{"id":20960,"date":"2016-06-10T09:59:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T13:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=20960"},"modified":"2016-08-21T07:05:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-21T11:05:53","slug":"my-five-favorite-movie-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/10\/my-five-favorite-movie-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"My Five Favorite Movie Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"purge_ed\"<\/a>Whether or not you like \u201cThe Purge\u201d movie series, the third film in the franchise entitled \u201cElection Year\u201d is on its way and looks to be pumping up the schlock we saw from the first two films. The wise move the studios have taken is placing better, and larger emphases on the villains and purgers of the film, rather than just giving us posters with the protagonists. The villains have been the most eye catching aspect of \u201cThe Purge\u201d series mainly because they always have the best face paint and masks. In honor of the excellent one sheet recently released, I thought I\u2019d narrow down my top five favorite movie masks of all time. It wasn\u2019t an easy feat, but it sure is a fun one.<\/p>\n

What are some of your favorite movie masks of all time? Let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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\"yourenext\"<\/a>5. \u201cYou\u2019re Next\u201d Hunters
\n<\/strong>I love this film, and one of the big appeals of it is the haunting masks of the mysterious killers that stalk our protagonists throughout. All male, the killers garner their own hunting weapons and bear their unique white masks that resemble a wolf, a lamb, and a tiger. Their facades along with their shadowy figures is one of the bigger elements of \u201cYou\u2019re Next\u201d that made is such a fascination among horror buffs, and these masks are brilliant.<\/p>\n

\"Haloween-01\"<\/a>4. The Shape, Michael Myers
\n<\/strong>Everyone knows that the Michael Myers mask is a really cheap William Shatner mask that was altered for \u201cHalloween.\u201d The white spray paint, wily hair, and big eye holes make Michael Myers a blank and unforgiving menace to Haddonfield on Halloween night, and are one of the most haunting visages in horror history. Simplicity is the key, sometimes.<\/p>\n

\"jason-lives\"<\/a>3. Jason Voorhees
\n<\/strong>This is one of the few items of pop culture you can copy without facing too much legal repercussions, mainly because Jason\u2019s mask is so broad and yet so recognizable. You can mimic it but it\u2019s easily remembered as the Jason mask. Look no further for examples in the game \u201cSplatterhouse,\u201d or in the finale of \u201cLooney Tunes How I Spent My Vacation.\u201d The hockey goalie mask was so common in the eighties and early nineties, you almost expected to see it in a TV show or cartoon at some point. In either case, my favorite Jason mask is from \u201cJason Lives.\u201d It\u2019s simple, discolored, and carries over from \u201cThe Final Chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Predator\"<\/a>2. Predator
\n<\/strong>Whodathunk there are such an ugly mug under such a cool and sleek mask in \u201cPredator\u201d? For most of the film, the predator stalking the platoon of mercenaries is mysterious, enigmatic, and deadly, mostly remaining in the shadows and keeping stealth with its cloaking technology. When we finally do see it, its war fatigues are sleek with a brilliant silver that we\u2019d learn is shared by others of its ilk. The mask is has become synonymous with the movie series, and hides a more disturbing hunter underneath.<\/p>\n

\"DarthVader\"<\/a>1. Darth Vader
\n<\/strong>Ralph McQuarrie\u2019s design for the iconic villain of \u201cStar Wars\u201d is one of the most recognizable images in pop culture history. Darth Vader has come to represent everything about \u201cStar Wars\u201d from innocence turned to evil, and evil redeeming itself in the end. Not to mention he\u2019s one of the major components of the Skywalker family, of which the original \u201cStar Wars\u201d trilogy revolves around.<\/p>\n

Vader is mostly machine and bits of a man who was once a hero, and is now distorted by a expressionless black mask, wide unforgiving eyes, and a cloak that works as a subliminal reminder of his ability for evil and cruelty. Not even the constant edits and watering down by Lucas in the past has snuffed out Vader\u2019s reputation for power, dominance, and darkness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whether or not you like \u201cThe Purge\u201d movie series, the third film in the franchise entitled \u201cElection Year\u201d is on its way and looks to be pumping up the schlock we saw from the first two films. The wise move the studios have taken is placing better, and larger emphases on the villains and purgers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[349,441,477,530,661,906,950,980],"class_list":["post-20960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-list-junkies","tag-fantasy","tag-halloween","tag-horror","tag-jason-voorhees","tag-michael-meyers","tag-science-fiction","tag-slasher","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22030,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20960\/revisions\/22030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}