Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

[Aragorn]

Has anyone seen or even heard of this movie? It's a small movie that mainly played at film festivals and had limited releases here and there.

Basically it's a world where Freddy, Jason, Michael, Chucky, etc., are real, but people only know them as serial killers or a series of killings that took place, nothing supernatural. And it's about a documentary filmmaking crew who follows around someone who looks up to Freddy and Jason and wants to be the next legendary killer.

The premise is good but the execution is average to below average. There are, however, a ton of jokes regarding horror movies -- like using sensory deprivation tanks to lower your heart rate so you can appear to be dead, heavy calisthenics so you can catch up to people running away without needing to catch your breath and also because you're just walking when they're running, and pointing out how stoners are going to be slower and not much fun to go after unless you're just looking to up your numbers.

They show how he gets doors to scarily slam shut with fishing wire, how he sabotages potential weapons ahead of time so that they won't be effective (since, logistically speaking, he's at a disadvantage), faking news articles to make the mark think he or she has a connection to the killer, and so forth.

And it even has Robert Englund playing the Donald Pleasence part.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I wouldn't say the execution was average or below average. It was a pretty solid movie.

I think it was probably a better satire of slasher movies than Scream.

That Robert Englund performance had me really hoping he'd get cast as Dr. Loomis in the Halloween remake.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I hadn't even heard of this, but it sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks for the heads up. I'm definitely going to try and catch this now.

 

[Goliath]

I saw it, and rather liked it.

IMO, one of the most effective scenes came when Vernon goes to make his first kills. The camera crew is left outside, but can hear what's going on inside. Brr.

 

[Aragorn]

Here's the trailer on YouTube to give you a taste of what it's like.

 

[FALCONX0N]

I gotta agree, I don't think it was a subpar execution- -but it could have been better. To be specific, I felt it did kind of lose some steam towards the end. Great idea, though, and that more than makes up for any missteps with the execution.

 

[Super Grover]

it was recommended to me, and I rather liked it. It was very solid, and it kept my attention the entire time. I agree with everything Spaceman Spiff said. I don't think I could add anything to that, and Locutus, it's worth checking out.

I loved the gag where the movie switches from documentary style to slick studio produced slasher flick.

I wondered how Leslie was going to let the film crew follow him and just go free at the end. He had it mapped out from the beginning.