well, they SHOULD be acting, but I guess that's not really what you were asking.


The only two instances where I can recall the guy behind the mask really "acting" are Kane Hodder and Nick Castle (Jason and Michael, respectively). Hodder was good with giving Jason little manurisms and such that carried through all the movies he played in. Castle only played him once, so it's tougher to get a good grasp of it, but he had the role down 100% perfectly for the one movie (the first, for those who didn't know). He not only had great body language (aforementioned head tilt), but he had a feeling about him. The physical stuff MIGHT have been direction or in the script (stuff like the almost hugging can probably be attributed to the latter), but the other thing is all Castle.

Although, to give them the benefit of the doubt, acting without being able to use facial expressions or voice is probably tough as shit

john carpenter was said to have been michael on the closet scene

he showed fear of water in freddy vs jason during the dream world fight

Ooo....forgot bout that one



And Sam, the hardest parts of acting are voice and facial expressions. Take 'em out, you lose the challenge. How much does it take to tilt your head? Or slash teenagers across the chest?

Sure, some good points have been made....Im still not convinced,

I agree with Sam Kane Hodder really had jason down although he was wearing a mask it is all about the body language. i few ppl besides hodder tried and it never erally felt right.... except in Freddy Vs. Jason. so yeah i would say there is some degree of acting involved, granted it aint no True Romance or the Godfather or anything but yeah you have to be good to make a slasher behind a mask feel right...

I'll believe it when I hear it from him

in the old greek theatre the actors all wore masksand had to use their body to portray emotion, although they did speak as well.

Slashing teenagers across the chest isn't acting. If you have no use of voice or facial expression, then it's damn hard to convey any sort of emotion. You have to rely completely on body language, which takes more than just tilting your head.

aye that is true and also the actors reallly didnt speak much either they left that up to the Dithrambic Chorus which was 15 men that sang and spoke in unison for fill in plot and what not..... lol


Nice Greek theatre knowledge Tulb....

...lon cheney(not really a slasher i know,but a terrific actor who suffered for his craft)did'nt have the aid of voice.another fine example of acting sans the aid of facial expressions or voice are creature performers or "suit guys"...kevin peter hall(the late)aka the preadator 1 and 2.compare his performance with that of avp and tell me that it was'nt superior.