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From Fantasia Press Realease:

Séquences Award

The noted French-Canadian magazine Séquences associated itself with Fantasia to present their Séquences Award for the best film among the European/South American/North American selection. Mr. Élie Castiel, editor-in-chief of Séquences, was the president of the jury for this prize. The journalists Dominique Bouchard, Luc Chaput and Ismaël Houdassine were the members of this jury.

Séquences Award:
BEHIND THE MASK : THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON - Scott Glosserman (United States)
Armed with a certain maturity and a deep understanding of genre film mythologies, the young director and scriptwriter Scott Glosserman offered an intelligent and effective deconstruction of modern American horror films. Honest and without pretension, this winning film also proved to be highly entertaining. The film director quotes without imitating and dexterously varies the narrative levels.

L’Écran Fantastique Award - Fantasia 2006

The L’Écran Fantastique Award is awarded to the American film BEHIND THE MASK : THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON from writer/director Scott Glosserman. Thanks to his brilliant direction that allies mockumentary techniques, bent conventions of traditional slasher films and irony, BEHIND THE MASK reveals itself a gem aimed at both horror-film aficionados and a wide mainstream public. This award also underlines the excellent performances of the actors Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals and Robert Englund, all brilliant and delicious in their respective roles.

The L’Écran Fantastique Award acknowledges fantasy, horror or science-fiction feature films produced in 2004 or 2005 and presented during the Fantasia Festival. The prize is comprised of a 5- to 6-colour-page article in a near-future edition of the magazine, along with a free full-page advertisment when the film is released in theatres or on video in France. L’Écran Fantastique, which has existed for more than 36 years, has a monthly print run of 98,000 copies and is distributed in the following territories: France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Canada (Quebec), Morocco and Germany. Its head office is in Paris, the editor-in-chief is Alain Schlockoff and its Canada correspondant is Yves Rivard. L’Écran Fantastique differentiates itself with its high standards in editing and its high-quality visual presentation.

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Thanks to The Assistant Warden for attending our film at Fantasia!

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THE RUE MORTUARY - View Single Post - Fantasia Film Festival 2006

Fantasia announced an additional screening of BEHIND THE MASK for tonight, July 13th at 10PM in the J.A. De Sève Theatre.

Please go here for more information and to purchase tickets:

Ubisoft Presents Fantasia 2006 | Films + Schedule | Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon

“Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is, in its own way, a masterpiece. There’s no two ways to say it.”

“It’s such a fresh and thrilling movie that one can’t help but be swept along, gaping in amazement. Mask isn’t a spoof, reinvention, recreation, send-up, reincarnation or parody of a slasher film; it’s the bona-fide 100% all natural real thing.”

“This is the best horror movie to come by in years and the best slasher movie since Craven made Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984.”

“Behind the Mask doesn’t so much deconstruct the slasher genre as slice it open like an autopsy to explore its subtext and symbolism.”

“If you’re a gorehound, you’ll laugh your ass off at the cutting humor and love how faithful this is to the 80’s slashers; and if you’re an art snob you’ll find a lot here to discuss and analyze.”

Read all of Jeremy Knox’s review here:

FILM THREAT Review of BEHIND THE MASK July 10th, 2006

“Finally it was the film we’d been most excited about for Saturday (tonight is The Woods); Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, which our man Paul reviewed for us a while back. You can go read that review or check out the variety of things about it online, but really there’s no way you can convey a sense of just how goddamn good this movie is. Never stepping over the line and becoming and out-and-out parody, it takes the legends of our most favorite slashers very seriously, but makes the tale of the titular character hilarious in it’s acknowledgement of the all the conventions of the slasher movies we grew up on. I’m afraid of saying too much about it for fear of either over hyping or underselling the movie, so I’ll just say this; Behind the Mask is fantastic. Make every effort you can to see it.

Afterwards director Scott Glosserman did a quick Q&A with the crowd, most of which were questions that would lead to spoilers so unfortunately I have to not mention pretty much any of them, but I can tell you this; it does have distribution in North America and will likely be heading out this year. Hopefully I’ll be able to chat further with Scott today, as I met him very briefly last night (though he did say he was a big fan of the site!), and be able to deliver more for you very soon!”

Go to their blog here:

http://dreadcentral.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=29

You can also read the Dread Central review of BEHIND THE MASK here:

http://www.dreadcentral.com/index.php?name=Reviews&req=showcontent&id=891

Read about it here:

UbiSoft Presents: FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL

“Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon trails Vernon, an up-and-coming serial killer, in a world where Freddy, Jason and Michael are real. With a matter-of-fact sensibility and dark comedic flair, this mockumentary questions the logic behind slasher films, then cleverly twists itself into the very thing it sets out to deride. With plenty of skillful homage to ’70s and ’80s horror for fans to spot, as well as a visit from director Scott Glosserman, this should be one of the faves this year.”

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Hour.ca - Film - Fantasia: Overview

“Right off the bat we’re in smarter, deeper territory than Scream…”

“…the film deftly deconstructs slasher cliches’ and motives.”

“It’s hilarious, smart, and manages to have an original take on time-honored material.”

For the full review, click here:

FIRST LOOK: BEHIND THE MASK - THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON review