Before Covid-19 made masks a ubiquitous part of life, they occupied a mighty space in our cultural imagination.
“Masks are a mainstay of horror, donned by mysterious strangers and serial killers while they terrorize innocents,” @mayabphillips writes. nyti.ms/35skqtg
“Masks are a mainstay of horror, donned by mysterious strangers and serial killers while they terrorize innocents,” @mayabphillips writes. nyti.ms/35skqtg
“The blank, lifeless visages of such classic horror masks as those belonging to Leatherface, Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers seem to signify corpses — faces stripped of their verve and individuality.” nyti.ms/31FMF6x
Even an adorable bunny may become a figure out of a nightmare, as in the unseemly grimace of Frank from “Donnie Darko.” nyti.ms/31FMF6x
The director Wes Craven wasn’t initially sure what the killer’s mask would look like in “Scream.” By chance, a producer discovered what became the iconic mask while location-scouting at the same house featured in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller “Shadow of a Doubt.”
With masks, it is never about the monster but the man whose mask obscures and reveals him. A mask is just material. The person? That’s the real horror. See more here: nyti.ms/31FMF6x
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