Fan favorite meta slasher Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon is finally getting a follow-up in the form of comic series Before the Mask: The Return of Leslie Vernon, which was successfully fan-funded earlier this year. But as we recently told you, it’s not the only thing going on in that horror universe.
David Stieve, the writer of Behind the Mask, will be making his directorial debut with upcoming short Wait for It, set in/near the fictional town of Glen Echo. In other words, it’s an original story that takes place in the Behind the Mask universe!
Wait for It is described as…
A loving deconstruction of the slasher genre, this time from the perspective of Survivor Girl named Darcy who’s living in the aftermath of her own encounter with a Leslie Vernon type killer. We follow her as she travels home after a night out with friends, always remaining wary of the inevitable return of her tormentor.
“It’s a fun story, one that the thinking horror fans will appreciate,” Stieve recently explained to us. “When I realized there was a way to tie it directly to the BEHIND THE MASK/Leslie Vernon universe, Scott (Glosserman) got behind it right away, and has been supportive of both the film and of me constantly pelting him with 1st time producer/director questions.”
He added, “We’ve established that killers like Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers and Victor Crowley exist in Leslie’s world. Glen Echo is as real as Haddonfield. And in WAIT FOR IT, it’s established that Darcy is herself a Survivor Girl of an unrevealed killer in a similar town perhaps just down the road from Glen Echo. So if she exists in their world, and they exist in Leslie’s world… I’ll let the math wizards and philosophy majors connect the dots from there! Until then, you’re gonna have to… wait for it!”
Check out the poster below and help fund Wait for It while you can!
