Yeah, they said at the end of the livestream that they’ll rework the audio levels for us. There were times that I couldn’t even hear that there was supposed to be dialog at all. Luckily for me, I have audio processing issues anyway so I always watch with captions on. Although sometimes the captions weren’t visible because they were white on white in a small font.
I did like the way the movie set up the 3D sequences as purely within the mask’s dreamscape. With the voice of the mask telling you it was time to put yours on, giving you time to do so. Like I said elsewhere, I found the intermittent 3D in another movie to be rather jarring and cumbersome, but it really works here. That was clever. A couple of well made jump scares, too, without being over the top with it.
From the sound of it, they had special custom 3D masks printed for the movie. I wonder…
Ah. Wikipedia has a picture.
That’s kind of cool? But I was expecting an attempt to at least kind of look like the mask from the movie.
Great episode. And I love that because of the Gizmoplex we’re able to do a 3D movie. Awesome job with the 3D host segment. (I love the behind the scenes look we got in the livestream.)
The explanation we’re given:
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Putting the mask on draws out your darkest thoughts and impulses, becoming a more powerful and addictive compulsion as it gradually consumes your better nature.
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The mask comes from an ancient South American tribe and was used in ritual human sacrifice.
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The doctor has bought into the trope that taking a human life is the ultimate power trip. (Similar to the Most Dangerous Game.)
The fever dreams occur while he has the mask on, and they represent the darkest depths of his subconscious. Some of them do include imagery of death and human sacrifice.
We also see that although he’s happy with his fiance, he finds himself attracted to his secretary, who has been quietly attracted to him for a long time. (They do show her subtly flirting at the beginning of the movie, before the fiance shows up.) He takes a step into sin when he cheats on his dark-haired fiance by making advances on the blonde secretary, and from there he moves on to attempting to kill her.
Interestingly, the fiance asks early on what happens if you don’t have any darkness in your soul at all, to which the reply is “Doesn’t everybody?” It’s true. We’re only human, and none of us is perfect. And yet… When he puts the mask on her, it has no effect. (Which is actually nice to see, instead of the assumption of women carrying “original sin” or some other inherent corruption.)
Also, I don’t watch horror movies. I’ve never seen Hellraiser. But Pinhead Servo is perfect. It just makes me happy. Excellent suggestion, Rebecca.