BEHIND
THE
MASK:
The
Rise
Of
Leslie
Vernon
With
Nathan
Baesel,
Angela
Goethals,
Robert
Englund,
Kate
Lang
Johnson,
Kane
Hodder,
Britain
Spellings,
Ben
Pace,
Zelda
Rubinstein
Written
by
Scott
Glosserman
&
David
J.
Stieve
Directed
by
Scott
Glosserman
With
a
darkly
tinged
sense
of
humour,
this
mocumentary
has
a
camera
crew
following
a
killer
preparing
to
start
a
reign
of
terror
along
the
lines
of
real
life
career-
and
celebrity
"madmen"
Jason
Voorhees
and
Michael
Myers.
He
takes
them
through
the
plotting,
planning,
build-up
and
staging
of
events
which
is
far
from
random
as
the
filmed
versions
of
their
deeds
may
seem.
The
building
and
creation
of
a
legend
is
as
important
as
the
choice
of
victims
and
the
luring
of
the
traditional
saviour.
All
the
characters
have
names
from
legendary
slasher
and
horror
movies,
like
Last
House
On
The
Left
and
Halloween,
with
cameos
appearances
from
people
like
the
current
Jason
Voorhees
actor
(Hodder)
and
the
tiny
lady
from
Poltergeist
(Rubinstein)
-
and
of
course
Robert
Englund
(aka
Freddy
Krueger).
As
with
movies
like
Blair
Witch
Project,
Cloverfield,
and
Rec
(plus
its
remake
Quarantine),
it
is
always
cool
when
the
documentary-style,
home-video
and
found-footage
theme
is
approached
with
a
new
and
entertaining
angle.
While
the
subject
matter
is
not
new
(already
outdone
over
a
decade
before
by
movies
like
Man
Bites
Dog),
it
serves
up
some
interesting
situations
and
some
performances
surpassing
that
which
one
would
expect
from
a
low
budget
slasher
movie.
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-
Paul
Blom
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