Monday, July 27, 2015

Don Post Universal Monsters Mask Ad

This Don Post Universal Monsters ad features photographs of the famous "Calendar" masks...

Image Source: Matt Post

Saturday, July 25, 2015

The Illustrated History of Don Post Studios - Second Edition

The Deluxe Edition of The Illustrated History of Don Post Studios will be released at DON-CON (November 7-8, 2015 in Burbank, CA). This special hardcover edition will be printed at 9″ x 12″ (compared to the 8 x 11 1st edition) and will included 100 pages of additional materials with never-before-published images. In addition, a very limited Deluxe Edition with Special Collector latex mask relief slipcase produced by Greg Duffy and Creature Revenge StudiosPre-orders can be picked up at DON-CON and includes one free admission to DON-CON per order.


Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Mario Chiodo Nightmare Collection

Mario Chiodo has an impressive new line of masks available through BuyCostumes.com. As is typical of the extreme style that Mario established with Illusive Concepts masks, these are over sized deluxe creations that push the bar of what we think of in a monster mask...











Thursday, July 16, 2015

1988 House of Horror Catalog Update

This single page House of Horror catalog update features some gorgeous original monster mask designs from Joe Reader. The Errebus mask would go on to be carried by Death Studios in 1995...

"Erebus" mask as produced by Death Studios
Catalog Scan courtesy of The Maskahuna

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Starlog Magazine Don Post Studios Article

In this interview with Don Post Jr., from the November 1979 issue of Starlog magazine, Don recalls some stories from the studios' motion picture work, the Star Wars craze, and the collectors edition masks of Nosferatu and the ALIEN Facehugger. Towards the end of the article Don briefly discusses the second and even third ALIEN editions which were planned, but never released...





 Image Source:  Matt Post

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Darkside Studios 2015 Lineup

Paul from Darkside Studios promised a crazy 2015 lineup and he has certainly delivered. Check out the DSS Facebook page for tons of photos. These Ben Cooper tribute pieces are absolutely gorgeous...


Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Tony Pitocco Mask Flyers

These flyers showcase creations from the skilled independent mask maker Tony Pitocco. Both the Frankenstein Monster and Mummy's Hand masks were created by Tony in 1997...