This brief article entitled "A Look Behind the Masks" ran in the Los Angeles Times back in October 1976. Another big thanks goes out to the Maskahuna for contributing these scans!
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Image Source: The Maskahuna
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1976 Don Post Article
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1987 Be Something Studios Catalog
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Maskfest 2013 Pics
Another Maskfest has come and gone. Once again it was an amazing time. I know I say this every year, but it was my all-time fav. There were certainly more monster masks in one room that in previous years (and that's no small task). And while that was the back drop for a good time, I had an even better time hanging out with old friends, meeting a few new mask makers, and putting faces to some collectors I have known for a while but never met in person.
Like in previous years, I failed to get 100% percent photo coverage of the Maskfest room. My apologies to those that missed. Some of the glaring omissions I am aware of include the Raging Zombie Studios table. I had such a good time talking with Elliot & Samantha that I completely forgot to take any shots. I also missed the Monster Girls table, Andrew Santagato's table, as well as my own Devil's Workshop tables, and some others.
Like in previous years, I failed to get 100% percent photo coverage of the Maskfest room. My apologies to those that missed. Some of the glaring omissions I am aware of include the Raging Zombie Studios table. I had such a good time talking with Elliot & Samantha that I completely forgot to take any shots. I also missed the Monster Girls table, Andrew Santagato's table, as well as my own Devil's Workshop tables, and some others.
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| Dr. Lady's Huge display |
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| Dr. Lady's cont... |
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| Dr. Lady's cont... |
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| The HMA Booth |
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| Night Owl Productions |
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| Night Owl's new Crimson Ghost mask debuted at Maskfest |
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| Grim Stitch Factory |
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| Grim Stitch Factory cont... |
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| The Butcher Shop |
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| Distortions Unlimited's impressive wall o' masks |
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| Distortions Unlimited cont... |
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| Distortions Unlimited cont... |
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| The Alter Ego booth |
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| Alter Ego cont... |
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| The massive Dark Side Studios booth |
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| Dark Side Studios cont... |
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| Dark Side Studios cont... |
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| Stephen Collins' table |
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| Stephen Collins cont... |
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| The Chaotic Creations booth |
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| The insanely massive Hydra at the Scarecrow 1138 booth |
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| Daniel Horne's Monster Show |
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| Devil's Workshop Krampus mask |
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| Dr. Lady's booth |
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| Dr. Lady's booth |
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| The Vault of Horrors' jaw-dropping full size displays |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Vault of Horrors cont... |
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| Face Off Season Four Winner Anthony Kosar |
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| GAG Studios booth |
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| Brad Darvas Designs booth... |
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| Brad Darvas Designs cont.. |
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| Neil Goldsmith's table |
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| Behind the Rows Studio Table |
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| Behind the Rows cont... |
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| Behind the Rows cont... |
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| Behind the Rows cont... |
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| Trick or Treat Studios booth |
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Vintage Death Studios Photos
On the Thursday before Maskfest, the Night Owl Green Ghoul and I made the hour and a half trek into Indiana to visit Death Studios. Jeff Death was kind enough to let us geek out and dig through his old box of photo archives. Here are a few of the goodies that we found...
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| The "Megas Man" sculpture from the cover of Questar Magazine |
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| "Carnivore" & "Entity" |
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| "The Damned" & "Gremlin" sculpts |
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| "Dead Meat" sculpt |
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| "Rat Fink", "Lil Brother", "Carnivore", "The Boss" & a "Gargoyle" peaking from the bottom right corner |
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| A gathering of mid-80's Death Studios masks |
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| A gathering of mid-90's Death Studios masks |
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Don Post Studios Newspaper Article
This brief article entitled "Halloween Tales" ran on the day before Halloween back in 1986. Another big thanks goes out to the Maskahuna for contributing these scans!
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Friday the 13th Jason Cut-Out Mask
Well, somehow the Yellow Phantom made it halfway through the day before realizing that it was Friday the 13th!?! This odd oversight leads us to a rarity here on the Blood Curdling Blog of Monster Masks... the infamous double post o' doom...
This Jason Vorhees cut-out mask was a free download on the official Friday the 13th movie website. Unfortunately the site is long gone and replaced with a "buy the Blu-Ray" page...
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This Jason Vorhees cut-out mask was a free download on the official Friday the 13th movie website. Unfortunately the site is long gone and replaced with a "buy the Blu-Ray" page...
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Happy Saturday the 14th!
It gets bad on Friday the 13th, but it gets worse on Saturday the 14th!
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Random Sunday Morning Mask Pic: Mall Invader
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1998 Don Post Studios Calendar Reissues
This single page scan of the Don Post Calendar Re-issues came from the 1998 Morris catalog. It shows nice clean photos of the line-up including the Wolfman and Mummy A and B variations, which many collectors (including myself) still have trouble identifying without seeing them side by side...
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| 1998 Don Post Studios Calendar Reissues |
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| Don Post Studios Mummy A & B Masks |
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| Don Post Studios Wolfman A & B Masks |
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1976 Collegeville Costumes Catalog
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1976 Collegeville Costumes Letter
This quick post piggybacks onto yesterday's 1976 Collegeville catalog with a letter to vendors from Collegeville President J.B. Francis describing the new products for the 1976 line-up...
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1980s Don Post Studios Mask Tags
We've got another double-post day here today. First up are a variety of 1980's Don Post Studios mask tags/ care sheets. A big thanks goes out to the CreepingDead for providing the originals to be scanned. Forgive me for the obnoxious watermarks, I want to make sure these remain used for reference, and not printed and passed off as originals.
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| Early 80's Don Post Studios Mask Tag / Care Sheet |
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| Mid 80's Don Post Studios Mask Tag / Care Sheet |
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| 80's Don Post Studios "Cast of Characters" Mask Tag |
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| Late 80's Don Post Studios Mask Tag / Care Sheet |
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2004 Don Post Studios Catalog
The 2004 Don Post catalog strikes a nice overall balance. The line-up wasn't too bloated, as it had a good blend of original characters and big name modern licensed characters which ranged from Freddy, Jason, Myers, and Leatherface.
In addition, the catalog featured some Rob Zombie designs, and some gorgeous Ed "Big Daddy" Roth designs. I can't say enough about the over sized Rat Fink mask. I don't own one, but every time I see CreepingDead's collection in person, I am amazed at the quality of the DPS Rat Fink mask. It is easily among the studio's best work of the last 25 years...
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| Don Post Studios - Rat Fink Mask |
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1996 Cinema Secrets Ad
As seen in the September 1996 issue of Fango...
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Masks of Horror Ad
This ad for the licensed Distortions Unlimited "Tales from the Crypt" and Cinema Secrets "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" masks appeared in several issues of Fangoria during 1995...
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Movie Monster Mask Marathon Ad
This massive four-page ad appeared in Fango 117 back in October 1992...
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Random Sunday Morning Mask Pics: Vintage Trick or Treaters
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The Masks of Playboy Potpourri - 1998
During the 1990's, Playboy Magazine would feature a small write-up and photo of high-quality monster masks in the "Potpourri" department of every October issue. This October, the Blood-Curdling Blog of Monster Masks will showcase several of these occurrences
Up next, the October 1998 issue...
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Up next, the October 1998 issue...
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The Masks of Playboy Potpourri - 1999
During the 1990's, Playboy Magazine would feature a small write-up and photo of high-quality monster masks in the "Potpourri" department of every October issue. This October, the Blood-Curdling Blog of Monster Masks will showcase several of these occurrences
Up next, the October 1999 issue...
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Up next, the October 1999 issue...
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It's Almost Time...
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