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Mar 11, 2016 · But what we will do, is to include some of the finest films to feature characters, antagonist or protagonist, that wore a mask. That mask can be worn with or without the wearer’s acceptance and be used for different reason; be it hide the face, to frighten, as a means of imprisonment or for lethal purposes. 20.
- The Man in Hush
- The Phantom Killer in The Town That Dreaded Sundown
- The Babyface Killer in Happy Death Day
- The Miner in My Bloody Valentine
- The Grabber in The Black Phone
- Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of The Lambs
- Tomás in The Orphanage
- Sam in Trick 'R Treat
- Jigsaw in The Saw Franchise
- The Strangers in The Strangers
The Smirking White Face Mask
Hush is one of the realistic horror movies that gets its scares from a premise that puts audiences an unflinchingly plausible and relatable nightmare. From modern horror master Mike Flanagan, the movie follows Maddie (Kate-Siegel), a deaf-mute woman stalked in her remote home by a masked man who plays mind games with her, amplifying her feeling of helplessness before striking. The creepy smiling mask of the character known simply as The Man is a fairly straightforward design, but the mask is...
The Dusty Bag Mask
One of the great slasher movies to pre-date the hugely influential Halloween, 1976's The Town That Dreaded Sundown is loosely based on the real-life 1946 Texarkana Moonlight Murders by a serial killer known as the Phantom Killer. The movie is set in a small town celebrating the end of World War II only to be terrorized by a killer who lurks in the night. The dirty bag with makeshift eyeholes worn by the killer is similar to the early versions of Jason Voorhees' mask. It adds to the phantom as...
The Smiling Baby Mask
While Happy Death Day is most remembered as a clever time loop movie, it also features a memorable masked killer as well. The horror movie follows a young woman named Tree (Jessica Rothe) who is killed by the Babyface Killer on her birthday. She then wakes up the same morning to repeat the same day over and over as she tries to learn the identity of the killer. Having a savage serial killer wear a smiling baby mask while they kill Tree dozens of times is certainly a disturbing visual. However...
The Mining Equipment Mask
While many masked killers in horror movies simply don a mask that makes them look scary, My Blood Valentine's The Miner deserves special praise for having a thematic reason behind his memorable attire. The movie takes place in a small Canadian mining community where a group of teens celebrating Valentine's Day are terrorized by a killer wielding a pickaxe and hidden behind black mining gear. It is a memorable ensemble with the mask giving The Miner an appearance like a slasher movie version o...
The Ever-Changing Devil Mask
The Black Phone's villainous The Grabber is a rare masked horror movie killer because he specifically targets young minors — a surprisingly rare trait for a violent slasher film, as victims in the genre are usually adults or late teens. Ethan Hawke plays the disturbing child killer who abducts kids and keeps them in his basement until he's ready to end their lives. The movie wisely doesn't give The Grabber much backstory, but his various masks offer some insight, projecting the various emotio...
The Muzzle Mask
Hannibal Lecter is one of the greatest movie villainsof all time and a prime example of how a mask can become iconic even if it is not very prominent. For most of the movie, the audience sees Anthony Hopkins' full face with his chilling, unblinking eyes. The iconic Hannibal Lecter appearance with his arms bound appears at a specific point of the story, but the one scene in which he is seen with a mask has become an unforgettable look for the Anthony Hopkins character. After being behind bars...
The Hand-Sewn Sack Mask
There have been a lot of creepy children characters in horror movies, but there aren't many of them seen in masks. However, Tomás manages to be just as unsettling as many of the masked adult killers in horror movies with his appearance in the Spanish horror movie The Orphanage. The silent little boy wearing a crudely-made sack mask is chilling. However, Tomás is also a more tragic figure than the typical masked characters in horror movies and his clumsy mask is fitting for his backstory. As t...
The Burlap And Button Eye Mask
Sam is another youngster in the horror movie genre and wears a burlap sack mask similar to the one Tomás sports. However, Sam is much more bloodthirsty as he indulges in some Halloween fun. Trick 'r Treat is an anthology horror movie with various ghoulish tales all set and interconnected on the same Halloween night. And watching over it all is the mysterious Sam, a masked trick-or-treater who is enforcing the Halloween spirit on everyone through sometimes brutal means. His mask looks like a c...
The Sickly Pig Mask
While the creepy puppet is what most people remember from the Saw movies, the inventive Jigsaw killer has also used a very effective mask at times as well. Usually seen in scenes in which Jigsaw's victims are abducted, he or his apprentices hide their faces behind a terrifying pig mask. As the series went on and the mythology of the Saw franchise grew, flashbacks revealed that there were a number of different characters who wore the mask at various times. As deadly as Jigsaw's traps are, the...
The Sack Mask And Doll-Face Masks
It can be particularly unsettling when masked killers are used in movies that are more grounded such as in the intense home invasion horror The Strangers. The 2008 movie doesn't do anything complex with its plot, and simply follows a couple staying in an isolated cabin who are stalked and tormented by a group of silent masked assailants. The ghostly masks of the killers make them appear more inhuman in this harrowingly relatable setting, which adds to the chilling nature of the movie. Their s...
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- Jason Voorhees. 'Friday the 13th' (1980) Horror has seen no small number of fantastic antagonists, from costumed killers and psychotic sadists to demons, ghosts, and ghouls; but there is perhaps no greater slayer in the history of cinema than Jason Voorhees.
- Michael Myers. 'Halloween' (1978) Heralded by many as the true pioneer of slasher horror, Michael Myers has accumulated quite the body count throughout the Halloween franchise which started way back in 1978 with the renowned original film.
- Ghostface. 'Scream' (1996) Exchanging the all-out horror of 80s slashers for more of a self-aware tone which both honors the genre while parodying it, Scream became an instant hit with horror fans when released in 1996.
- Leatherface. 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (1974) Within the realm of the slasher genre, there are few films as revered as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and few killers as strikingly terrifying as its iconic, chainsaw-wielding maniac, Leatherface.
Apr 9, 2024 · Michael Myers's mask from Halloween, Jason's mask from the Friday the 13th sequels—those and more all follow in the footsteps of Leatherface's look.
- Leatherface. As worn by: Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. There are so many things an aspiring murderer could choose to make their mask out of – plastic, wood, metal, or cloth, for instance.
- Ghostface. As worn by: Various killers in the Scream franchise. It’s simple, striking, and kind of brilliant. Based loosely on Munch’s The Scream, and originally created by Fun World as a Halloween costume before Wes Craven nabbed it for Scream, it’s deceptively simple.
- Machete Mask. As worn by: Jason Voorhees in Jason X. Ad. Ad – content continues below.
- Rabbit Mask. As worn by: Frank in Donnie Darko. You’ve never seen a rabbit that looks like that, and you’d never want to. Frank’s rabbit mask is eerie, distorted, grotesque, and utterly unforgettable.
Oct 30, 2023 · There are infinite options when it comes to seeing masks in movies. Masks can be creepy, designed in grotesque or disturbing ways, with faces frozen in time. They can be dramatic, mysterious,...
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Mar 9, 2022 · From something as simple as a rubber face for Halloween to theatrical pieces of costumery, masks have been the most prominent factor for both movies and the characters that wear them. There’s Someone Inside Your House (2021) - 4.8
