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Production Kicks Off On Jen And Sylvia Soska’s ‘Rabid’ Remake

Canadian production company Back 40 Pictures announced earlier today the production has begun on Jen and Sylvia Soska‘s remake of Rabid. Written and directed by the acting/writing/directing duo, who were behind Dead Hooker in a Trunk and the bloody fabulous American Mary, the film stars Laura Vandervoort (Jigsaw, BITTEN) as “Rose” a demure seamstress who goes through a radical transformation after electing for plastic surgery following a disfiguring accident. Ben Hollingsworth (CODE BLACK) is “Brad” a fashion photographer. Rabid is a remake of the classic David Cronenberg 1977 horror feature film which was executive produced by Ivan Reitman. Rabid also stars Hanneke Talbot (PLAYING DEAD) who portrays Rose’s best friend Chelsea and Mackenzie Gray (LEGION, RIVERDALE) as an arrogant fashion designer “Gunter”. Rabid will also feature WWE superstars CM Punk as “Billy” and his wife New York Times best-selling author AJ Mendez as “Kira”. It’s a tremendous honor to be re-imagining David’s 1977 body horror classic, Rabid, with such incredible

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 21, 2018

From the Crypt

The Soska Sisters’ Remake Of ‘Rabid’ Set to Begin Production

We last updated you on the Soska Sisters’, Jen and Sylvia, remake of David Cronenberg’s film Rabid back in April of this year. There has been no word since, until now. THR is reporting that A71 Entertainment has snagged the Canadian rights to the remake which is set to begin production next year. Paul Lalonde, Michael Walker, and Back 40 Pictures’ John Vidette are producing. We are very honored to have been the team chosen to take on the remake of Cronenberg’s Rabid. Normally, I’m not a huge fan of remakes but that’s if they don’t have anything new to bring to the story.” The Twisted Twins said. “We have a unique perspective just because of who we are to tell the story from Rose’s eyes as well as make a commentary on the increasingly rabid world that we live in. Also, we’ve been dying to get back into body horror. Ten years into David’s filmmaking career, he remade The

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 7, 2017

From the Crypt

The Soska Sisters Give Insight Into Their Remake Of Rabid

Back in February of last year we reported that the Soska sisters, Jen and Sylvia, will be directing the remake of David Cronenberg’s 1977 film Rabid. There hasn’t been any news since, until now. The writing-directing sister team, also known as the “Twisted Twins”, let a lit info slip about their approach to the making the film while talking to The Horror Channel. We are very honored to have been the team chosen to take on the remake of Cronenberg’s Rabid. Normally, I’m not a huge fan of remakes but that’s if they don’t have anything new to bring to the story. We have a unique perspective just because of who we are to tell the story from Rose’s eyes as well as make a commentary on the increasingly rabid world that we live in. Also, we’ve been dying to get back into body horror. Ten years into David’s filmmaking career, he remade The Fly and it brought him to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Apr 9, 2017

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The Soska Sisters To Direct The Remake Of The 1977 Horror Film Rabid

News has come that directors Jen and Sylvia Soska, aka ” The Twisted Twins”, are set to remake David Cronenberg’s 1977 film Rabid. The writer/directors are known not only for their films American Mary, See No Evil 2 and Vendetta, but also as the hosts of GSN’s competition series Hellevator . The Soska sisters also present the annual Women In Horror Massively Big PSA , an anthology that encourages people to donate blood. Variety announced that John Vidette’s Somerville House Releasing will be making a joint venture with Paul Lalonde and Michael Walker to not only produce the remake but an original series based on Rabid. In the original film, after a surgery goes awry, a woman develops a taste for human blood. Her victims are turned into vampire-zombie hybrids and soon the infection spreads into a city-wide epidemic. The Twisted Twins are busy ladies. They have several projects in the works including the film Puppet Killer, which they are

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 26, 2016

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