History Main / MalevolentMaskedMen

* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'', the Van der Linde gang will wear bandannas masking their faces when committing robberies and various crimes, of course. In a case of RealityEnsues, the game will probably treat it as a PaperThinDisguise if the player doesn't make the necessary steps of changing his other clothes too.

Spookily enough, psychological research has found evidence suggesting that [[{{GIFT}} people who feel anonymous (such as people who are wearing a mask) show more willingness to engage in antisocial behavior]].

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* In ''WebOriginal/PositivelyDreadful'', host Sideburns is held at gunpoint by the War Father, a villain wearing a green Iron Man mask. He is also the first villain on the show [[KnightOfCerebus not to be completely played for comedy.]]
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* ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' has a mysterious figure in a simplistic but creepy black-and-white mask who acts as the secondary antagonist (after [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos the Operator]]) of the first season. Since he's never given a name in canon, fans have [[FanNickname affectionately nicknamed him]] Masky. In later seasons, it's revealed that Masky is actually [[spoiler: Tim under the Operator's influence, and that he doesn't even remember being his alter-ego after the fact]].

* ''WebVideo/OneHundredYardStare'' has one mysterious masked man. His gas mask is rather intimidating. Season two adds some more.

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is definitely this -- he sends out these [[BuffySpeak light butterfly things]] to turn people into a MonsterOfTheWeek, to try and capture the heroes' TransformationTrinkets.

* Averted and played straight by, well, ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}''; M.A.S.K. itself is heroic, VENOM is villainous. Also, the "Masks" are [[NonIndicativeName more like helmets]]; and more emphasis is placed on the conv* Hawk Moth/Le Papillon from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is definitely this -- he sends out these [[BuffySpeak light butterfly things]] to turn people into a MonsterOfTheWeek, to try and capture the heroes' TransformationTrinkets.erting vehicles.

* The Guardians of the Veil, of ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'', are often viewed as at least creepy and people you shouldn't get involved with (if not viewed as outright malevolent), and much of their symbology revolves around masks such as these. In particular, the Interfector (read: executioner) wears a blank masks with only eyeslits, and bloodstained gloves, whenever appearing in the capacity of Interfector.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
** While [[FleshGolem technically they aren't men]], the thrulls under the [[CorruptChurch Orzhov Syndicate]] have gold-colored masks so that their hideous faces are covered. [[UncannyValley Not that they aren't hard to look at with them]].
** [[SinisterMinister Elesh Norn]] and her fellow white phyrexians subvert this. They appear to wear wear white masks, but they are part of their faces and are TheBlank without them.
** Theros's zombies, the Returned, all wear gold masks to cling to what little identity is left them (which, ironically enough, [[LampshadeHanging only serves to highlight]] their LossOfIdentity). Phenax, the god of deception, sports a similar mask.

* TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} has the Gray Gardeners, hooded executioners and enforcers operating in Galt, a country in constant revolution. They maintain the Final Blades, guillotines that claim the souls of their victims (originally to keep their first victims' souls out of the hands of the devils they served but conveniently it also prevents resurrection). In addition to wearing hoods, they cover their faces with gray, silken veils to hide their identities.

* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': [[EvilOverlord Kokichi Oma]]'s gang, D.I.C.E, are shown to wear creepy [[MonsterClown clown masks]] when they appear in his motive video in Chapter 5, although one of them is visibly a woman. [[spoiler:It's {{Downplayed|Trope}} since D.I.C.E is actually a group of {{Harmless Villain}}s who commit "[[PokeThePoodle laughable crimes]]"]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Opplopolis}}'', while at a secret nightclub, Agnes [[http://www.opplopolis.com/issues/5/19 stumbles across a room]] where men in animal masks are playing a card game. A man in an upside-down cat mask suddenly appears and slams the door, on the outside of which is carved the word "marvedyne" (that word being the series' MacGuffin).

* In ''Webcomic/{{Derelict}}'' [[http://derelictcomic.com/?strip_id=21 Cattle skull double up as hats and masks]].
* [[NoNameGiven That guy with the Pokeball-esque mask]] in ''Webcomic/{{Mokepon}}'' might be one, but as of yet [[AmbiguouslyEvil nothing is known about who he is or what he wants.]]

* Multiple characters in ''Webcomic/DearChildren'' have been seen in full white masks, including the mysterious graveyard figures and school bully Aaron [=McAryes=]. These two groups may or may not be related.
* ''Webcomic/{{Crowshed}}'': Lampshaded by Sheryl in one scene.
-->'''Sheryl:''' Turns out there is not a lot of things a masked stranger can politely ask for.\\
'''Elba:''' Does that surprise you?

* ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' has a mysterious figure in a simplistic but creepy black-and-white mask who acts as the secondary antagonist (after [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos the Operator]]) of the first season. Since he's never given a name in canon, fans have [[FanNickname affectionately nicknamed him]] Masky. In later seasons, it's revealed that Masky is actually [[spoiler: Tim under the Operator's influence, and that he doesn't even remember being his alter-ego after the fact]].
** In season two, we are introduced to another mysterious figure, this time wearing a hood and with their face covered by a black cloth with a red frowny face on it. [[FanNickname His name is]] Hoody.
* ''WebVideo/OneHundredYardStare'' has one mysterious masked man. His gas mask is rather intimidating. Season two adds some more.
* Lazarus of the ''Lazarus Mirage'' project[[note]] a Belgian multi-support project about fighting superstitions and common believes[[/note]] always wears a mask which is an abstract drawing of a schematic human face. Subverted, as the character isn't supposed to be malevolent at all, although he looks a bit creepy.
* ''Franchise/TheFearMythos'' has the Plague Doctor, and many portrayals of the Archangel fall under this trope as well.
* Pretty much any member of the [[PowersThatBe System]] in the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwhvgIW-YDw4_34VGA2mgQw Cave of Shadows]]'' universe. The fact that they [[StalkerWithoutACrush stalk]] and [[BringHimToMe kidnap]] a blogger just for talking about the organisation brings up their malevolent disposition. For a less threatening but still creepy example from the same universe, see [[NostalgicNarrator ns0mnby]].

* [[http://kalistera.free.fr/kalistera/Boulot/Belphegor/Belphegor_thumb.jpg Belphegor]], from the series of the same name, wears a gold-coloured plain and featureless variety, combined with a hood and a black cloak, making his appearance somewhat similar to the Grim Reaper. His mooks all wear the cloth mask variety, with two eye holes but without mouth hole. Except his two most trusted underlings who surprisingly are unmasked and unnamed.
* Averted and played straight by, well, ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}''; M.A.S.K. itself is heroic, VENOM is villainous. Also, the "Masks" are [[NonIndicativeName more like helmets]]; and more emphasis is placed on the converting vehicles.
* Hawk Moth/Le Papillon from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is definitely this -- he sends out these [[BuffySpeak light butterfly things]] to turn people into a MonsterOfTheWeek, to try and capture the heroes' TransformationTrinkets.

* The killer in ''Film/HesOutThere'' wears a full-face fitted leather mask that looks like it's sewn to his head.
* In ''Film/FantasyIsland2020'', J.D. and Brax have their hedonistic fantasy interrupted when they are taken hostage by a gang of heavily armed men wearing creepy rubber masks. J.D. is only able to describe them to the soldiers in terms of the masks they are wearing (devil, clown, pig, etc.).

%%* Death Eaters in ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
%%* Scipio from ''The Thief Lord'' by Cornelia Funke wears a Venetian carnival mask.
%%* ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''.
* Martin Lake, a character in Jeff [=VanderMeer=]'s Literature/{{Ambergris}} collection ''City of Saints and Madmen'', is invited to a very grim event and met there by three men. One wears a raven mask, one a heron, and the last an owl. Lake is [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes afraid of birds]] to begin with. He's also dressed as a frog, who could be eaten by any one of them.

* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock's ''Hawkmoon'' saga, the evil and deranged people of [[TheEmpire Granbretan]] wear elaborate animal masks all the time, and would rather be seen naked than unmasked.

%%* Claquesous from Literature/LesMiserables. Most adaptations forget this, though.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** A group of [[ClockworkCreature clockwork robots]] who try to pose as eighteenth-century French humans by wearing [[WhiteMaskOfDoom creepy white masks]].
** "The Empty Child" had a boy wearing a gas mask who infected people -- who end up with faces like gas masks.
* ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'' has a cult, all wearing white masks and marching in the streets. Since they were never even slightly relevant to the plot in any way at all ever, it's likely that this trope was invoked just to have an epic freaky cult marching in the streets for the trailers.

* ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' final episode "Fall Out". The rows of Village members wearing white/black masks as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEOYq-5NKrc#t=2m35s Number One wearing a white/black mask ''and'' a gorilla mask]]. And maybe, maybe not, a Number Six mask.

* ''Series/InTheHeatOfTheNight'': The Season 2 finale "Missing" sees acting police chief Tom Dugan [[note]]the character, played by Joe Don Baker, had been created after Carroll O'Connor took a health-related leave of absence[[/note]] and the officers investigating a series of race-related murders near Sparta. In the final scene, Dugan, working undercover for the [=FBI=] to solve the murders, is lured to a secluded forest area on a false tip and is ambushed and killed (shot repeatedly) by two men wearing pig masks.
* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "The Masks," involved a dying old man wearing a death mask and forcing his [[InadequateInheritor greedy family]] to wear masks that reflected their personalities. Unfortunately, when the old man finally dies, the family members' [[BecomingTheCostume faces change to resemble their masks.]]
* In ''Series/{{Flash Forward|2009}}'', {{mook}}s working for the show's big conspiracy wear clown masks.

* Sqweegel on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' - not only a mask but a whole body suit.
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'':
** Season 1's "Rain" had clown masks being used in a bank vault robbery. An explosion caused an outline of a mask to get seared into one guy's face.
** Season 9's "Civilized Lies" had three guys mugging an off-duty cop. They all wore identical masks of their mentor's face to avoid identification.
* In ''Series/ChinesePaladin'', the Lunar Sect Cult devotees wear full-face masks with a subtle animal motif to emphasize their brainwashed, dehumanized position.
* Iron Mask in ''Series/BIMASatriaGaruda'', one of the main villains.
* ''Series/TwelveMonkeys'': [[BigBad The Witness]] wears a plague doctor outfit, complete with a creepy bird-like mask. Starting with the end of Season 2, his minions in the Army of the Twelve Monkeys start wearing them too.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' story ''Fanfic/{{Asylum}}'' has the "plague doctor", a sinister looking creature that appears in the shadows and can only be seen by Twilight. Though whether or not he's real or just in Twilight's head, is hard to say and the creator has teased with the idea, that he may not be evil.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has Darth Vader, Boba Fett, General Grievous, the Stormtroopers, and Kylo Ren. The Jawas aren't that evil, but they probably count.
** Also; The Guavian Death Gang (other than their leader, Bala-Tik).
* The ''Film/{{Scream}}'' series gives us the Ghostface killer, who can occasionally be a Malevolent Masked Woman.

* ''Film/BatmanBegins'': The Scarecrow wears a burlap sack sewn into the form of deranged scarecrow. He uses a gas which induces waking nightmares.
* ComicBook/TheJoker and his henchmen in the opening of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' don clown masks to rob the bank.
* Bane in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' has a breathing apparatus. Batman sure has a knack on fighting evil masked men.
* The bank robbers in ''Film/KillingZoe'' all wear creepy, Venetian-style masks.
* In ''Film/{{Nightbreed}}'' (1990), the serial killer Dr. Decker wears a bondage/scarecrow mask.
* Hannibal Lecter first sported his iconic restraining muzzle in ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' despite only appearing for a single scene in an already brief performance. It was bought back for both the sequel and prequel.
* ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' (1987). The Evil High Priest wears a goat mask to hide the fact that he's actually [[spoiler:the Reverend Whirley]].

* Subverted in ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
-->''[as the Man in Black is climbing up the cliff toward them]''\\
'''Fezzik:''' [to Inigo] You be careful. People in masks cannot be trusted.
* ''Film/TheStrangers'' are a group of people who terrorize a pair of suburban homeowners while hiding their faces behind a white doll mask, a pin-up girl mask, and a white sack.
* Leatherface of ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', who wears a variety of masks made of human skin to hide his deformed face.
* The ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' franchise has Jason and his iconic hockey mask, which he starts wearing in the third film. In [[Film/FridayThe13thPart2 the second]], he wears a burlap sack.
* Shows up in plenty of Creator/ShawBrothers period pieces. Notably the Masked Gang from ''Film/MaskedAvengers'', the Venom Clan Masters from ''Film/FiveDeadlyVenoms'', the murderous SerialKiller wearing a skull mask in ''Film/HumanLanterns'', and the hooded assassins from ''Film/BuddhasPalm''.
* The attendants of the masked ball from ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', where the [[RapeAsDrama "Poor Thing"]] scene takes place, wear animal masks. It's exactly as nightmarish as it sounds.

* In ''Film/TheBlackHole'', the [[spoiler:formerly human]] crew members of the ''Cygnus'' wear smooth, featureless metal full face masks.
* Pavi's faces from ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' are a little of this and a little of UncannyValleyMakeup. They're skinned off women he particularly likes and held onto his face with metal clips, and underneath, he's horribly scarred, but they have an uncanny factor about them all on their own.
* Makkabeus and his cultists in ''Film/{{Damnatus}}''.
* The Jigsaw Killer of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' has a freaky UncannyValley mask along with a pig's head mask.
* Naturally, this is all over ''Film/TrickRTreat'', with [[CreepyChild Sam]] (in a scarecrow mask), the {{Undead Child}}ren (dressed as Halloween staples), and the masked vampire (in a Venetian mask) [[spoiler: who turns out to be a SerialKiller using fake fangs.]]
* ''Film/EyesWideShut'': Everyone at the creepy orgy wears a fancy mask, many based on the ''commedia dell'arte''.
* ''Film/TheAndersonTapes'', as seen on [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/The_Anderson_Tapes_film_poster.jpg the poster.]]
* Creator/DavidLynch's ''Rabbits'' (also included in [[Film/InlandEmpire INLAND EMPIRE]]) are people wearing rabbit costumes. Impressively, they never look [[{{Narm}} Narmful]], even when finally seen up close.

* In ''Film/{{Dagon}}'' there is a cult wearing human skin masks.
* Satoris' wrestler {{Mooks}} in ''Film/TheFinalSacrifice''.

* The evil [=ChromeSkull=] from the ''Film/LaidToRest'' movies is so named because of his signature mirrored skull mask.
* The killer in ''Film/{{Evidence}}'' hides their identity behind a welding mask.
* The villain of ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', Yokai, hides their identity behind a kabuki mask and while their ultimate goal is unknown, they still manage to look creepy as hell. Their [[TheVoiceless lack of dialogue]] does not help.
* Lord Humungus from ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'' wears a white hockey mask that he never removes, which contrasts with his ExposedToTheElements body. Immortan Joe from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' wears a skeletal half-mask with respirator hoses bolted to it. The mooks of both warlords also often wear masks, both to add to their air of menace and to shield their faces from dirt, 'guzzoline' fumes and desert sand.
* The killers in ''Film/ScreamPark'' sport a scarecrow mask and a Plague Doctor mask.

* The villains of ''Film/MaskedAvengers'' seat monster masks.
* The elves in ''Film/{{Krampus}}'' are a gang of demonic creatures with ''terrifying'' masks covering their faces.
* The Wheelers in ''Film/ReturnToOz'' wear ''horrifying'' masks, and are Mombi's henchmen, trying to capture Dorothy in the film. That said, the novelization states they were enslaved by Mombi under threat of being turned to stone like the other denizens of Oz...not that they're any less terrifying because of it, though.
* In the film adaptation of Creator/StephenKing's ''[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Battleground]]'', TheNameless hitman wears a flesh-coloured latex face mask when carrying out his hits. This has the benefit of making him look normal at a distance while still hiding his features.
* ''Film/CurseOfTheCrimsonAltar'': In one of his dreams, Robert finds himself being tried by a JokerJury of cultists wearing creepy animal masks.
* Masks are ubiquitous in ''Film/ThePurge'' series. Most purgers wear garish carnival-style masks and costumes of some kind or another, partially for the intimidation factor, but probably also to conceal their identities and prevent illegal retaliation during the rest of the year. The various government-backed death squads and mercenaries that appear in most installments, being FacelessMooks, also wear masks and helmets that are usually less outrageous-looking, but no less frightening.
* In ''Film/TheFinal'', the outcasts become this when they swap their party costumes for their torture outfits, which have scary masks. The effect is enhanced because, initially, Dane is the only one to speak, while the others tand by in eerie silence.
* ''Film/HoldTheDark'': Both Medora and Vernon Slone wear [[SavageWolves wolf masks]] when they do creepy or violent things.
* In ''Film/TheMysteryOfTheHoodedHorsemen'', Tex Ritter battles a band of malevolent outlaws who wear hoods that give them more than a passing resemblance to TheKlan.
* ''Film/PetSematary2019'': It is debatable if they are actually malevolent, but the kids in the animal masks who stage the funeral procession are creepy as hell. And, according to Louis' newspaper search, this is a ritual that has been going on for a very long time.
* In ''Film/EvenLambsHaveTeeth'', the Pastor visits the sex slave ring and rapes the girls while wearing a really creepy pig mask.
* In ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', villain Safin wears a broken white Kabuki-like mask presumably to hide the scars that wrinkle his face.
* The three silent hunters HuntingTheMostDangerousGame in ''Film/{{Preservation}}'' all wear featureless masks.
* ''Film/{{Holidays}}'': The cult in ''St. Patrick's Day'' all wear creepy animal head masks.
* The gang of bank robbers in ''Film/HoodedAngels'' wear elaborate hoods that conceal their entire heads, to point where the only thing witnesses can describe about the robbers is the hoods.

* The Mask of Ice and his underlings in the ''Gold/Silver/Crystal'' arc of ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''.

* ''Anime/BlackBullet's'' [[StarterVillain Hiruko Kagetane]] fits this to a T. He wears a white mask that covers his face and has black wide lines to represent the eyes and mouth, and he is a {{Troll}} dedicated to causing chaos.

* Friend from ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' has his signature eye-finger symbol mask, but earlier wore a cartoony monkey mask. ''And it made him no less awesome''.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'''s Battle City arc has villains of the week Luna and Umbra.
** This was significant as it marked an "upgrade" of sorts from the first time they had appeared in the show. The masks (which where the half-faced variety, hiding their left and right side respectively) also hid the microphones and earpieces they were using to communicate with one another.

* Char Aznable of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. Probably the most famous masked villain in anime.
** As well as his various [[{{Expy}} "clones"]] - [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs Marquise]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Rau Le Creuset]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Mr. Bushido]], etc...
*** Char inherited his mask from the character he was inspired by, Prince Sharkin of {{Anime/Raideen}}.
** Char and his clones tend to be {{Anti Villain}}s, though, with the mask mostly there because [[RuleOfCool it's cool]] rather than for creepy factor (though Rau is another [[BigBad matter]] [[OmnicidalManiac entirely]]).
* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' has the villainous MysteriousProtector.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has Kagetarou wearing an abstract mask. In addition, several of Fate's minions seem to wear masks.
* The [[EliteMooks Knights of Paris]] in ''Anime/{{Noir}}''.
* In ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'' there's a ''whole city'' of them (Everyone get their mask as part of a contract with daemons). Most of them ''are'' [[AxCrazy malevolent]], or worse, but with the BlackAndGreyMorality of the setting you can never be really sure.
* [=CP9=] in ''Manga/OnePiece'' before TheReveal of their identities.
* Hei, from ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', wears an UncannyValley WhiteMaskOfDoom which looks like the child of V's mask and Jigsaw's. While we know him as an AntiHero, most of the rest of the cast would see him as [[HeroAntagonist at worst]] a terrorist and assassin and at best [[MookHorrorShow very]] [[TheCowl scary]].

* Masquerade from ''[[Anime/{{Bakugan}} Bakugan Battle Brawlers]]'' and his {{Expy}} Spectra from ''Bakugan: New Vestroia''
* Boris from ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}''.
* Turkey from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' is a subversion, and more often than not PlayedForLaughs. Yes, he was VERY unpleasant in the past to ''many'' nations (young Greece, young Hungary, the Italies, Spain), but after having gone from the personification of the Ottoman Empire to the one of the Republic of Turkey, he's portrayed as a HotBlooded JerkWithAHeartOfGold who's actually rather fun to hang out with. [[TheRival Unless you're the now grown up Greece]].
** Go tell that to the FanDumb, though, considering how much RonTheDeathEater and DieForOurShip he's subjected to in a regular basis.
* ''Manga/{{Remina}}'': The black cloak and hood-wearing cultists who want to sacrifice Remina.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'': Lord Gargoyle and Neo Atlan members wear these at all times. Besides slight resemblance to his voice actor, Lord Gargoyle's face is completely unremarkable.
* Mixed with BandagedFace in a ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' case, where [[spoiler: a man who kept his HEAVILY scarred face under bandages commits suicide... and his SmugSnake brother in law uses it to fuel his EvilPlan.]]
** Also, the VillainProtagonist in Yusaku Kudo's books is the Night Baron, a high-class thief with a mask. More than once, someone has dressed up as the Night Baron. [[spoiler:And once, with ''fatal'' consequences.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Holyland}}'', Ryuu puts a mask on after his first fight with Yuu, for no obvious reason though.
* Several minor criminals in ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' tend to wear one. In a more comedic version, [[spoiler:Karina, Antonio, Nathan and Keith]] pretend to be burglars to [[spoiler:surprise Barnaby for his birthday]]. The former three were wearing black ski masks while the latter was InTheHood with SunglassesAtNight.
* In ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', masks are an important aspect of life for ghouls. They take numerous steps to conceal their identities when hunting or fighting, favoring hoodies or cloaks and custom-made personal masks. Gangs often adopt a theme for their outfits, with groups like the dog-masked ''Black Dobers'' and the [[MonsterClown Clowns]]. Masks not only help prevent [[HunterOfMonsters the CCG]] from discovering their faces, but help with intimidating others and establishing a reputation. As such, running into a person wearing a CoolMask is generally a sign you're about to be eaten....
* The members of the Arachnophobia organisation in ''Anime/SoulEater'' all wear a WhiteMaskOfDoom usually worn over a black hood and cloak. Some of them wear their masks over normal clothing, but with the clothes pulled up over the neck so none of their head can be seen.
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'':
** The villainous owners of the club in ''Anime/GravestoneOfDaisukeJigen'' all wear creepy gold or silver masks that resemble human faces.
** The OminousOwl villains of ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' could also count as [[spoiler: they are all actually wearing creepily realistic owl masks.]]
* In ''Manga/HighRiseInvasion'', the main villains are a group of individuals wearing white masks who seek to drive the protagonists to commit suicide, or failing that, just kill them outright.
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* The titular Order of Beasts wear full face animal masks in the Franchise/{{Batman}} {{Elseworlds}} book ''Batman: The Order of Beasts''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Burlap}}'': Two members of Cottontail's gang, Bones and Cottontail himself, wear masks.

* Mazikeen the demon from ''Comicbook/TheSandman'' wears a half-mask to cover the left side of her face, which [[{{Squick}} is missing the skin, cheek, and part of the jaw.]]
* Both the protagonist and villain in a ''Film/TwentyEightDaysLater'' comic book use a riot mask and a hockey mask, respectively.
* ''ComicBook/TheMask'', natch. In RealLife, people wearing masks often report feeling uninhibited. In its original form, this work turns it UpToEleven with the ''complete'' suppression of the inhibitions of the wearer, essentially a possession by the Id. The titular Mask is also a MaskOfPower. The result is an ultraviolent AntiHero.
* In ''ComicBook/TheMovement'', Those who side with [[LaResistance the Movement]] wear [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_3019351-movement-masks_5044.jpg abstract metallic masks]] that hide their entire face.
* The Global Peace Agency, of Jack Kirby's ''ComicBook/{{OMAC}}'', are a rare subversion: though they have one of the [[TheBlank creepiest varieties]] of mask, they're a peacekeeping group, as the name suggests (though [[GoodIsNotNice they can be a bit cold at times]]). In their case, their uniform and mask is so that the agent's identity and ethnicity cannot be determined, implying solidarity across the group's multinational membership.
* Franchise/SpiderMan has a full face mask. He's not actually malevolent but it has been occasionally suggested the full mask is one of the reasons he has such a bad public image. People ''think'' this applies to him.
* ''ComicBook/{{Oxymoron}}'': Oxymoron's white mask, hiding his true identity. Later, people start to follow his example, dressing as him and going on killing sprees. There's an unmasking scene at the end, but it remains TheUnreveal.

* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', one of Aoshi's {{Elite Mook}}s, code-named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannya hannya]], wears the eponymous mask as his mask (his unmasked face isn't that much more pleasant looking).

* ''Film/TheAndersonTapes'', as seen on [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/The_Anderson_Tapes_film_poster.jpg the poster]].

* ComicBook{{Deathstroke}} wears an orange and blue mask with a hole for his one good eye.

* Shows up in plenty of Creator/ShawBrothers period pieces. Notably the Masked Gang from ''Film/MaskedAvengers'', the murderous SerialKiller wearing a skull mask in ''Film/HumanLanterns'', and the hooded assassins from ''Film/BuddhasPalm''.

-->-- '''Adrian Veidt''', ''Series/Watchmen2019''

* ''Manga/HellstarRemina'': The black cloak and hood-wearing cultists who want to sacrifice Remina.