I've been wondering this for quite a while. I've had a (repainted) NECA Freddy VS Jason mask for over a decade and it always seemed a little small to when I compare with photos of the movie mask.
Josh Ludemann of Beyond Disgusting Studios, often the first mask maker out of the gate with a new movie mold piece, recently pulled a limited run of 20 pieces from the original Freddy VS Jason mask mold, won by Sean Clark at the Bill Terezakis estate auction a few months ago. I've got number five.
Finally, I can compare the NECA to the real thing. What I found is that while there are some obvious differences -- the NECA's nose and overall profile is slightly flattened compared to the movie mold piece, the forehead has been reshaped and about 4 mm of the edge has been trimmed off -- overall, it's about as faithful to the movie mask as I expected, given previous NECA mask experiences. Slightly wider, slightly shorter. Noticeably smaller and flatter, but with the details faithfully preserved.
Profile flattening is sometimes the result of molding a piece without creating a plaster shell to hold the shape of the silicone, or several generations of recasting. In this case I think it's probably the former, but it's hard to say. NECAs website advertised their VS mask as cast directly from a film-worn mask, though which one it was isn't clear.
For anyone interested in exact dimensions, the NECA is 23 cm height x 19.2 cm width measured across the back; the movie mold mask is 23.4 cm height x 18.9 cm width. It's closer in actual dimensions than it looks in photos, but a few millimeters of lost plastic makes a lot of difference when you look at it. For comparison, the end scene mask formerly owned by Mario Kirner measures 24.5 cm x 17 cm, according to the Propstore auction.
Now that I finally have a direct movie mold VS mask, the NECA will be up for sale, probably on eBay. Keep an eye out for it if you're interested.
You wouldn't happen to know anyone wanting to sell their vs mask from biils terezakis mold ?
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