Papier mache mask from 'Tales from the Crypt' by Roy Ashton

A papier mache mask for the character of the Grim Reaper in the Amicus production, 'Tales from the Crypt' (1972), made by Roy Ashton (1909-1995) in 1972.

Roy Ashton (1909–95) and Phil Leakey (1908–92) were master make-up artists who worked on many of the British cult horror films of the mid-20th century. A trained artist, Australia-born Ashton began his career at Gaumont-British Film Corporation in 1932 as a means of supplementing his passion for opera singing. In 1955, Ashton became the assistant to Hammer Films’ Phil Leakey, the first makeup artist to receive on-screen credit for ‘Special Make-up Effects’.