They’re not just for Halloween anymore. Expensive, realistic masks — the kind that are the hit of the costume party — are increasingly being used out of season, and not always for laughs. A white bank ...

It’s easy to spot someone wearing a mask, right? Well, new research suggests that it can be much harder than you think. Masks are a great way to help actors get into character and scare young children ...

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Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...

Presented without comment. [Photo: Real-F] Sure, we all think we look stunning when we sneak a peak in the mirror, but does the world really need more than one of our faces floating around? Twins my ...

Hyper-realistic masks are made from flexible materials such as silicone and are designed to imitate real human faces - down to every last freckle, wrinkle and strand of real human hair. In a study by ...

John Carpenter’s 1978 horror classic Halloween was by no means the first slasher movie, but it inspired a wave of imitators which collectively codified a lot of what fans still expect from the genre: ...

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