HauntedPlanet.com silicone masks.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COLORADO COOL STUFF

Longtime Halloween entrepreneur Chris Vrazy connected with filmmaker Milko Davis to launch a mask company using Hollywood's prosthetic medium of choice--silicone--rather than the mass-market status quo, latex. "It looks real," Vrazy says. "Everything moves with your face. And latex masks are really hot. You're breathing into the mask and that makes them hotter."

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HauntedPlanet.com's masks are premium-priced, but Vrazy says their realism is matched by their durability. The first crop of the duo's handmade-to-order, hand-painted masks include a female...