1977 Be Something Studios Catalog

This is the second scan from the Crimson Ghost's late 70's Be Something Studios catalog score. Like  the previously posted 1976 catalog, these pages are full of vintage BSS gems...

Random Sunday Morning Mask PIc: Clownin' with the Devil

Distortions - Bloodline Spare Parts Ad

While this Distortions ad doesn't actually feature any masks, it does complete the entire run of Distortions Unlimited ads that ran in Fango here on the Blood Curdling Blog of Monster Masks. The ad ran in several issues spanning a time frame from October 1991thru October '92. You can't help but love the Half Rat prop...

Burman Mask Video

It's long over due that this amazing compilation video gets mentioned here. It comes from a thread on the Monster Kid Classic Horror Forum, and was compiled by MKCHF member Carbon, who did one helluva job not only tracking these clips down, but editing them together into a cohesive piece. I don't think I'm exaggerating by saying that it is the best historical monster mask compilation ever sliced together. The time and patience that went into the endeavor is simply staggering.

For those unfamiliar with the thread, the masks featured within the video are all linked back to the "Meet the Family Ad" as well as the Ellis Burman masks featured in this Bert Wheeler catalog.

For detailed information about the source for the clips used in this video, check out post #91 from the original thread

Don Sr. and Friends

Don Post Sr. posing with the Universal Horrors Masks...

Snow Day!

We got hit with a day long snow storm yesterday. While the storm wasn't too severe dropping about 12" here over the course of the day,  the college I teach at closed up due to the snow and winds. It was the first snow day I can remember in quite some time. We spent the day shoveling and drinking beers and wine. The snow kept the bottles quite cold! Here's a few shots of some of the early clean-up before the snow really came down...

 My wife even helped out with some shoveling too...

Collegeville - Ben Coopers Collectors' Group

While poking around on the UMA today, I found a link to the Collegeville - Ben Coopers vintage mask and costume collectors' group on Facebook. The page is packed with pictures and info from enthusiastic collectors. Not being a Facebook user myself, I'm sure there are several features I'm missing out on, but the more I click on, the more I seem to find here!

A site like this that focuses on vacuform masks and costumes is long overdue. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing all the vintage plastic mask goodness from this collector's group.

Image Source: Collegeville - Ben Coopers vintage mask and costume collectors' group on Facebook

1993 Great Coverup Catalog

This was one of the first catalogs released by The Party Professionals "Great Coverup" after the Party Professionals had bought out Don Post Studios in the early 90's.  In fact, a small handful of DPS masks can be seen sprinkled throughout the catalog.

In terms of the "big picture" of monster mask history,  this is an early glimpse of the eventual closing of Don Post Studios that we saw in 2012, as the Paper Magic would eventually shallow up Part Professional's Great Cover-up in the early 2000s, and eventually Gemmy would come along and shallow up Paper Magic just this last September. History and business aside, there are a handful of fun masks to be had in the '93 line-up...

Random Sunday Morning Mask Pic: Radioactive Graveyard Skate Session

Image Source: Radio Active Terror from Beyond the Grave

Flip: A Short Film

I'm not sure why I'm so late to the party on this one, I consistently visit the Secret Fun Blog a handful of times each month, and yet I only recently noticed the link for Flip: A Short Film. Everything about this short little ditty is well conceived and executed. Little Flip's T-shirts have some great Topstone mask references and the sequence with the werewolf mask is wonderful. Each sequence of the short is jammed packed with retro goodness...

Flip: a short film from Kirk Demarais on Vimeo.

I should mention, that if you like the short, do check out Kirk's book Mail Order Mystery, I picked it up a little over a year ago, and have a blast every time I flip through it's pages.

Here are few stills from the aforementioned werewolf sequence...