tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post1058350504314814061..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Wednesday Horror: Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie VernonSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-58614772408050653722018-06-15T08:35:51.182-05:002018-06-15T08:35:51.182-05:00Getting Zelda Rubenstein and Robert Englund to jum...Getting Zelda Rubenstein and Robert Englund to jump on board for this was absolute genius. <br /><br />You're probably right about the change coming at the act change...but the shift more or less forces the act change. So which came first?SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-19949537520332062702018-06-15T08:34:52.536-05:002018-06-15T08:34:52.536-05:00Cabin in the Woods is a good call out as something...<i>Cabin in the Woods</i> is a good call out as something people are more likely to know. <i>Man Bites Dog</i> is literally a documentary crew following a serial killer, though, so it's very much a parallel.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-51267861883413398372018-06-15T02:13:11.593-05:002018-06-15T02:13:11.593-05:00I really enjoyed this (thanks for the recommendati...I really enjoyed this (thanks for the recommendation). I think the change from 'documentary' to 'real life' works because it comes at an act change, so it felt natural.<br /><br />Like other meta-horror-comedies, I think this would work as a film if you hadn't seen any horror films, but it is a much richer experience if you have. Especially the casting of Rubenstein and Englund.Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-67284201556318043712018-06-15T00:18:10.180-05:002018-06-15T00:18:10.180-05:00I love this movie! It's so well done. And in r...I love this movie! It's so well done. And in response to Kevin, I think this might be something along the lines of Cabin in the Woods, but smaller in scale.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-31886267790256212642018-06-14T08:29:24.164-05:002018-06-14T08:29:24.164-05:00The Dafoe film that you're probably talking ab...The Dafoe film that you're probably talking about is <i>Shadow of the Vampire</i>, which does have some meta elements, but isn't a film I would put in this genre. The idea of that film is that Max Schreck, who played the creature, was actually a vampire.<br /><br /><i>Behind the Mask</i>, which is mainly a mockumentary, has a lot more in common with something like <i>This is Spinal Tap</i> than it does with <i>Scream</i> on a lot of fronts. The movie it is most similar to is <i>Man Bites Dog</i>, which is worth tracking down. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-31086684446735839982018-06-13T23:41:43.958-05:002018-06-13T23:41:43.958-05:00I've seen the term "metahorror" band...I've seen the term "metahorror" bandied about online, but I don't know whether it means what I think it ought to mean, to wit: a horror subgenre in which the film shows a self-awareness when it comes to horror tropes, and/or a film that claims that characters and events normally considered mythological or legendary are, in fact, real. Didn't Willem Dafoe do a vampire movie like that? Then, of course, there's "Scream" and its ilk, along with "Behind the Mask." Are there a lot of these films?<br /><br />Anyway, good review. Another film for my to-see list.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com