Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie
Vernon is Destined to Become a Classic
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
achieves huge success in both the horror and the comedy/horror genres
through originality, intelligent wit and genuine scares.
Release: 2006 Written, Directed and Produced by: Scott Glosserman Also written by: David J. Stieve
Starring:
Nathan Baesel as Leslie Vernon Angela Goethals as Taylor Gentry Robert Englund as Doc Halloran Scott Wilson as Eugene Zelda Rubinstein as Mrs. Collinwood
The problem with horror/comedy is that, generally, it
isn’t. Can you really be truly scared and then have your
funny bone truly tickled during the same movie?
Sure, there is horror with comic relief – the bits of
laughter that are allowed to escape and therefore ease the tension of
the scary parts. This is normal and often necessary, but it is not
horror/comedy…it is horror with bits of comic relief.
Then there is comedy with horror characters and gore. The story and
characters are funny, often a bit slapstick, and horror scenarios
transpire around them. Yes, the scenarios may make you jump and the
gore make you yell out loud, but this also is not
horror/comedy…it is comedy with horror and gore elements.
You may be wondering why I am being so picky…why the big
deal about the subtle nuances of horror and comedy together? The answer
is simple; No movie that I have ever seen accomplishes horror/comedy as
perfectly as Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.
As Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie
Vernon
starts Taylor (Angela Goethals) is on screen filming a documentary
about serial killers. Jason
Voorhees, Michael
Myers and Freddy
Krueger are all mentioned, and the context suggests that
Taylor is speaking of real killers that really existed. Then she
mentions Leslie Vernon.
Leslie, it seems, has granted permission for an Interview and
documentary to be filmed of him. Why? Not because he is himself a
serial killer…well at least not yet. Leslie Vernon is a
“killer in the making”.
What
follows is an inside look at the secret subculture of professional
serial killers and the lengths to which they will go to create fear
scenarios worthy of our favorite horror movies. Every element, from the
targeting of a virgin to the split-second sightings she will experience
to the back-story that connects the intended victim to an intricate
tale of a hidden past that binds her to the scary murderous fiend, is
carefully planned and executed.
The trouble is, does Taylor know what she’s in for?
Behind
the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is a hilarious take on a
fascinating concept…for the first half. Then it becomes a
well-done, tense slasher-fest. That’s the beauty of Behind
the Mask…it doesn’t try to be comedy
with horror scenarios or horror with comic relief but rather a single
movie that has two distinct moods and two contrasting perspectives on
the same characters in the same situations.
Although I was a bit unsure of Behind the Mask when
I first started watching it – the quality was very
“camcorder” - I quickly realized that not only was
the beginning style important to the experience of the first half of
the movie but the activities of Leslie Vernon along with Taylor and her
crew made the filming elements fade into the background. Once the
horror part begins the quality is straight from the best scenes in the
stand-by slasher classics.
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is
destined to become a classic of both the horror and the comedy/horror
genres. The originality and intelligent wit will overcome the slow
start in popularity this film has had and propel Behind the
Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon to must-see status.
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the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon?
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You may be wondering why I am being so picky…why the big
deal about the subtle nuances of horror and comedy together? The answer
is simple; No movie that I have ever seen accomplishes horror/comedy as
perfectly as Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.
Although I was a bit unsure of Behind the Mask when
I first started watching it – the quality was very
“camcorder” - I quickly realized that not only was
the beginning style important to the experience of the first half of
the movie but the activities of Leslie Vernon along with Taylor and her
crew made the filming elements fade into the background. Once the
horror part begins the quality is straight from the best scenes in the
stand-by slasher classics. 
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