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Halloween Mask Madness, Day 17: Before Leatherface there was Ed Gein…

Halloween Mask Madness, Day 17: Before Leatherface there was Ed Gein…

by Shawn Robare | Oct 17, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read

It’s well into week three of the Halloween season and the Monster Mask Madness continues today with another vintage ad from Death Studios.  This one comes out of issue #84 of Fangoria, and was published back in 1989… I was really surprised that this...
Halloween Mask Madness, Day 17: Before Leatherface there was Ed Gein…

Halloween Mask Madness, Day 16: Elephant Man Redux…

by Shawn Robare | Oct 16, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read

After being personally wow-ed by some of the recent Distortions and Don Post mask ads, today’s Great CoverUp ad from issue #66 of Fangoria (published in 1987), just seems like one big step backwards… It advertises supurb workmanship, but some of these...
Halloween Mask Madness, Day 17: Before Leatherface there was Ed Gein…

Halloween Mask Madness, Day 15: I wonder if zombie Sandpeople ride zombie Banthas?

by Shawn Robare | Oct 15, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read

Well, we’re just about at the halfway point on this year’s Countdown.  So far there have been roughly 177 different masks from the 23 vintage monster mask ads featured and there’s a whole lot more where they came from.  Today’s post...
Halloween Mask Madness, Day 17: Before Leatherface there was Ed Gein…

Halloween Mask Madness, Day 14: Talk about Hack and Slash (I mean Bash…)

by Shawn Robare | Oct 14, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read

It’s day 14 and I think it’s time we get back on track with something a little more monsterific!  Today’s ad is from issue #57 of Fangoria which was published back in 1986 and features out first look at Massacre Masks… I’m not sure...
Halloween Mask Madness, Day 17: Before Leatherface there was Ed Gein…

Halloween Mask Madness, Day 13: It’s a Tuxedo Trap!

by Shawn Robare | Oct 13, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read

We’re up to Day 13 of the countdown and today I’ve decided to share the ritziest of the vintage monster mask ads I’ve been able to cobble together.  Yet another Don Post as, this one hails from an issue of Fantastic magazine published in...
Halloween Mask Madness, Day 17: Before Leatherface there was Ed Gein…

Halloween Mask Madness, Day 12: The Last American Werewolf Starfighter!

by Shawn Robare | Oct 12, 2011 | Branded in the 80s, Read

Howdy folks!  We’re nearing the halfway point of this year’s Countdown to Halloween and I’ve been having a blast!  Today’s vintage monster mask ad comes from issue #39 of Fangoria (published in 1984) and features a couple different...
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