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Some cineasts might have asked themselves, how the professional make-up artists from hollywood are able to change a face to an extend, that one is not able anymore to recognize the person behind the mask. This realistic masking is usually achieved with special latex parts, which are custom made for the actors. This whole procedure is very time consuming and laborious, with the makeup artist often working several hours to complete a realistic disguise. This special latex apllications are usually only usuable once and has to be made for each and every day of shooting.

Scary Latex masks for halloween

In the night of the 31st October it is again the time to celebrate the old celtic rite of 'Halloween'. Most people got accustomed to the sight of the neighbors children wandering around and ransacking whole stockpiles of sweets. Anybody not complying to those threats is often punished with sneaky pranks.

Bernie Madoff latex mask one of the fast sellers of the 2009 halloween season

It's really astonishing to take a look at this years trends concerning possible costume choices for halloween 2009. Especially horror masks seem to enjoy a great degree of popularity this year, with the trend seemingly shifting yet again into the direction of rather fancy masks.In this regard, mask creators are increasingly taking on contemporary issues that originate from the politics and social fields.

Freaky videos featuring realistic masks

It is not secret that one is able to disguise oneself in a relatively lifelike manner with latex masks. Nevertheless, this has once again been proved impressively by an italian amateur film-maker. He decided to personate three fictional characters from Genoa, Italy. Therefor, he used three different masks to give each character a distinct appearance. It has to be noted that the person behind the masks is always the same. The resulting video clips are felicitous and cool in their own, special way.

The chimpanzee masks from the Peter Fox videos

Chimpanzee masks have become something like a hallmark for Peter Fox, one of Germanys most succesful musicians at the moment.This pretty weird disguise is used in his videos, for instance in the one shot for his very succesful song 'Alles Neu', awared with a Comet as best music clip this year. The Comet is Germanys most important Award in the music sector.