Masks in Horror Cinema

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is an Australian film critic, speaker and consultant who specialises in horror, cult and exploitation cinema. She is a researcher at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction - Why Masks? Ritual, Power and TransformationChapter One: Situating Masks and Horror CinemaPart One: Masks, Horror and Cinema: Towards Codification Chapter Two: Masks and Horror in Literary and Performance Traditions and Early CinemaChapter Three: Masks in Horror Film Before 1970Part Two: Horror Film Masks from 1970Chapter Four: Skin Masks: Ritual, Power and Transformation Chapter Five: Blank Masks: Ritual, Power and TransformationChapter Six: Animal Masks: Ritual, Power and TransformationChapter Seven: Repurposed Masks: Ritual, Power and TransformationPart Three: Masks as Transformational Technologies - Moving Forward By Looking BackChapter Eight: Technological Masks: Ritual, Power and TransformationConclusionBibliography