December 2, 2024 1:03 pm

Jim Carrey's 'The Mask' Could Have Been a Freddy Krueger-like Horror Movie
Jim Carrey's 'The Mask' Could Have Been a Freddy Krueger-like Horror Movie

Jim Carrey’s ‘The Mask’ Could Have Been a Freddy Krueger-like Horror Movie

Jim Carreys take on The Mask was one of the movies that propelled the actor into the elite of Hollywood. However, for anyone familiar with the comic book that the franchise is based on, the source material is brutal, foul-mouthed, and very different to the zany, family-friendly cartoon violence seen in the 1994 hit. According to director Charles Chuck Russell, there was a point where The Mask could have been made as a more horror-orientated film instead.

​  

​Director Charles Russell shared how 1994’s ‘The Mask’ could have been more like ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’. Read More