Skull: The Mask

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Skull: The Mask

2020

1h 30m

Horror

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

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A supernatural serial killer based on pre-Colombian mythology hunts for revenge in the metropolis of São Paulo.

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

There's a good deal of carnage here, more flashy than it is verifiably nasty, and so little of it pays off.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 27, 2021

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

Anyone who wanted more of the human-sacrifice scene in Mel Gibson's Apocalypto will be overjoyed by this silly, uneven but strangely appealing slasher film that leaves no heart unripped from human thorax.

Rated: 3/5

May 27, 2021

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Paul Klein

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

Skull: The Mask opts to explore how long you can last in a film that makes no sense.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 4, 2024

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Jon Mendelsohn

CBR

Skull: The Mask is a daring horror movie that isn't afraid to make some dangerous choices and that is exactly what the genre needs to stay fresh.

Jun 16, 2021

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Gory, silly, and lively, Skull: The Mask moves along at a brisk clip with minimal dialogue, sheer energy hurtling it past the constraints of an equally minimal budget.

Jun 14, 2021

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Daniel Gorman

In Review Online

There's a charmingly roughshod, handmade quality to the low budget Skull: The Mask that goes a long way toward papering over its myriad flaws.

Jun 6, 2021

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Craig B

Well, quite the gorefest that one! The opening 5 minutes I thought was pretty amateurish. Thankfully, it picked up its game from there. Very much a shut off your brain and enjoy the ridiculous gory action.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/16/24

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Brad P

Blood drenched. Splatterific. Goretastic. What other adjectives do you need? A demon who guards the Underworld uses an ancient mask to possess a body to bring on an epic bloodbath that will turn it into a God. The Brazilian Jason!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Great gore heavy horror movie. Felt like real cinema not some Hollywood formula crap. A few B movie knocks but well worth the watch.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Skull: The Mask, known as Skull: A Máscara de Anhangá (Skull: The Mask of Anhangá) in its native Brazil has an incredible trailer, an awesome poster, plenty of goretastic practical effects and, well, that's about it. That should be enough, but this movie never gets to the sheer level of intensity and madness that it hints that it's ready to achieve. Beatriz Obdias is a bad cop who has stumbled on the titular mask, which was on its way to a museum when it was stolen. Now, dead bodies are piling up, as the mask has possessed a crime scene cleaner (pro wrestler Rurik Jr.) and is using him to satiate its unending bloodlust, because after all, Anhangá is a pre-Colombian spirit that wanders the Earth after death. This version of the spirit has a gigantic meat cleaver and is constantly covered in blood. There's also the museum owner who wants the mask for himself and a man named Marco who wants to protect the mask, which his family has a long history with. He walks around with a severed hand, which ties in to the bloody prologue. I really wanted this movie to succeed, because the effects look incredible and I can overlook so much in a slasher. But it just drags and just when you think things are going to go fully off the wall, it slows down again.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Nathália Rodrigues

Beatriz Obdias

Rurik Jr.

Skull

Wilton Andrade

Manco Ramirez

Ricardo Gelli

Padre Vasco Magno

Guta Ruiz

Galvani Volta

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Synopsis

A supernatural serial killer based on pre-Colombian mythology hunts for revenge in the metropolis of São Paulo.

Director: Armando Fonseca
Creator: Kapel Furman
Screenwriter: Armando Fonseca, Kapel Furman
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Streaming): May 27, 2021
Runtime: 1h 30m

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