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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.

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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”

NPR’s St. Louis affiliate, KWMU, invited Scott Glosserman and STEEL CITY director, Brian Junn, onto its show, Cityspace, to discuss their films which screened at The St. Louis International Film Festival last night.

Here is a link to the archive (the interview begins at minute 19 of the stream, fyi…):

http://www.kwmu.org/Programs/Cityscape/archivedetail.php?date=’2006-11-10′

Listen to Scott Glosserman discuss BEHIND THE MASK on Stuart Andrews’ Rue Morgue Radio show.

Go to this link for the archive (the interview starts at minute 19 of the stream, fyi):

http://www.ruemorgueradio.com

by Serena Whitney

“This is the best horror movie that has come out in years.”

“Behind The Mask is a fresh and beyond creative film that deconstructs the slasher genre in the most intelligent manner I’ve ever seen.”

Rating: 4/4

Read the entire review here:

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