Characters & Themes
The Mask (1961) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1961 · 83 mins · English
- Directed by
- Julian Roffman
- Starring
- Claudette Nevins, Eleanor Beecroft, Leo Leyden, Paul Nevens, Martin Lavut, Alfie Scopp
The story follows a young archaeologist who becomes convinced that an ancient mask has cursed him, haunting him with disturbing nightmares and driving him toward violent thoughts. Desperate, he sends the mask to his psychiatrist, Dr. Barnes, only to have the doctor drawn into the same terrifying, nightmarish realm the mask creates.
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