io9: Masks

When Halloween 3 came out, you could buy replicas of the masks that melted kids' faces

Cyriaque Lamar — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 07:30:00 PDT

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Those of you keeping track at home will remember that the third Halloween film, Season of the Witch, had absolutely nothing to do with Michael Myers chasing Jamie Lee Curtis. More »

The Cyber-Crow Attacks!

charliejane — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:00:17 PST

This Venetian mask looks like a crow-headed alien assimilated by the Borg. Kaibara on Flickr found this mask among a bizarre cyborg mask collection in Venice. Click through for an image of the whole set. More »

Blue Aliens Face Off with Braveheart Bots in New Animated Short

LISA KATAYAMA — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:00:43 PST

Great battle scenes are few and far between, especially when animated alien-bot wars are what make your blood boil. When you want your alien-bot war, the only thing to do is watch Masks, an short created by Microsoft's Zune Arts and NYC design studio PandaPanther. It's packed with horned blue aliens in pumpkin head masks, black bots in red boots, dramatic slo-mo, psychedelic watermelons, and a Black Angels soundtrack. Hundreds die, but when the respective leaders pick up each other's battle masks, they see magical things and become friends. More »