Episode 042: Behind the Mask - The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Leslie Vernon is about to make waves as the next big name in Slasher-Murder Infamy.  But not for the reasons you might imagine. Lucas and Joe will be diving deep into the mechanics of Horror-Comedy, the invention of tradition, and what it means to write your own story. Subscribe to RSS - https://feed.podbean.com/frightlabpodcast/feed.xml Join the conversation on Discord - https://discord.frightlabpodcast.com We are on Threads - https://www.threads.net/@fright_lab_pod Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/share/1GsB8C4DDp/ and Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fright_lab_pod/ Join the conversation on Bluesky - https://frightlabpod.bsky.social Lucas keeps a list of scary movies on Letterboxd - https://letterboxd.com/frightlabpod/ Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email: [e-mail] www.thefrightlab.com

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437857/

Man Bites Dog: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103905/

A fun little article explaining some of the more fun shout-outs in the movie. https://mutantreviewersmovies.com/2009/11/05/al-does-behind-the-mask-the-rise-of-leslie-vernon/

Invented Tradition: https://medium.com/@robertrose/inventing-traditions-15a6c16b236e

https://staff.washington.edu/ellingsn/Hobsbawm_Inventing_Traditiions.pdf

Kilts as invented tradition: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/kilt/hd_kilt.htm

https://www.lochcarron.co.uk/our-journal/the-history-of-the-kilt/