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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. Written by
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Taglines:
Jason, Freddy, Myers. We All Need Someone To Look Up To.
Motion Picture Rating
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Rated R for horror violence, language, some sexual content and brief drug use
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Release Date:
13 October 2006 (USA)
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Also Known As:
A Máscara do Terror
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Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$38,500
(USA)
(16 March 2007)
Gross:
$38,500
(USA)
(16 March 2007)
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Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Doc Halloran's wardrobe (and beard) is nearly identical to that of
Donald Pleasence's character Doctor Loomis from the Halloween films.
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Goofs
When Taylor Gentry is running into the apple orchard near the end of the film you can see the set lights at the top of the screen.
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Quotes
Leslie Vernon:
It is going to get wet in here tonight. Lace your boots up kiddies.
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Crazy Credits
The end credits crawl over the video of security camera at the morgue. When they end the final destiny of Leslie Vernon is revealed.
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Connections
References
Candyman (1992)
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Soundtracks
Moonlight With The Stars And You
Written by
Reginald Connelly,
Jimmy Campbell and
Harry M. Woods (as Harry Woods)
Performed by The Ray Noble Orchestra
Courtesy of EMI Film & Television Music
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Leslie Vernon, a highly-enthusiastic wannabe "supernatural" serial killer, along the lines of Halloween's Michael Meyers or Friday the 13th's Jason, invites a film crew along to document his initial spree this original horror comedy that allows you to see a killing spree from the point of view of the killer. The film crew soon finds itself rooting for the likable Leslie, well-played by Nathan Baesel, who has planned his spree to the last detail. The crew slowly moves from documenting the events to aiding and abetting them, but it has second thoughts as the reality of the events overwhelm them. They discover too late that Leslie isn't exactly who he claims to be, and he has worked out everything, including their last minute hesitations, into his meticulous plan.
The documentary approach gives the filmmakers enough distance from the events to successfully spoof the conventions of slasher genre. However, the filmmakers managed to restore genuine tension by limiting that distance by making the witnesses, the filmmakers, into participants. That's why this film succeeded where other spoofs and "found footage" failed. It delivers both narrative perspective and intimacy.
Well done.