for a shock mock trailer titled, Dead Hooker in a Trunk.

They presented their piece at graduation with the pleasant results of half the audience walking out and the other half cheering so loudly that the trailer could barely be heard. The reaction had the girls working on a feature length version and a writer’s strike in the industry had many professionals available to work. Dead Hooker in a Trunk wrapped in February of 2008, with post production being finalized in early 2010. The film and the twins have received rave reviews, in particular, director Eli Roth has become a strong supporter of Jen and Sylvia calling their work “fucking amazing.”

The twins have gone on to compete in short film festivals, including an MTV Tarantino spoof contest in which director Quentin Tarantino chose their piece, Tarantino’s Basterds, as one of his top three finalist picks. They have just finished work on a second feature film, this time a documentary that follows the lives of four of YouTube viral personalities as they strive for success and a place within this new medium of entertainment entitled Please Subscribe. Their next project, as suggested by Eli Roth, is a return to the horror genre in a film called American Mary which the sisters collaboratively wrote and plan to direct together.