Skull: The Mask | |
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Cinematography | Andre Sigwalt |
Music by | Fernando Arruda |
Production companies | Infravermelho Filmes Fantaspoa Produções Boccato Productions |
Distributed by | Raven Banner Entertainment |
Release dates | |
Running time | 90 minutes [1] |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
Skull: The Mask ( Portuguese: Skull: A Máscara de Anhangá) is a 2020 Brazilian slasher film written and directed by Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman. It stars Natallia Rodrigues as a detective investigating the ancient mask of Anhangá—a vassal of a Pre-Columbian era god—who is incarnated and embarks on a sacrificial killing spree. The film is an international co-production of Brazil and the United States. [2]
Skull: The Mask premiered digitally as part of the Chattanooga Film Festival on 22 May 2020. [3] The film is available for streaming on Shudder as of 27 May 2021. [4] [5] [6]
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plot summary. (December 2020) |
In 2018, Cinestate acquired the rights to distribute Skull: The Mask in the United States through the Fangoria label. [9] [10]
Skull: The Mask premiered digitally on 22 May 2020 as part of the 7th annual Chattanooga Film Festival. [1] [3] [11] [12] The festival took place online as a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [13]
The film was made available for streaming on Shudder on 27 May 2021. [4] [5] [6]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. [14]
Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting called the film "a gloriously carnage-fueled horror movie nestled deep within a messy web of entangled plot threads. A lot of it doesn't work, but it's hard to be too upset about a film that brings an insane amount of gore and intriguing new monster mythology to the table." [3] Screen Anarchy's Andrew Mack praised the film's gore as "fantastic" and "top notch", though he noted: "It feels like two separate films were made then there was an attempt to edit them together and make a cohesive whole." [15] Jacob Oller of Paste complimented the film's prop design but criticized its choreography and staging, writing that "Skull: The Mask just isn't shot in a way to fully appreciate the nastiness its creators so clearly enjoy." [8] Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com gave the film a score of one-and-a-half out of four stars, finding faults with its characters, editing, and sound mixing. [16]
Gizmodo's Cheryl Eddy praised the film's special effects, and wrote that the perceived complexity of the film's plot "doesn't detract much from the movie's enjoyability." [7] Drew Tinnin of Dread Central gave the film four-and-a-half out of five stars, calling it "an indie action slasher masterpiece." [17] Both Eddy and Tinnin compared the film's antagonist to Jason Voorhees of the Friday of the 13th franchise, [7] [17] with Tinnin writing that "Brazil may have found their version of Kane Hodder in pro-wrestler Rurik Jr." [17] The Guardian's Phil Hoad gave the film three out of five stars, calling it a "silly, uneven but strangely appealing slasher film that leaves no heart unripped from human thorax." [6] Martin Unsworth of Starburst rated Skull: The Mask four out of four, commending its action scenes, pacing, performances, and special effects. [18] Hope Madden of UK Film Review called it a "throwback exploitation" and said the "film’s opening is its strongest segment, a grainy video portrayal of a 1944 political bloodbath with the goal of enacting an ancient pre-Columbian ritual." [19]
Skull: The Mask | |
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![]() Promotional release poster | |
Directed by |
|
Written by |
|
Starring |
|
Cinematography | Andre Sigwalt |
Music by | Fernando Arruda |
Production companies | Infravermelho Filmes Fantaspoa Produções Boccato Productions |
Distributed by | Raven Banner Entertainment |
Release dates | |
Running time | 90 minutes [1] |
Country | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese |
Skull: The Mask ( Portuguese: Skull: A Máscara de Anhangá) is a 2020 Brazilian slasher film written and directed by Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman. It stars Natallia Rodrigues as a detective investigating the ancient mask of Anhangá—a vassal of a Pre-Columbian era god—who is incarnated and embarks on a sacrificial killing spree. The film is an international co-production of Brazil and the United States. [2]
Skull: The Mask premiered digitally as part of the Chattanooga Film Festival on 22 May 2020. [3] The film is available for streaming on Shudder as of 27 May 2021. [4] [5] [6]
![]() | This article needs a
plot summary. (December 2020) |
In 2018, Cinestate acquired the rights to distribute Skull: The Mask in the United States through the Fangoria label. [9] [10]
Skull: The Mask premiered digitally on 22 May 2020 as part of the 7th annual Chattanooga Film Festival. [1] [3] [11] [12] The festival took place online as a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [13]
The film was made available for streaming on Shudder on 27 May 2021. [4] [5] [6]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. [14]
Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting called the film "a gloriously carnage-fueled horror movie nestled deep within a messy web of entangled plot threads. A lot of it doesn't work, but it's hard to be too upset about a film that brings an insane amount of gore and intriguing new monster mythology to the table." [3] Screen Anarchy's Andrew Mack praised the film's gore as "fantastic" and "top notch", though he noted: "It feels like two separate films were made then there was an attempt to edit them together and make a cohesive whole." [15] Jacob Oller of Paste complimented the film's prop design but criticized its choreography and staging, writing that "Skull: The Mask just isn't shot in a way to fully appreciate the nastiness its creators so clearly enjoy." [8] Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com gave the film a score of one-and-a-half out of four stars, finding faults with its characters, editing, and sound mixing. [16]
Gizmodo's Cheryl Eddy praised the film's special effects, and wrote that the perceived complexity of the film's plot "doesn't detract much from the movie's enjoyability." [7] Drew Tinnin of Dread Central gave the film four-and-a-half out of five stars, calling it "an indie action slasher masterpiece." [17] Both Eddy and Tinnin compared the film's antagonist to Jason Voorhees of the Friday of the 13th franchise, [7] [17] with Tinnin writing that "Brazil may have found their version of Kane Hodder in pro-wrestler Rurik Jr." [17] The Guardian's Phil Hoad gave the film three out of five stars, calling it a "silly, uneven but strangely appealing slasher film that leaves no heart unripped from human thorax." [6] Martin Unsworth of Starburst rated Skull: The Mask four out of four, commending its action scenes, pacing, performances, and special effects. [18] Hope Madden of UK Film Review called it a "throwback exploitation" and said the "film’s opening is its strongest segment, a grainy video portrayal of a 1944 political bloodbath with the goal of enacting an ancient pre-Columbian ritual." [19]