The Mask
The Mask (re-released as Eyes of Hell and The Spooky Movie Show) is a 1961 Canadian surrealist horror film produced in 3-D by Warner Bros. It was directed by Julian Roffman, and stars Paul Stevens, Claudette Nevins, and Bill Walker.
Plot
The story concerns a psychiatrist, Dr. Allen Barnes (Stevens), who obtains a mysterious ancient tribal mask after one of his patients (Radin) committed suicide. Whenever he puts on the mask, Barnes experiences dream-like visions which become increasingly disturbing and violent and even physically harming his girlfriend Pam (Nevins). The visions begin to alter Barnes' personality, and eventually drive him insane while Lt. Martin (Walker) questions those who knew him and the whereabouts of said mask.
More details
author | Slavko Vorkapich |
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director | Julian Roffman |
editor | Stephen Timar |
genre | horror |
keywords | disturb suicide |
musicBy | Louis Applebaum |
producer | Nat Taylor |
publisher | Warner Bros. |
recordedAt | Toronto |
theme | 3d avant-garde and experimental surreal |