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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.’
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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