Weird that if it wasn't for Lucille Ball this movie wouldn't exist

Sure it would have. It just would've been a different mask. Emmett Kelley clown or some other weird creepy looking thing.

Heck, Shatner might have been popular in something else and still got a mask of his face made, same deal, different circumstances.


"He came home." - Dr. Sam Loomis from the original HalloweeN

It still would have worked, we are just used to seeing the existing mask.

The mask described in the novel actually sounds creepier. It has a purple hue around the eyes and red lips against a white face. The characters actually aren't sure if it's a mask or a pale person with tired-looking circles under their eyes and unusually red lips. The fact they can't directly tell if it's a mask or not is disturbing.

Dear Star Trek hipster, it wasn't a Kirk mask, it was a mask from "The Devil's Rain" that starred William Shatner.

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(my bumper sticker)

No it's weird that you think you had an interesting or original thought, because it's totally wrong.

The original production had a Shatner mask AND an Emmett Kelly clown mask. Either would have been used and worked, or yet another mask would have been used.

Lame.

LOL.
Kind of half true but still funny.

Good point.