{"id":50928,"date":"2020-08-31T22:40:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T05:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=50928"},"modified":"2021-01-05T13:35:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:35:58","slug":"mask-the-eyes-of-hell-the-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=50928","title":{"rendered":"Mask, The \/ Eyes of Hell, The (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve tried to stop, but I can&#8217;t &#8212; I don&#8217;t want to!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-50929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-Poster-182x270.jpg 182w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-Poster.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nShortly after his client (Martin Lavut) commits suicide, Dr. Barnes (Paul Stevens) receives an ancient mask in the mail &#8212; one Lavut complained had been tormenting him. Soon Stevens &#8212; despite warnings from his kind girlfriend (Claudette Nivens) &#8212; is unable to resist the lure of wearing the mask himself, and begins to hallucinate incredibly frightening scenes.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>Mind Control and Hypnosis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe storyline of this low-budget Canadian horror film is fairly straightforward, and clearly designed to center around the 3D hallucination sequences, in which characters are enjoined to &#8220;Put on the mask!&#8221; and audience members to put on their &#8220;Miracle Movie Fright Mask&#8221; &#8212; a.k.a. 3D glasses. These sequences are remarkably well-done given the low budget, and effectively freaky; I can imagine accidentally catching a glimpse of this on TV as a kid and being scared for days or weeks afterwards. With that said, there really isn&#8217;t much more to the narrative than waiting for the next moment we hear &#8220;Put on the mask!&#8221; According to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WYjXmaL_4TA\">Joe Dante in his Trailers From Hell<\/a> review, it did reasonably well at the box office, especially when it was re-released (newly entitled &#8220;The Eyes of Hell&#8221;) as a midnight drive-thru flick &#8212; which makes complete sense.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creepy, well-filmed 3D sequences (created by Slavko Vorkapich)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still3.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Mask-3D-Still3-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though the 3D sequences are worth a look. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055151\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1961\/10\/28\/archives\/screen-hidden-horrorsmask-in-3d-arrives-at-the-warner.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/horror\/mask-1961.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve tried to stop, but I can&#8217;t &#8212; I don&#8217;t want to!&#8221; Synopsis: Shortly after his client (Martin Lavut) commits suicide, Dr. Barnes (Paul Stevens) receives an ancient mask in the mail &#8212; one Lavut complained had been tormenting him. Soon Stevens &#8212; despite warnings from his kind girlfriend (Claudette Nivens) &#8212; is unable to resist the lure of wearing the mask himself, and begins to hallucinate incredibly frightening scenes. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Horror Films Mind Control and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=50928\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50928"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61754,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50928\/revisions\/61754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}