behind the mask represent the rise of leslie vernon and be the take of an up and come young man who see himself a a possible successor to the throne of jason vorhees and freddy krueger and and michael myers . it begin a a small group of grad student film and interview this young man a he lay out the groundwork for his rise to notoriety . but somewhere along the way and the grad student realize that this be perhaps a little more than they bargain for and they have second thought about their complicity in leslie scheme . now leslie have stake out his prey and and he divide the potential victim into category and include the lone girl that have the distinction of be the survivor . she a good girl and she a virgin and and she keep away from the alcohol and drug . of course and leslie have make one mistake in his assumption but you will have to see the film to find out why . leslie have also set up the location for the spree he plan and and it the old farmhouse where the young boy and who he be steal the identity of and be drag out and throw over a waterfall many year ago and and now he poise to come back for vengeance . leslie have make a lot of preparation for his rise to infamy and include plenty of cardio and training and for all those long chase through the wood . leslie be also a former mental patient but he do play that down a bit . there also an ahab and a rescuer and a sort of adversary and in a character play by robert englund and of all people and who know ( or seem to ) what go on and be bind to stop it . this be a very clever film and come off a sort of a cross between man bite dog and your basic clichéd horror flick . but it make use of those clichés a though they be some kind of training course for the demented killer . a fun and clever and and twisted little horror romp and some of it genuinely funny . well worth see and positive .