The Mask

Year: 1961

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: English

Director: Julian Roffman

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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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