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Director:
Julian Roffman
Writers:
Franklin Delessert (writer)
Sandy Haver (writer)
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Release Date:
1 November 1961 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
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Plot:
A young archaeologist believes he is cursed by a mask that causes him to have weird nightmares and possibly to murder... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Paul Stevens ... Doctor Allan Barnes

Claudette Nevins ... Pam Albright
Bill Walker ... Lieutenant Martin
Anne Collings ... Miss Goodrich
Martin Lavut ... Michael Radin
Leo Leyden ... Doctor Soames
Norman Ettlinger ... Professor Quincey
Bill Bryden ... Anderson
Jim Moran ... Jim Moran
Eleanor Beecroft ... Mrs. Kelly
Ray Lawlor ... Lab technician
Rudi Linschoten ... Mime in nightmare
Steven Appleby ... Museum guide
Alfie Scopp
Paul Elsom
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Blackstone ... Himself (in introduction added to video version) (uncredited)
Nancy Island ... Girl Who Is Killed (uncredited)
Paul Nevens ... Demon of the Mask (uncredited)
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Directed by
Julian Roffman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Franklin Delessert  writer
Sandy Haver  writer
Frank Taubes  writer
Slavko Vorkapich  dream sequences

Produced by
Sandy Haver .... associate producer
Julian Roffman .... producer
Frank Taubes .... associate producer
Nat Taylor .... producer
Yvonne Taylor .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Louis Applebaum 
 
Cinematography by
Herbert S. Alpert 
 
Film Editing by
Stephen Timar 
 
Art Direction by
David R. Ballou 
 
Production Management
William S. Owens .... production manager
 
Art Department
Hugo Wuethrich .... associate art director
 
Sound Department
Willard W. Goodman .... sound
Dick Vorisek .... sound re-recordist
 
Visual Effects by
James B. Gordon .... special photographic effects
 
Music Department
Myron Schaeffer .... composer: electronic music
Louis Applebaum .... conductor (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Don Gillies .... choreographer
Jan Henry .... dialogue director
Jean S. Lenauer .... production consultant
Charles W. Smith .... stereoscopic control
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Eyes from Hell
Eyes of Hell
Face of Fire (USA) (reissue title)
The Spooky Movie Show
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color (3-D sequences)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #20034) | USA:Unrated (video release) | Finland:(Banned) (1962) | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Company:
Beaver-Champion Attractions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to a piece on the film in Filmfax (issue #25), Slavko Vorkapich's ideas for the 3-D sequences were ultimately too expensive to be used, and Julian Roffman did much of the conceptual work himself. Vorkapich's name remained in the credits because of a "pay or play" option in his contract. more
Quotes:
Doctor Allan Barnes: I must. I must experience the greatest act of a human mind: to take another life. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story (2005) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Put on the Mask, 1 April 2003
Author: rufasff from Los Angeles CA

This silly, stagy, slow moving horror film is probably still the best 3D movie ever made. Once you wait through the bland story, and the call comes to "Put On The Mask"; it becomes another film. These 3D sequences are the best, freakest ever put on film, and they transfer to TV remarkably well in the Elvira edition. If you have any taste for oddities at all, this is a must.

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