The Laughing Mask

Best things of the movie are the killer and the aesthetic. Ive seen other people mentioning, there are scenes in his lair or house that are VERY well done, really stylized and give a great sense of what the director was going for. Unfortunately those are sometimes sandwiched with wooden acting from John Hardy for example who seemed to be having a seizure in the final reveal for some reason. This is definitely a low budget feature with a lot of potential with a higher budget, especially for the main killer.

For example since this is on Tubi TV for free and they have 0 content that is original, throwing a little money on making a series based on this killer with some A talent actors even B involved would be freaking awesome. The weakest part of the movie really is what plagues every low budget feature, but they still managed to get a few strong performances from Rivers, Gabriel Lee and a few others.

Caught an early screening and was very surprised. Honestly from the previews I was expecting another Jason or Michael Myers but this was so much more.

I've read somewhere that the director was inspired by "Angel Heart" and you can see several nods to this movie there, the twist ending was unpredictable and fun, and the acting was very good. I loved the character of the Mask though, the mask was cool, creepy and still fun. HIs attire was a total nod to Angel Heart with the 1930's old school clothing with a dash of Joker on top, The Laughing Mask killer is not just funny, he is Lethal..

At first you think all the killings are random, but once the story develops you see exactly whats all about

I won't give any spoilers but its a jaw dropper ..

The story starts with a random murder. We don't know anything about the victim until months later, we're told her name was Jaycee Johnson and her husband Jake is a writer hellbent on revenge. As far as Jake knows, The Laughing Mask killed his wife and kidnapped his daughter. Enter Kate O'malley (played by Sheyenne Rivers) a tough cop with a the language of a sailor, Kate was friends with Jaycee and took a leave of absence after her death.

Jake writes a book about The Laughing Mask, telling all kinds of disparaging things about the killer hoping to goad him to attack Jake.

The rest falls under spoiler territory but you won't be disappointed.

Loved the killer, Laughing Mask is scary and funny at the same time, he's cool and it remind me of what would happen if The Shadow and The Joker had a love child.

That said I wanted rip roaring killing spree.. I saw a dude with a chainsaw man and blood in the preview and I wanted carnage and didn't get it. The kill scenes are not graphic or gory but at least they're kill scenes, but there is not enough "mask time" in the movie for my tastes.

Every second of the storyline I was just basically waiting for the mask to show up again and kill people LOL . It was not a bad movie, just not at all what I was expecting. I wanted blood dammit.. blood blood blood!!!!

Caught it on Tubi, Im a low budget film freak, and I don't mean low budget like these 3 mil plus movies out there, I mean I like to see what people can do with near nothing, for me its the closest we get to real cinema. With that in mind, this is a perfect example of a full-feature film being done with whatever you have around you and turning out great. There is obviously no budget to speak of. The actors are all unknowns, and some only have this as their only film, Aguiar's strengths were the character itself, referenced in tons of other reviews here, its polished and a great killer. Using music to deliver the dialogues was a great touch and free music even better. The more technical aspects fail somewhat, sound is rough and ADR sounded spotty in several outside scenes but the cinematography is truly great with some really inspired kill scenes. Is it super polished? No, is the acting rough at parts? Yes but its the fun of low budget films. Give it a try!

Good mood and fun setup. The killer is the start of this and as it should be, I saw some crazy reviews here but all of them praise the character and they're right. If the move had focused more on the kills and less on the investigation stuff this would've been much better rating, as is I gave it a 10 because I see a lot of 1's skewing this and its deserves way more than the 3 it got. Yeah the acting is rough, yeah the sound is rough in some parts but dude did magic with the $6 he had for budget and we should at least give him some props for that. Not sure why I just saw this but its on Tubi, its free and the kills are sweet. I don't need more.