Don Post Calendar Mask, 1998: Phantom of the Opera

   In 1998, Don Post Studios re-visited their most famous series of masks; The Universal Monsters series.

 They were (unofficially) called the "Calendar Masks".

Each mask in this re-release was limited to 498 editions.  

This is one of my favorite masks in the series. The sculpt is simply perfect. One immediately thinks of the iconography of classic movie monsters when viewing it. 

This mask sports the original factory paint and hair. No mask rust has afflicted him yet.

Lon Chaney's 1925/1929 silent movie monster, and one of the grandfathers/heralds of things to come from the studio, alongside his portrayal of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.






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