Jarred Alcala makes a living indulging his childhood passion for the special-effects side of spooky. “I get to wake up every day and come here and make Halloween masks, make monsters and create and ...

A recent spate of thefts in Jiangsu province and Shanghai involving hyper-realistic silicone face masks has ignited a debate about the legality of these products. Authorities in Xuzhou, Jiangsu, ...

LOS ANGELES – They’re not just for Halloween anymore. Expensive, realistic masks – the kind that are the hit of the costume party – are increasingly being used out of season, and not always for laughs ...