I first saw Deathmask at a friend's house when I was 17 and I never realized The Incredible Hulk could be this gritty and dark. A storyline involving a serial killer would have been more suited to a show like Starsky & Hutch or even Quincy ME, but it's a risk that paid off brilliantly in the Hulk, thanks to atmospheric direction from cameraman John McPherson and a terrific script from Nicholas Corea, who was a former soldier and policeman himself.
David Banner once again finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time as blonde, female students at a college are being mysteriously picked off by a masked maniac. After saving his friend Miriam as the Hulk from the killer, David is wrongly accused and arrested by Chief Frank Rhodes (a stunning performance from Gerald McRaney). It's while he's at the police station when David discovers who the real perpetrator is...
This one has got plenty of action and suspense, although the second hulkout could have been more eventful. Deathmask was shown very late at night on ITV (UK TV station) back in August 1990 because of its adult content. I don't think they even showed it back in the early '80s, because of what was going on with regard to The Yorkshire Ripper.