31 Days of Spoooktacular: Masks

Masks are scary. And not just masks of scary aliens or wolves or demons. I know for a fact that there are people who find the above mask creepy, even though there is nothing inherently creepy about it. There’s no blood or fangs. There’s nothing sinister about it. It represents no gender, race or deformity. It is a blank form.

And yet, this mask elicitsuneasiness. If you don’t think this is scary, think about MichaelMyer’smask. It is a white, featureless face. Or think about Jason’s mask. It’s...