Over the last couple of weeks Scott Glosserman’s debut horror flick Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon has recieved an incredible amount of buzz on various sites around the Internet. I’ve pretty much ignored it (mainly out of ignorance) but after watching this official trailer, the hype for this low budgeted slasher movie looks warranted…. in a big fucking way.

Watching it, I was reminded of how Scream changed the horror genre in the mid 90’s with it’s revisionist post-modern feel but Behind the Mask takes that idea to a whole new level.

Plot info press release on IMDB….

“The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them”.

Anchor Bay picked up the distribution rights after successful screenings at film festivals around the globe, so instead of going straight to video…. this baby will be in theatre’s (albeit on a limited run) on Valentine’s day next year. No word on if it will recieve a UK release.

This looks really, really great. It looks full to the brim of people who can’t act (which I always kinda like in horror movies) and I love the concept. A serious dissection of a genre I love but done in a fun way…. love it!

Click here to see the trailer (if your not sold on it yet, Freddy Krueger gets a cameo!)

source - aintitcoolnews, movie’s official site