Review of Death Mask

Well now, you gotta give the filmmakers at least some credit here: Casting Linnea Quigley in a leading roll and immediately showing her in the first scene totally naked in a shower, spraying water all over her... well, where it needs to be sprayed. Alright, baby, I think with this movie I finally got what all the fuss has been about for all those years amongst horror fans when it comes to this cult actress! And damn, even in a 1998 movie she's still looking mighty yummie . But when I tell you she really was the best actress of the whole cast, then you might guess what that means, no? Yes, very bad acting everywhere on screen (if I still needed to spell it out). But there's still some amusing stuff going on here. We've got these settings: a freak-carnival, a swamp, a whore-house in some isolated town, tents & trailers. The story: a disfigured, traumatized, mild-tempered man/artist turns into a maniac out for revenge when he sells his soul to a voodoo-woman in return for the accomplishment of his masterpiece, being... a self-carved Mask of Death. Very, very low-budget fair kinda deal with more than one couple of boobies at display and some mildly entertaining killings. Certainly not worth more than my generous rating, but hell, I had fun with it .