1999 Don Post Studios Catalog

Like other Don Post Studios catalogs of the era, the 1999 catalog topped out at a comfortable 24 pages. The catalog featured two prominent licenses The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and X-Files...

Don Post Studios "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" Masks

Don Post Studios "X-Files Alien" Masks

There were also a handful of new masks added to the line-up. Some of my personal favorites include the multi-faced "Legion", the Haunted Mansion inspired "Habius", the gory "Brain Drain", and the revamped classic "Jukebox Blood Beast"...

Don Post Studios "Legion" Mask

Don Post Studios "Habius" Mask

Don Post Studios "Brain Drain" Mask

Don Post Studios "Blood Beast" Mask

R.I.P. Sam McCain

The sad news of the passing of Sam McCain has rippled through the mask and monster community this week. Sam worked at both Don Post Studios and Distortions Unlimited and was the founder of Horror Sanctum Studios. Sam had so many stories that he loved to share, and I always enjoyed listening to him recall a few over a beer at the end of a convention. We'll miss you Sam, may you rest in peace.

Sam with his life-sized "Big Ben" at Monsterpalooza.

Don Post, Sam McCain, and Ed Edmunds

Sam McCain and Jeff Wehenkel

Sam painting at Don Post Studios

2010 Don Post Studios Catalog

While the 2000's saw a rise in the amount of licensed characters in Don Post Studios catalogs, the 2010 DPS catalog really went above and beyond what was previously expected and set a precedent that would continue through the company's final catalogs over the next few years. With 20 licensed characters, the 2010 lineup was a high water mark for what was obviously an aggressive push to include more licenses including Rob Zombie's Halloween and Devil's Rejects, SAW, Leprechaun, Jeepers Creepers, Hellraiser, Donnie Darko, to name a few.

There are a handful of original designs in this catalog that might prove one day to be real Don Post Studio classics including the "Bug-Eyed", "Green Gary", and "Poker Face" monster masks...

Don Post Studios - "Bug Eyed" mask

Don Post Studios - "Green Gary" mask

Don Post Studios - "Poker Face" mask

1991 Don Post Studios Catalog

Today's post featuring the 1991 Don Post Studios catalog will start a run of DPS catalog posts that should help plug up some holes in the Monster Mask Catalog Archive and get us one more step towards having the entire series of Don Post catalogs posted online for the first time.  A big thanks goes out to Matt Post for these scans of the 1991 Don Post Studios catalog...

Random Sunday Morning Mask Pic: Sun n' Fun Skull

Expanded Monster Mask Catalog Archive

Great news for all you head hunters and mask aficionados , the Monster Mask Catalog Archive has been expanded to feature Don Post Studios catalog sheets and inserts. Over the course of the next few months several more will be added to the group along with a slew of other catalogs. In the meantime, enjoy the new expanded archive...

Mid-70's Don Post Studios Universal Monsters Catalog Sheet

In celebration of the new expanded Monster Mask Catalog Archive that will launch tomorrow, here is a catalog sheet featuring the Don Post Studios Universal Monster line-up from the mid-70's. In my humble opinion these catalog photos are some of the very best ever taken of these classic masks...

Image courtesy of Matt Post

1990 Don Post Studios Gremlin 2 Masks

1984 Don Post Studios Gremlin Catalog Insert Sheet

Greetings creeps! The month of February will kick off here on the Blood Curdling Blog of Monster Masks with a handful of Don Post Studios catalog insert sheets in preparation for a new expanded section of the Monster Mask Catalog Archive which will be updated later this week.

Up first, is the 1984 Don Post Studios Gremlins masks. The series included both a Gizmo, and Stripe mask from the popular Gremlins movie of the same year...

Random Sunday Morning Mask Pic: Trick or Treat Posse