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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

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Arrow in the Head News: Toronto After Dark #2

“Behind the Mask is so smart it’s scary!”

“Behind the Mask is an instant classic.”

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http://www.horror-movies.ca/horror_reviews_2224.htm

Helio mobile subscribers have a “first look” at the new BEHIND THE MASK theatrical trailer which debuted today.

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Renerd.com reviewed BEHIND THE MASK at TORONTO AFTER DARK. Here you go!

http://www.renerd.com/?p=131

Review: Behind The Mask
October 26th, 2006

Last night, we were witness to the closing film of the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, “Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon“. The movie takes place in a world where Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, and Jason Voorhees are real people, and the people they have slaughtered are real people, and the tragedy of those killing sprees are real. Leslie Vernon is ready to step up to the plate as the next legendary psycho-slasher. He has contacted a documentary film crew to share these precious days with him as he prepares everything for his grand entrance. Together, they visit Leslie’s mentor, Eugene, and Eugene’s relatively young wife, set up the soon-to-be legendary house, and avoid the doggedly persistant Dr. Halloran, played by Robert Englund.

As you may have guessed I am a huge fan of horror/sci-fi/fantasy films. That does not mean that I am a sucker for them. I am only a sucker for zombie movies (natch). Growing up in the ’80s, the one genre of horror film that was shoved down our throats, and is the grandpappy of sequelitis, is the slasher film. The basic premise of the slasher film (in case you didn’t already know), is that there is some variant of psycho with some variant of weapon that is out to destroy teenagers that involve themselves in some less than chaste behaviour. The audience lapped this “over-the-top” violence up like water after a drought. There came a point, however, that slasher films just became a joke to all involved. They were schlocky, relatively gory, and nothing new was ever brought to the table.

These types of movies, although I watched them, never scared me. There was nothing scary about them. I knew the premise, I knew what would happen. There was no element of surprise or suspense or horror. It was just gore, and truth be told, gore doesn’t scare me. The only variant is the Freddy Kreuger method of dispatching teens. He always had some bad pun to spit out.

Now along comes Kevin Williamson, under the watchful eye of Wes Craven. They give us “Scream“, starring the I miss her hotness Neve Campbell and the talented David Arquette. “Scream“ brought about a strange revival to the slasher film. It knew it was a slasher film, the characters knew all about slasher films, and so the movie turned the genre on its ear and had a good laugh at itself, all the while maintaining a certain level of horror based in the characters own mythology.

This brings us to “Behind The Mask.” I loved the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and it started off with a bang with “Special.” I have never had so much fun watching a movie, as I did with “Behind The Mask.” Going in to the movie I suppose there was a part of me that wasn’t willing to like it, based on my previous experience with the slasher genre. Add to that all I could think of was the French black & white film from the ’90s, “Man Bites Dog.*”

The characters in this film are so well written, and so well played I forgot completely about all of that.

Nathan Baesel, who plays Leslie Vernon, was so charming and down-to-earth, I tended to forgot the he was a psycho-killer preparing to go on a rampage. His boyish glee when his plan comes together spilled over to the crew filming him. The writer/director, Scott Glosserman, was a bundle of excitement and energy throughout the Q & A after the film. This double-shot was evident in the execution of this film. If you are a fan of the Slasher genre, and especially if you are not I would highly recommend this film. If you are willing to laugh at things that are absurd, this may be the film for you.

*You know in every single film I went to there was one guy who ALWAYS talked during the Q&A afterwards and he talked loud. He would drone (loudly) on and on about how this movie was much like this other movie that was made in this year and starred this actor and you should go and see it and blah blah blah. I really wanted to step on his potato. You sound like a dork. It is best to keep your mouth shut and have every one THINK you are a dork, than to open it and have everyone know.

Dude. Shutup. Really.