HORRORS UNDER THE SUN (2/2)

Death in the desert: Punishment Park (1971), dir. Peter Watkins & The Hills Have Eyes (1977), dir. Wes Craven

Stay out of the lake: Lake Placid (1999), dir. Steve Miner & Piranha 3D (2010), dir. Alexander Aja

Summer romance gone wrong: Stranger by the Lake (2013), dir. Alain Guirdaudie & Piggy (2022), dir. Carlota Pereda

Southern gothic: The Night of the Hunter (1955), dir. Charles Laughton & Eve's Bayou (1997), dir. Kasi Lemmons

The three primary uses of masks in film are entertainment, disguise and protection. From ancient Greek plays through Japanese Noh theater, masks are deeply intertwined in the universal language of entertainment and ritual, and its power as a transformative tool is so ritualized and timeworn that it is the unofficial logo for an entire artform. Since theater was an influence on early motion pictures (consider the framing and gestural acting of silent film), it figures that masks would be smuggled into movies, and some of the most enduring images from film history are now associated with masks. —Alex Vlahov

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Draw Ineffable Husbands through the ages or ask for and take requests?

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Good day to all, I've been playing the "Don't Starve Together" game sometimes lately, and I found it interesting to think about how the character Wally would be played there