The Return of Leslie Vernon in development!

Interesting.

I get the twist of the 3rd act - making the audience suddenly reflect on all they were laughing at in the first two acts. I just wanted the comedy to continue (as it did in Scream). I loved that the humor never slipped away; Billy and Stew still bickered and the smarter characters never became tools.

Honestly, I had the same misgivings on my first few viewings of Adaptation (the 3rd act becomes exactly what Charlie hates and Donald was trying to peddle); eventually I grew to accept it. Because I so hate all of the slasher films but Halloween (mike myers was out in daylight all the time in that film by the way) I ended up getting annoyed when Vernon turned into the very thing it was mocking. Yes the film purposely became a slasher film at the end - some would say to wag a finger at the audience. I'm not the slasher film audience though so to me it was just a yawn. So I eventually stopped caring about anyone (not that I cared about the female lead ever as she was quite milquetoast). Vernon, whom I found charming, suddenly became exactly what he was aiming to be...the fast walking unstoppable killer... and in that instant also became just a blank to me. Maybe another viewing will change my mind.

I totally get the Jason, etc were supposed to be real in the Vernon world - that never escape me or in any way bothered me. This is the same conceit as a super hero film where people mention other heroes (Nick Fury in the original Iron Man - haven't bothered with Iron Man 2) or Tarantino creating his little universe with characters and their names appearing all over (Res Dogs, Pulp Fiction, etc) or Kevin Smith and his View Askewniverse. Get it. Not a complex notion. Just added to the fun of the first two acts really. He wasn't a nut in our world talking about Freddy but a nut in Freddy/Jason/Mike's world looking to become them. Fine idea. Just wanted the comedy to continue. I wanted to end laughing not end miserably bored.