You're spot on about podcasts helping spread awareness of the newest slasher on the block, Leslie Vernon (Well, I guess the newest one is Victor Crowley, but regardless...). I had never heard of this movie until Double Feature made an episode featuring it, so I thought, what the hey, I'll check it out.
And let me tell you: AMAZING! I loved it. I loved how it broke the fourth wall without actually breaking the forth wall. I loved the perverse, dry humor. I loved the cheesy slasher parts. I loved how it twisted the idea of survivor girl and made you think someone else was. Beautiful. Oh man. Beautiful.
What astounds me is, like the OP said, no one has heard of this. I've told all my friends to watch it and they all loved except one (but he's one of those Sofia Coppola-Jim Jarmusch 'my life sucks/no one pays attention to me' wishy-washy filmophiles). I guess the word of mouth just hasn't reached a Tipping Point yet. Horror fans are excellent mavens and connectors, but poor salesmen (If anyone's read the Tipping Point, they'll know what I'm talking about) by virtue of the fact they are horror fans and they are considered infantile since horror tends to be the least regarded film genre, except maybe porn, but even then it's close. It's constantly panned by critics and as such has received a certain stigma as being mindless and stupid. Look at Hatchet or Hostel or Saw or any horror movie in the past ten years. (Except the Freddy and Jason remakes. Whatever you do, don't look at those.) They get criticized by critics because, I don't know, there's no symbolism or heavy handed morals, except, I guess, run, bitch, run. Which makes Behind the Mask's publicity even more confounding since it definitely has both of those.
But in addition to that, the score on IMDB amazes me. 6.8? This movie easily deserves a spot on the top 250. But alas, horror will never be considered as high brow as Steven Spielberg (because, you know, nazis and aliens are totally classy) or whoever the hell makes the Harry Potter movies.
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jackieleesk01
13 years ago
If this movie was marketed well, everyone would have been talking about it after its release. It's a really well written movie and highly enjoyable in every aspect.
Gamoore0 - agree with you that in general, horror movies are not as well regarded as other genres. However, if you look hard enough there are plenty of exceptions to be found. Check out my list: http://www.imdb.com/list/bdDF-SBQ-BA/
I just need to put this movie in this list now!
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