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Collecting Monsters => Masks and Busts => Topic started by: Sir Masksalot on February 01, 2024, 03:09:51 PM

Title: Say "cheese" ~ Masks with creepy smiles
Post by: Sir Masksalot on February 01, 2024, 03:09:51 PM

Just because they're grinning, it doesn't mean they're happy to see you.  :)
I made a quick pass through my image files and selected today's top ten creepiest:

These first two are from The Halloween Society Custom Collector's Edition series,
characters that surely need no introduction to fans of classic horror. Both date back to the mid 1980s >

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q70/924/YsycJ3.jpg)     (https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q70/714/londonhallsociety.png)

This madly grinning mask, clearly modeled after Eddie Quist's werewolf from "The Howling",
was catalogued by Death Studios under a different name >

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/924/bdXh2H.jpg)

This character from "Jeepers Creepers" would look plenty creepy whether grinning or not >

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/673/BTn4ny.jpg)

I'm not sure what to make of this one, although it looks like
he could probably swallow a hay bale in one gulp!

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/922/ZCeW3j.jpg)

We've all had to force a smile at parties but let's hope it never comes to this!
'Another Illusive Concepts offering from 2002 >

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/924/IaOSSd.jpg)

I saw this silicone half mask in Immortal Masks' catalog. You can almost
read his thoughts, be they not warm and fuzzy >

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/923/ylh83Q.jpg)

'Winding down with a couple of Post Studios classics from decades past.
It might be a stretch referring to HERMAN's sinister smirk as a smile
but he's an all-around creepy character regardless, created by Rob Tharp
for DP's 1987 line >

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/923/x5yDkm.jpg)

PLAGUE's "smile" might not be so much as an all-out roar! Sculpted by Jim Leonard
for 1984, this is my personal copy from DP's 960 line of hooded horrors >

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/924/2PSoqg.jpg)

Cast your vote now or write in a candidate for mask with creepiest smile.

Have a nice day  :)

(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/800x600q70/923/UBhi18.jpg)




Title: Re: Say "cheese" ~ Masks with creepy smiles
Post by: Mike Scott on February 01, 2024, 03:21:19 PM
That "Hendrake" i just plain weird!  :o
Title: Re: Say "cheese" ~ Masks with creepy smiles
Post by: Doh! on February 02, 2024, 12:46:48 AM
Last year, I added one of these to my collection:

(https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551885fde4b0392be72695c6/1623572434826-D02V0FPIQ00ZUKDT1P9V/Trick-Universal-Monsters-The-Man-Who-Laughs-Mask-Lord-Grimley-Icon.jpg?format=1000w)
Title: Re: Say "cheese" ~ Masks with creepy smiles
Post by: Mike Scott on February 02, 2024, 01:51:35 AM
Hey, it's that Gwyneth Paltrow guy!
Title: Re: Say "cheese" ~ Masks with creepy smiles
Post by: KelG1 on February 02, 2024, 01:14:37 PM
Pizza Boy looks like a creepier version of Alfred E Newman
Title: Re: Say "cheese" ~ Masks with creepy smiles
Post by: Mike Scott on February 02, 2024, 04:24:32 PM
Quote from: KelG1 on February 02, 2024, 01:14:37 PM
Pizza Boy looks like a creepier version of Alfred E Newman

He's not worried.
Title: Re: Say "cheese" ~ Masks with creepy smiles
Post by: Dr.Terror on February 04, 2024, 02:13:51 AM
(https://i.postimg.cc/5yjb5TdG/Screenshot-20240204-021329-Samsung-Internet.jpg)
Title: Re: Say "cheese" ~ Masks with creepy smiles
Post by: Hepcat on February 04, 2024, 11:23:29 AM
Does this mask qualify?

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/9476060_1.jpg)

???