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Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to the horror film Skull: The Mask from Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Rlje Films will release Skull: The Mask on VOD, Digital HD and DVD on October 26, 2021. Check out the trailer:

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Co-directed and co-written by Kapel Furman (Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary...

Skull: The Mask: "Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to the horror film Skull: The Mask from Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. Rlje Films will release Skull: The Mask on VOD, Digital HD and DVD on October 26, 2021.

Co-directed and co-written by Kapel Furman (Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary) and Armando Fonseca (“CineLab”), Skull: The Mask stars Natallia Rodrigues (Elis), Wilton Andrade (VIPs), Tristan Aronovich (Sem Fio), David Wendefilm (Sessão de Terapia) and Rurik Jr. as “Skull.” The DVD will be available for an Srp of $27.97.

In Skull: The Mask, after disappearing over fifty years ago, an ancient artifact known as the Mask of Anhangá resurfaces at an archaeological dig in the Amazon. It is brought to Sao Paulo to be exhibited at a museum, but before reaching its destination, the Mask starts to claim its...

Stars: Tristan Aronovich, Ivo Müller, Micas Carvalho, Guta Ruiz, Natallia Rodrigues, Beatriz Severo, Elder Fraga, Eduardo Semerjian, Gilda Nomacce, Greta Antoine, Lívia Inhudes | Written and Directed by Armando Fonseca, Kapel Furman

Horror fans will never get bored of eighties slasher films will they? I don’t mean this as a bad thing though. I am one of those horror fans that could happily watch eighties slasher films on repeat for the rest of my life. So it’s no surprise that modern filmmakers continue to make movies that a highly influenced by the era. Skull: The Mask is the latest film to give it a go.

Skull: The Mask shows a supernatural serial killer based on pre-Columbian mythology and Brazilian folklore out for revenge in a killing spree while a police officer and a musuem worker try to save the day. In truth, like many of the movies it was influenced by,...

An ancient demonic skull mask wreaks havoc on São Paulo in a plot almost as messy as the omnipresent, scene-stealing gore

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. A mystifying prologue sees Nazis unearth a grotesque pre-Colombian skull mask, which looks like Darth Maul’s Sunday best. The artefact resurfaces in modern-day São Paulo where, after chewing up the archaeologist who found it, it attaches itself to one of the crime-scene cleaners. He is transformed into a host for Anhangá, an indigenous demon who loves an old-school blood sacrifice.

Here’s hoping the actor in the mask (Brazilian wrestler Rurik Jr) didn’t make any earnest thespian inquiries about Anhangá’s motivation, because this is a tough one to answer. It’s hinted he...

If you know anything about me, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that whenever a film can offer up a new perspective and/or a buffet of mind-blowingly cool special effects, I’m totally and completely on board, which was absolutely the case for Skull (which also goes by Skull: The Mask). A Brazilian horror/police thriller mashup that truly left my jaw on the proverbial floor numerous times, Skull is one of those films that needs to be seen to be believed, and my hope is that genre fans will get an opportunity to catch up with it sooner than later.

Skull kicks off with a prologue that takes us back to the February 1944, where we watch as a rare and dangerous artifact—a skull—is being utilized by a military group for nefarious reasons deep in the Amazon forest. We watch on as a blood-soaked, violent ritual is carried out,...

Armando Fonseca and Kapel Furman’s Skull is a bloody-brutal, bloody-barbaric, blood-bloody-bloody Brazilian midnighter that emphasizes over-the-top deaths. A simple concept and to-the-point execution anchors focus on an ancient berzerker summoned by those who should not harness such monstrous powers. Scene after scene is slathered in Maniac-grade sleaziness, as innocents feed a bloodlust that frequently results in kills that’ll have you mouthing “what the f*ck” after another victim’s tailbone stabs into the next poor clubgoer’s cranium. Awaken the devil? You get the horns, alright.

In 1944, Nazis did some bad Nazi stuff and attempted to use the Mask of Anhangá for evil…as Nazis do. Skip ahead to modern times, and the mask arrives in Sao Paulo after being unearthed by archeologists. There are still some believers in the purest race, and Anhangá is still an object of attention, which gets a lot of bystanders killed. The mask possesses a random body,...

Tagline: "A Killer Hunt for Revenge." Skull: The Mask is a Brazilian, horror production. Slated to show at this year's European Film Market, this feature focuses on a supernatural-infused serial killer. Based on ancient Colombian mythology, an worn artifact births a violent executioner. Skull: The Mask was developed by filmmakers: Armando Fonseca (Uptake Fear) and Kapel Furman. And, the film centrally stars: Natallia Rodrigues (The Awakener), Wilton Andrade and Rurik Jr. Raven Banner Entertainment will represent this title for potential European and North American distribution. As well, a new poster has been released (found here), along with a new trailer (linked below). The official synopsis mentions an 1940s artifact and a military experiment. Now, the artifact resides in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Enlivened, this mask takes the shape of an ancient god and demands sacrifices. A true slasher feature, Skull: The Mask infuses a supernatural element, in its story. The European Film Market.