It stars Gregory Cox as Jackson, a hockey mask-wearing serial killer who develops a romance with a blind woman named Shelly (played by Fiona Evans) and grows weary of his murderous ways.

Due to the goalie mask he wears, Shelly compares Jackson to a character in a film called The Hand of Death.

Inside, patrons Nick, Mac and Barry believe Jackson to be an actor in the middle of a film production.

Jackson confronts Charlotte, laments the dullness of his murder sprees, and advises her against running away since she will inevitably stumble and fall.

He leaves and walks down the city streets, before falling to his knees in anguish when he sees a cinema marquee that reads The Hand of Death Part 26: Jackson Returns.

[2][3][4][5][6] After watching a number of installments in the Friday the 13th film series over a weekend, writer and producer Mark Cutforth had the idea to parody the franchise.

[8] Cutforth, who studied as an English major, also drew inspiration from the metafictional aspects of the 1921 play Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello.

[10] Palm has stated that Unmasked Part 25 was the original title of the film,[11] while Cutforth has said that the original title was The Hand of Death,[12] and that it was changed to Unmasked Part 25 for marketing purposes in order to avoid confusion with the 1976 martial arts film of a similar name.

[18] The special make-up effects were provided by Cliff Wallace and Stuart Conran, who had previously worked on Hellraiser (1987).

[19][20] Unmasked Part 25 was screened for potential distributors in England and New York, including Films Around the World.

[21] The distribution rights were acquired by Fox Lorber Features,[22] and the film was released directly to home video.

'"[25] He called it "tonally confused" and "a frustrating viewing experience", writing that the film's "execution is sluggish, whiffing with humor and elongating scenes of conversational bonding, finding excessive length a major issue with the endeavor, especially when it doesn't want to become the farce it initially promises to be.