a very affable nathan baesel play the title character and an aspire slasher aim to take his place among the great jason and freddy and michael . his every move be follow by a documentary film crew angela goethals and britain spelling and ben pace a he make preparation for his first mass slaughter . behind the mask represent the rise of leslie vernon be a clever and engage a skewering of the slasher genre a i have ever see . superb dialog ( you have to do lot of cardio to make it look like youre merely walk when everybody else be run . ) and situation do an excellent job at establish a methodology behind murder spree . leslie plan everything down to the last detail and include expectation on how character will act and re act . he figure out who his survivor girl will be and and be delight when he attract an ahab ( genre icon robert englund and do a funny riff on donald pleasence signature role of dr. loomis ) . he also find the time to hook up with his mentor and now supposedly retire and play by the wonderful and under rat veteran scott wilson . wilson dialog be particularly solid a he talk about the act of murder and considers it both a business and an art . there be also discussion about the nature of sexual symbolism and both phallic and yonic . eventually and the movie shift into another gear and reveal the grave seriousness behind leslie outgo demeanor . then be in slightly more traditional slasher territory and but the movie continue to successfully subvert the genre convention and a leslie be able to adjust admirably when his carefully construct scenario seem to be go awry . there a twist during the climax that be pull off quite humorously . there also an ultimate revelation to come although it doesn not come off a that surprise give the way the film maker so gleefully play with u and and so well establish leslie cunning intelligence . throw in an enjoyably gratuitous breast shot and a fair bit of graphic mayhem and and a cameo appearance by zelda rubinstein of poltergeist fame and and the result be a movie that provide a welcome deconstruction of the slasher genre . it both smart and entertaining and should provide some amusement for the genre fan . be sure to watch for the fleeting kane hodder cameo and and to stay through the end credit . positive .