This is one in a series of interviews we plan to do every Friday with someone or something that is changing the face of the Horror Movie or Haunted Attraction Industry.
This week's interview is with up and coming director Scott Glosserman. Ever since I saw Leslie walking around at SXSW in 2006 in full costume posting his own film flyers (carrying a burlap sack and a knife no less), I knew I needed to talk to the man behind this film. Of course I am talking about Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. This ain't your average slasher movie. Read on to find out why. Check this interview out and enjoy the film at your local theatre.
Hey Scott, why/how did you first become interested in Horror?
1981. Time Bandits. Scared the crap out of me. My aunt had no idea when she took me and my brother and my cousins. Haven’t seen it since. All I remember is a mountain in darkness, vaguely resembling Q-bert (also scary), and terrifying little people who were bigger than me, at the time. I’ve been hooked ever since.
What previous jobs have you had?
Oh, this is a job interview! Um, let’s see. I haven’t had too many jobs in the past. Mostly stints. I had a stint in a pizza shop, stint scooping ice cream, running a little car wash business when I was 10. (Can that still go on my resume?) Stinted coaching soccer, piano-teaching stint (I taught the best piano lessons), camp counseled, waited tables at Houston’s and CPK and a summer stint at a Mexican restaurant, in D.C. – all that prepared me for CAA (Creative Artists Agency), a talent and literary agency where I assisted the head of the motion picture talent department for a couple of years (while conferring upon myself a business degree in Entertainment).
How long have you been a filmmaker?
I started experimenting with chemical alloys when I was very young. One day my brother and I were playing with our G.I.Joes and we wanted to simulate Nagasaki, so I set off an electrical explosion using D batteries and Epson Salt. It caused flash blindness in both of us (I’ve since recovered, but my brother is a restaurateur, so he obviously hasn’t). Nevertheless, when I regained my sight, I noticed that the explosion had rendered an image of our G.I.Joes on the cellophane that I was perforating, and at that point I realized I had a knack for making film. I called Kodak right away to get working for them, but by that point they’d mechanized the process, so I decided to go back to elementary school.
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