Behind The Mask - The Official Blog

By Daniel Robert Epstein
Mar 15, 2007
“Boy you people are going to like the new horror film Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. One part horror movie, one part mockumentary and two parts awesome. Director Scott Glosserman and his main star Nathan Baesel have taken the conventions of 70’s and 80’s slasher horror and taken it to a place that even Scream creator Kevin Williamson would fear to tread.”

Read the interview here:

http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Behind%20the%20Mask%20director%20Scott%20Glosserman/

“Talking with Scott Glosserman is caffeine for the editor. He’s full of ideas, crackling with energy and passionate about horror cinema. If you’ve the pleasure of speaking with Glosserman in your lifetime, he’s the perfect model of the enthusiastic and appreciative genre director (not to pigeonhole the man, either, but that’s the mantle he carries at the moment). Horror is a strange business, and the personalities of the people connect with supporters in powerful ways. Glosserman is in good shape on that front.

It’s a pleasure to bring his work to the fore this week, as Hollywood unveils “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.” ”

Read it all here:

http://www.cinescare.com/

Here’s an excuse to buy the magazine!

…or, if you’re really into it just for the articles, you can read the interview here:

http://www.playboy.com/go/blog/magazine/Movies/2007/03/09/Serial-Thriller.html?page=comments

This week’s LA Weekly has a great feature interview on Nathan Baesel and his performance in BTM. Pick one up if you’re in LA, or check out the feature here:

http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/film/leslies-gore/15912/

“Scott Glosserman is a pretty smart guy, but you’d probably expect that from the filmmaker behind Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, a movie that’s as clever as it is funny in the way it deconstructs the horror-slasher genre.”

Read the interview here:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19281

Scott Glosserman was invited to discuss his film on NPR’s St. Louis affiliate during the St. Louis International Film Festival at which his film screened.

Listen here (click one of the audio streaming icons on the right):

http://www.kwmu.org/Programs/Cityscape/archivedetail.php?date=%272006-11-10%27

It’s a real bargain now, too…Okay, so we’re no big power player, yet, but this is exciting, nonetheless…that’s coming from an HSX geek…guilty pleasure…I confess…’nough said

Here’s the link:

http://movies.hsx.com/servlet/SecurityDetail?symbol=BMRLV

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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon puts a mockumentary twist on the horror genre. A young psycho killer allows a documentary crew to follow him as he prepares for a night of murderous rampage in a small town. He idolizes horror slashers Mike Myers, Freddie and Jason and dissects the genre for the benefit of his viewers. The film is directed by Scott Glosserman who co-wrote the script with David J. Stieve.

Stop by the Starz Home Entertainment / Anchor Bay Entertainment booth at the New York City Comic Con and pick up a Leslie Vernon Psycho Slasher mask.

Comic Con runs February 23-25 at the Javits Center in Manhattan

Check it out here:

First Look at Anchor Bay’s ‘Behind the Mask’ Poster! - BLOODY-DISGUSTING.COM

We’re thrilled that Anchor Bay (A Starz Media Company) has picked us up for a theatrical release! BEHIND THE MASK will open in twelve major cities on January 5th, 2007, and expand from there. Please stay tuned for information postings on cities/theatres, etc.

From Ain’t It Cool News:

BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON gets theatrical distribution next January!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with some great news. One of my favorite movies I’ve seen this year is BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON. This film has done the festival circuit and finally found a home at Anchor Bay Entertainment. Anchor Bay is known mostly as a great genre DVD distributor, but they’re looking to get into theatrical distribution and they picked a great flick to kick things off. It gets a release on January 5th, released in a dozen markets and, hopefully, expanding after that.

BEHIND THE MASK is one of those films that shouldn’t work… it’s so hard to balance true comedy and horror, but newbie Scott Glosserman did it with his movie. I liked it so much I saw it twice at SXSW. And we’ve been getting reviews from all over the world as it’s played other festivals and it’s been unanimously positive. This film is the real deal and I can’t wait to see it live a theatrical life. I’m really pulling for Anchor Bay… they’ve had great taste in titles to release on DVD and they’re starting off on the right foot with this one. Good luck, guys!

Here’s Fangoria’s coverage of the news:

“Variety reports that Scott Glosserman’s already acclaimed slasher-film satire BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON will be released theatrically by Anchor Bay on January 5. The movie, a mockumentary following the titular aspiring teen-stalker (played by Nathan Baesel), will open in 12 U.S. markets, followed by a special-edition DVD later in 2007. We’ll bring you more details very soon; you can see our advance review of the movie here, the movie’s official site here and its MySpace page here, and look for a feature article in Fango #259, on sale in December. —Michael Gingold”