One movie I understand I’m a big ‘ol a-hole for not having seen yet is BEHIND THE MASK: THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON. I’ve heard many a great thing about it, and will certainly try to check it out before one more person asks what the hell’s wrong with me…
So not having seen it and not wanting it spoiled makes this article a tricky one, as the film’s scribe David Stieve made a few comments to Icons of Fright about his ideas for a followup. So I’ll just let YOU look at it without actually looking at it myself!
“Obviously the focus of that or the metaphor involved there, as it happened with Nathan as an actor or Scott as a director, or me as a writer, it’s how do you handle that ‘freshman phenom/rookie of the year’ type thing!That’s the symbolism at play; how does Leslie handle his success? And of course you have the whole genre-specific constructions and conventions of a horror sequel. There’s specific conventions involved with every killer that comes back. How the town reacts, who the people are that survive, and who fills what role coming around again…so there are all these very specific genre expectations for a sequel that are ripe for the picking but there’s obviously the metaphor of how does Leslie as the ‘artist’ handle his fame, does he handle it well, does he burn out too quick, keep himself in check, does he do it right? There’s a very rich soil to till from a storytelling standpoint.”
Wow, can you believe it? Who woulda thunk it? To read the full interview, click it HERE.
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