The Mask

The 1986 RE/Search book Incredibly Strange Films featured an eye-popping still from The Mask on its front cover, and we’ve been dying to see the movie ever since.

Now restored, the ghetto-budgeted Canadian horror flick from 1961 definitely doesn’t disappoint, especially in its nightmarish 3-D sequences, which occur whenever not-too-bright psychiatrist Dr. Allan Barnes (Paul Stevens) puts the titular mask on (clue: it’s cursed!). Join Dr. Barnes on his descent into madness, complete with anaglyph 3-D glasses, at the Cinematheque starting Thursday (January 21).