Nathan Baesel,
Angela Goethals,
Robert Englund,
Scott Wilson,
Zelda Rubinstein
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A small-town serial killer with a curious penchant for self-promotion unleashes a blood-soaked frenzy of terror in his violent effort to become the best-known slasher in horror history. On the surface... read more
DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004
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November 1, 2011Nice guy-next-door invites film crew over to document the fulfillment of his own little personal dream: to one-up Freddy Kruegar, Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees. Is he kidding? Those guys are unstoppable killing machines. That's the comic part. But he's not kidding. And tha... read more
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October 13, 2011fb500439213Smug self-satisfaction is what one takes away from this glib, unfunny mockumentary that might have been fertile territory for Christopher Guest to lampoon, but the filmmakers misunderstand that just because you namedrop what your target that doesn't necessarily mean you are above... read more
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April 25, 2011I liked it more as a comment on the genre than a film of the genre it self. That said, Behind the Mask is well worth checking out for anyone who enjoys a good slasher flick.
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August 10, 2010Ever wonder what Jason, Freddy Krueger, and Michael Myers do on their time off? Well, Leslie Vernon shows us.
"Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, follows a pseudo documentary style for much of the film. A group of graduate students studying journalism have identified ... read more -
August 4, 2010A decent original take on the slasher genre. In this world Myers, Voorhees and Krueger are all known as famous serial killers. A small documentary crew join a man destined to become the next big name! It's good how it starts by trying to explain what it takes to be one of these c... read more
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October 9, 2009A great concept, not very well executed (no pun intended).
This would have been more enjoyable as an actual "dark comedy", but it never really progesses past "dusk". Which makes it feel (at times) more like an attempt at a "edgy" new puplic television series (CW or FOX perha... read more -
July 28, 2009WICKED, totally and completely entertaining as hell..you'll never look at a horror movie the same way again!
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April 5, 2009imaginitive and creative. Two things usually missing from horror movies today.
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February 21, 2009I heard about the plot of Behind the Mask and became really interested. A documentary crew follows an up and coming masked murderer on his preparations for his first slaughter and how he got to that point. I was expecting a dark, menacing film that would be an interesting take in... read more
Critic Reviews
March 22, 2007
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 16, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The script's laughs are too widely spaced. Even before the plot takes a third-act turn into the land of kill-by-the-numbers slasher movies, the jokes drip when they should be gushing. Full Review
March 16, 2007
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
If Scott Glosserman's witty slasher spoof had celebrities, it would probably be a success like Scream or Scary Movie. As an indie, it's more apt to be a cult fave. Either way, it's a must for those wh... Full Review
March 16, 2007
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
There is a lot of cleverness at work here, especially when the movie switches from the Blair Witch-style shaky camera to more accomplished and atmospheric low-budget lensing. Full Review
March 16, 2007
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
[Director] Glosserman can't match the wit of Scream, the fright of The Blair Witch Project or the satire of journalism seen in Series 7. Full Review
March 16, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The dialogue has wit, and the rug gets pulled out from under us and the characters in several short, sharp jolts. At a certain point, Behind the Mask loses the tatty digital-video and immerses us in c... Full Review
March 15, 2007
Michael Ordoņa, Los Angeles Times
Behind the Mask is original and weirdly delicious, and executed with gory aplomb. Full Review
March 15, 2007
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
The movie has more cleverness than violence, and its breakdown of cliches is vivid and witty. Baesel is an extraordinary presence, holding the film together with his mesmerizing performance, charm and... Full Review
March 13, 2007
Ed Gonzalez, Village Voice
Desperately overcompensating for the fact that most horror films are already parodies of themselves, Behind the Mask takes a bite out of the dumb Scream franchise before devouring its own tail, provin... Full Review
March 5, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Working in a mini-genre whose bones would appear to have been picked clean by the likes of Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven, Glosserman and Stieve find a few pints of fresh blood. Full Review
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