Ranking the Scariest Masks in Movies, from 10 to 1

Ranking the Scariest Masks in Movies, from 10 to 1

Does a hockey mask give you chills? Do you run screaming from rows of Ghostface costumes in the 99-cent store? Well, cover your eyes as we rank the movies’ most nightmare-inducing masks, in dubious honor of this week’s new thriller ‘The Purge: Election Year.’

10. ‘The Purge’ Franchise

Something about these cheery, smiling faces fills us with dread… maybe because they are hiding faces filled with government-sanctioned rage.

9. Immortan Joe, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’

The villainous Immortan Joe is a ghastly sight with his breathing apparatus complete with hideous, yellowed horse teeth covering his face. Who knows WHAT he looks like underneath all that?

8. Ghostface, the ‘Scream’ Franchise

The iconic Ghostface mask, loosely based on Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream,’ has spawned many a Halloween costume… and countless sleepless nights.

7. Darth Vader, the ‘Star Wars’ franchise

Remember the first time you set eyes on the formidable Lord Vader? The first time you heard his spooky, labored breathing? That deep, fear-inducing voice? His disguise was half helmet, half mask, but inside he was all evil.

6. Michael Myers, the ‘Halloween’ Franchise

His blank, emotionless stare was inspired by creator John Carpenter’s experience with a mental patient… and um, by William Shatner’s face.

5. Jason Voorhees, the ‘Friday the 13th’ franchise&nb

We don’t know what’s more fearsome, Jason’s signature hockey mask or the hideous visage it covers. Either way, we’re not going out on a lake anytime soon.

4. Dr. Decker, ‘Nightbreed’

Clive Barker’s Dr. Decker is a bloodchilling sight with his button eyes and zipper mouth. Consider us creeped out enough that we'll need to see our shrink.

3. Babyface Killer, ‘The Hills Run Red’

How alarming is it that a serial killer would cut off his own face and then stitch on a baby-face mask? Answer: Very.

2. Pig Mask, the ‘Saw’ franchise

We thought the pig mask in The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ was weird, but nothing’s more nightmarish than the ‘Saw’ pig mask - fashioned from a decapitated swine, no less.

1. Leatherface, ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchis

Leatherface is a ruthless, chainsaw-wielding freak whose grisly mask was hand-sewn from the flesh of his murdered victims, making him our pick for the Scariest Mask in the Movies.