Masks and mask-like makeup in public entertainments and public life were once commonplace: from the Onna and Ghost masks of Noh theatre to the Krampus and Perchten of Germanic alpine parades and festivals. Although masks had been transformed in Western perception in the 18th-19th centuries into a device for deviance, recently, groups like Mummenschanz, Cirque du Soleil, and others, as well as the surviving ancient theatre around the world have resurrected the mask. Simultaneous to this a renewed interest in blood and terror. From the Grand Guignol theatre of France to the films Halloween and...