The Mask (1961)

The Mask

Movie1961• Approved• 1h 23m
HorrorThriller
⭐ 5.8 / 10(1,232)

A young archaeologist thinks he is cursed by an Aztec mask that makes him have strange nightmares. Before committing suicide, he sends the mask to his psychiatrist, who soon plunges into the mask's nightmarish world.

Rated
Approved
Runtime
1h 23m
Released
1961
Country
Canada

Details

Release year: 1961

Storyline

A young archaeologist thinks he is cursed by an Aztec mask that makes him have strange nightmares. Before committing suicide, he sends the mask to his psychiatrist, who soon plunges into the mask's nightmarish world.

Top credits

Cast
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Did you know

• Canada's first film in the horror genre.

• The first Canadian film to be widely distributed in the United States, and the only Canadian 3-D feature.

• After their only 35mm print of the film was deemed too brittle to be screened again, the Toronto Intermational Film Festival partnered with The 3-D Film Archive in New Jersey and Technicolor Toronto to restore The Mask, with the new digital print debuting at TIFF in 2015.

User reviews

⭐ 6/10

Still looks pretty good

šŸ‘ 13 Ā· 7/16/2012
⭐ 7/10

Put the mask on NOW!

šŸ‘ 11 Ā· 10/2/2016
⭐ 6/10

Canada's First ever Horror Movie....In 3D

šŸ‘ 8 Ā· 7/9/2012

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.66 : 1
Color
Black and White, Color
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