Haired eyebrows in 1978's Halloween? No way...YES WAY!

I personally do not think the movie’s mask had hair on the brows, but it could have at one point or one of the few masks could have had hair at some point. I do not see enough proof in that picture. The problem is when they pulled the hair off and painted it white the shoe glue DPS used dried brown and the paint didn’t stick to it so the brown glue color was prominent. Same reason it sticks out on the sideburn areas.

Yes, it’s prevalent in the side-burn areas, you can see the yellowness tint to the side-burn glue lines. However, this is dark brown/black hair. You can see hair, maybe they even tried to pull it all off, but you can still see hair there easily.

Ok…I just went thru my STASH of Halloween memorabilia and I found 2 photos: a b/w still (Struck from my original negative master) and 1 color Spanish Lobby. I will post those pics later tonight.

You can tell this is a back-up mask, the hair line is not that of the main mask: it has haired eyebrows and the side-burn glue line doesn’t match-up color wise against the eyebrows.

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This mask seems to have the “crease/bend” of the hero in the upper left forehead region right around the hairline. I thought that characteristic was a one off of the hero. Would the other stunt masks share this feature? I also see darker eyebrows, perhaps from paint rubbing off of them, not necessarily haired eyebrows.

Ok, I scanned the new images and will post them Monday. The only thing conclusive is, it’s not the main “Hero” mask; the hairline is different and you will see this from the scans. Also, I found some info regarding the neck wound…

The eyebrows…why in this scene, only this scene, do the eyebrows look dark; almost like their painted or haired? Odd isn’t it.

Just my 2 cents worth…if the 5-masks in the movie were made by DPS (like the court documents say), why would they be that much different? Why would some of them have hairy eyebrows and some of them not have? In such a low budget film, who would think no one would notice? If DPS made the five masks, why would they glue hair on the eyebrows, just to take it back off again to paint over it??? Why would there be a difference between the “stunt” masks and the main masks? Just asking??..

This is why I still believe the Hero was converted by TLW, and the stunt masks were made by DPS.

Mark

Personally I think they were ripped off… to say it’s as clear as day is just your opinion, to me they look like sculpted eyebrows.

Even this image they don’t look haired, but look dark.

Look sculpted here…

No hair on these…

Too thin to be hairy here…

definitely sculpted here

I bet if you made up a Myers mask with hairy eyebrows it would look bloody ridiculous, but that is just my opinion. And if it is the case of hairy eyebrows, how come no one has mentioned it in the past? Seems to me that would be a vital bit of information to miss?? Until I see a cap with undeniable hair on the brow, I’ll stick to having mine stripped as we have done since the beginning of the hobby. :drinkers:

I dunno,Castle’s eyebrows look pretty Thick n Hairy to me :mrgreen: :laughing: sorry couldn’t resist that one…

HAHAHAHA… I didn’t realize we were talking about Castle’s eyebrows… in that case, yep, they’re hairy. :drinkers:

The more I look at theta shot, I still don’t see hair. It looks like sculpted brows to me that just happen to be darker than the Hero.

No one’s sayin that’s the Hero Billy.
It’s obvious it’s a stunt/backup mask. You and others have proven that years ago. Still hard to believe there’s hair on this mask. Why would the crew film a mask a with the hair left on? I still assume it’s “STAIN” left from the glue. Unless you have a clear still photo or if you’ve seen it in the recently discovered out take footage, it’s gonna be hard to agree.
If it did have hair, would be great to see a clear shot :bulb:

Agree!
Though I don’t believe there were 5 masks made by DP(I’ve read those documents before). Bill malone stated in an interview that two masks were sent to the set. He was recently asked this year and clearly states he remembers two unless another employee made more. I’m sure they were with haired eyebrows when sent but were torn off when used on set :bulb:

Glue was clear…

I asked Don about the glue they used on any mask haired…here was his answer.

BK
We used a clear glue on hairing masks. Sometimes, years later, some would turn, some wouldn’t depending on how the mask was cared for. Why do you ask.

DP

Very Interesting.
Looking forward to more info!

Clear or colored they will get stained depending on the enivironment.
Come on Billy post them pics! It’s all cool if I’m proven wrong :slight_smile:

Hmmmm. I might be saying that actually. Well, I’m saying that the mask that was ripped off has what looks to be the same exact crease/bend that the hero does. Happenstance? Is it possible that this may be a defect common to many 75Ks? IDK.

What mask are you saying was “ripped off?”
This is my take on the original Myers masks for the film. (This is just my opinion)
TLW buys a Kirk, cuts out the eyes, rips off the sideburns, eyebrows, darkens the hair, spray paints it white and they have one hell of a creepy mask. But there’s one problem, he spray painted it and it cracks like a hard boiled egg shell every time it’s touched, stretched, worn. Probably can’t be used in the film. They go to DPS with this spray painted mask and ask “can you make us about five of these?” for our film. DPS makes five of them (without hairy eyebrows) and so goes the film. The film makers paid DPS $150.00 for “five masks?” That is documented in court. If this is true, and I believe it is, there was probably no hair on the eyebrows of these masks.
Again, just my opinion…

not seeing the hair on the eyebrows…
look at the mask and you can see a (sculpted) ridge around the eyebrow area.
now look at the mask with hair on it around that same area it is much, much darker
from the glue and no (sculpted) ridge is showing.

ripped off, as in literally, from Tony Moran’s face and then he pulls it back on.

I share the opinion of Carpenter, TLW, and crew. All of the masks on set were converted by TLW, and all were converted using the same method.