Skull: The Mask Unleashes a Gory, Blood-Drenched Carnage!
Skull: The Mask stars a revenge seeking serial killer from Columbian mythology. Gore, violence and practical effects in abundance.
Horror fans craving unrelenting gore and practical effects that drip with old-school brutality, Skull: The Mask delivers in buckets. This Brazilian bloodbath resurrects an ancient, cursed relic that turns its wearer into a relentless, spine-ripping killing machine. It’s part supernatural slasher, part mythological nightmare, and entirely unapologetic in its love for carnage. If you like your horror violent, chaotic, and soaked in deep lore, this one’s for you.
Beginning at a sacrificial altar to tell the back story of the mask in question, Skull: The Mask sets the overall tone for the rest of the film before scurrying forward into the future where a museum artifact manager acquires the mask for a client. Locked in a box, she of course takes it home before its planned exhibition. Her girlfriend Lilah (Greta Antoine) waits for her to be asleep before setting up an extremely detailed ritual. The Mask is shown to have some kind of higher power thinking that drifts its victims into a series of dream visuals as the mask itself grows stronger.
A Mash-Up Of Michael Myers and Map to the Stars
When the Mask finally finds an appropriate face to attach itself to a killing spree ensues. Between long tentacles that shoot out and inhabit a body so it can wield a large sword, imagine something akin to Michael Myers, wearing a skull mask and gumboots running around the city. When I say running, I mean walking quickly and when I say imagine Myers, I mean imagine him if he were much much messier with his killing sprees. Then throw in Some kind of Cronenberg monster and you have a mental picture of this villain.
Performances are a little hammy in places. The narrative, a mixture of English, Tupi, German, and Portuguese seems to have been lost in translation in places. Some of the dialogue was a little scatty. The motives behind those who are seeking the mask are fairly standard. Also standard is the completely inept police operations that force an agent to go rogue. Despite this, the story is one of the main highlights of Skull: The Mask. A perfect blend of all the usual character types is introduced and each is more entertaining than the next.
Skull: The Mask Review
Skull: The Mask premiered on Shudder on May 27th, 2021 and if you love a good story, mystical evil artifacts, and practical effects in abundance, make sure you check out this epic rendition from director-writers Armando Fonseca and, Kapel Furman.
If you’re a fan of spatter horror films and need more of them to watch, check out Evil Lurks (Shudder.)
I give Skull: The Mask
3.5 graphic newsreels out of 5
The executioner. A pre-Columbian god is known as Tahawantinsupay, blending into the crowd at a nightclub.
- Skull: The Mask was acquired as a screener for review by Mother of Movies.
- Directed and written by Armando Fonseca and, Kapel Furman.
- For more from Armando Fonesca and, Kapel Furman watch Uptake Fear.
- Starring: Tristan Aronovich, Lívia Inhudes, Eduardo Semerjian, Ivo Müller, Greta Antoine and, Natallia Rodrigues.
- Love movies with practical effects? Have you seen The Furies?
- Need more indie films? Proper Binge /The NightMan 2025
- Distributed by Raven Banner Entertainment and Shudder. Produced by Infravermelho Filmes.
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