History Film / Masquerade2021

** The female intruder unmasks herself to gain Casey's trust. More of an emotional impact example as she's nobody we know. The woman -- played by Skyler Samuels -- is never named in the movie itself or the credits.

* NoNameGiven: The female burglar -- played by Skyler Samuels -- is never named in the movie itself or the credits.

* HeelFaceTurn: Unlike the brutal male intruder, the woman burglar attempts to bond with the terrified Casey. After things go wrong, she throws up in the toilet -- so her concern appears genuine.
* HellBentForLeather: Besides her fencing mask, Rose wears a leather jacket and tight-fitting black leggings for the second half of the movie.

* PsychoKnifeNut: Rose stabs [[spoiler: Daniel]] repeatedly with a kitchen knife, and there are several lengthy shots of the leather-clad intruder holding the blood-smeared weapon just to emphasize how crazy this woman is.

--> '''Woman:''' Stop it. Stop! This is ''not'' part of the plan.
--> '''Man:''' It's changed.

* HeelFaceTurn: Unlike the brutal male intruder, the woman burglar attempts to bond with terrified Casey. After things go wrong, she throws up in the toilet -- so her concern appears genuine.

* GenreSavvy: Casey has clearly taken her horror movie viweings on board. She doesn't choose the obvious hiding places and keeps moving around to evade the intruders. And she knows ''not'' to step on weak floorboards -- though she does make a mistake eventually.

* AmbiguousEnding: Casey stands over Daniel whom she stabbed multiple times and then looks at a picture of his family. She thinks about all the events that led up to her being where she is now and then is staring straight at the camera. The credits roll but it's unknown if she finished Daniel off or not or whether she even got away scot-free.

* BoundAndGagged: Rose knocks out Olivia in the kitchen and leaves her bound and with duct tape.

* DominoMask: Daniel and Olivia wear eye masks - along with the other guests - for a social event at the beginning of the film.

---> '''Daniel''': [[spoiler:It's you.]]
** The female intruder unmasks herself to gain Casey's trust. More of an emotional impact example as she's nobody we know. The woman - played by Skyler Samuels - is never named in the movie itself or the credits.

* FloorboardFailure: Casey - cowering in the attic - does a good job of avoiding this by tiptoeing along the stronger wooden support beams, but eventually missteps and falls through the ceiling. She's able to climb back up, but still tips off the burglars to her hiding place.

* GenreSavvy: Casey has clearly taken her horror movie viweings on board. She doesn't choose the obvious hiding places and keeps moving around to evade the intruders. And she knows ''not'' to step on weak floorboards - though she does make a mistake eventually.
* HeelFaceTurn: Unlike the brutal male intruder, the woman burglar attempts to bond with terrified Casey. After things go wrong, she throws up in the toilet - so her concern appears genuine.

* PsychoKnifeNut: Rose stabs [[spoiler:Daniel]] repeatedly with a kitchen knife, and there are several lengthy shots of the leather-clad intruder holding the blood-smeared weapon - just to emphasise how crazy this woman is.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The plot is about ''two'' home invasions, with the second an act of revenge carried out by the victim of the first.]]
* RewatchBonus: [[spoiler:On repeat viewings it seems obvious that Rose and the burglars never cross paths and Rose's conversations with her accomplice are one-sided cellphone calls. That's because there are ''two home invasion plots'' and not one as first seemed.]]

* SecretIdentityVocalShift: The burglars use voice disguisers. This is especially effective with [[spoiler:Daniel]]. Also, the fact that Rose ''doesn't'' disguise her voice [[spoiler:is a hint she's not part of the same crew]].

* TimeShiftedActor: The movie's final scene shows [[spoiler:the wounded Casey-Rose crawl from her house with a look of steely determination. This blends into a close up of the adult Rose (now her alias), having carried out her own break-in and revenge years later.]]
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler:Rose knows she's working with Sofia's sister to avenge the murders committed by Daniel during the art heist. The narrative structure makes it seem only one home invasion is happening in the movie, when there are in fact two separate events occurring years apart.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler:Casey-Rose.]]

--> '''Daniel''': [[spoiler:Goodbye, ''Casey-Rose''.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: After Casey [[spoiler:shoots and kills the female intruder]], the masked male thief [[spoiler: has no qualms shooting the young girl in return]].

* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler:There are two separate narrative strands in the movie: a young Casey Rose hiding from art thieves who've broken into her home and murdered her parents and Sofia, and a grown up Casey (now calling herself Rose) planning revenge against the man responsible. The viewer's interpretation of events will be completely different on subsequent viewings.]]

* TimeShiftedActor: The movie's final scene shows [[spoiler:the wounded Casey Rose crawl from her house with a look of steely determination. This blends into a close up of the adult Rose (now her alias), having carried out her own break-in and revenge years later.]]

* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler:Casey Rose.]]

--> '''Daniel''': [[spoiler:Goodbye, Casey ''Rose''.]]

* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler:There are two separate narrative strands in the movie: a young Casey Rose hiding from art thieves who've broken into her home and murdered her parents and Sofia, and a grown up Casey (now calling herself Rose) planning revenge against the man responsible. The viewer's interpretation of events will be completely different on subsequent viewings.]]

''Masquerade'' is a [[ProtectThisHouse home invasion]] [[{{Thriller}} thriller]], released in 2021. It was written and directed by Shane Dax Taylor.

A young girl named Casey (Alyvia Alyn Lind) must fend for herself when [[MalevolentMaskedMen two masked intruders]] break into her house and [[SacrificialLamb murder her babysitter Sofia]]. Her art broker parents Daniel and Olivia (Austin Nichols and Mircea Monroe) are on their way home from a high society event, having been offered a ride by a waitress named Rose (Bella Thorne). However, this is not an act of kindness as Rose is seemingly in league with the thieves and perhaps even the mastermind.

* TimeShiftedActor: The movie's final scene shows [[the wounded Casey Rose crawl from her house with a look of steely determination. This blends into a close up of the adult Rose (now her alias), having carried out her own break-in and revenge years later.]]

--> '''Daniel''': [[spoiler:Goodbye, Casey ''Rose''.]]

A young girl named Casey (Alyvia Alyn Lind) must fend for herself when [[MalevolentMaskedMen two masked intruders]] break into her house and [[SacrificialLamb murder her babysitter Sofia]]. Her art broker parents Daniel and Olivia (Austin Nichols and Mircea Monroe) are on their way home from a high society event, having been offered a ride home by a waitress named Rose (Bella Thorne). However, this is not an act of kindness as Rose is seemingly in league with the thieves.