Review of Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) by Spencer T — 07 Jul 2008

I must say this is quite an ingenious film, and my only problem was that I was going into it too excited. The film takes place in a semi-fictional environment where Freddy Kreuger, Michael Myers, and Jason Voorhees are actually alive, and Leslie Vernon is now looking to make his mark in serial killer history.

The film starts off as a mockumentary about a journalist following Leslie as he goes through the process of planning his massacre. The first hour of this film are pure genius, comprising of great black comedy, and explaining how serial killers plan their massacres (quite interesting actually).

Then the last half hour switches perfectly to a full blown 80's slasher film and it is awesome. One of my fav parts of this movie is Leslie's mask, it is just so creepy, and this is truly a great homage to those fantastic 80' s horror movies.