History Main / MalevolentMaskedMen

*** The Sons of the Harpy wear scary, golden masks and they basically fight to bring back slavery in Meereen.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** The Sons of the Harpy wear scary, golden masks and they are really malevolent men.
** The Mountain becomes this after Qyburn reanimates him. As the name suggests, and combined with his lust for killing, the Mountain is essentially one step away from joining the ranks of Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers.

* Claquesous from ''Literature/LesMiserables''only addresses his accomplices in the most absolute darkness, and with his back turned to them. If a candle is brought, he puts on a mask. Most adaptations forget this, though.

* ComicBook/SpiderMan has a full-face mask. He's not actually malevolent, but it has been occasionally suggested that the full mask is one of the reasons why he has such a [[HeroWithBadPublicity bad public image]]. People ''think'' that this applies to him.

* ''Series/SquidGame'' has the staff of the titular [[DeadlyGame deadly contest]].

* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]] wears an orange and blue mask with a hole for his one good eye.

* ''Series/SquidGame'' has the people behind the eponymous DeadlyGame. The rank-and-file staff wear pink hooded coveralls and a face-concealing mask with a shape denoting their duties: circles for general staff, triangles for security, and squares for management. The Front-Man, who oversees the games, wears a black mask resembling a polygona face with a dark grey hoody. The [=VIPs=], who finance the games, wear animal masks.

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* The protagonists in ''VideoGame/ArmyOfTwo'' [[http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/image/article/861/861645/armytwo_guide_1206398818.jpg both wear masks]] -- ostensibly this is to offer head protection, but the designs (a snarling skull and a blank face with no features) are pure RuleOfCool. Incidentally, there are airsoft masks based on both designs and, in case of cheaper, unpainted Chinese versions of Salem's mask (left one) people can attest to the discomforting effect felt when faced with a featureless face and [[BlackEyesOfEvil no visible eyes]].
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed:''
** Several of the ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' multiplayer characters wear masks, such as [[AnAxeToGrind the Executioner]], [[DeadlyDoctor the Doctor]] [[RuleOfThree and]] [[MonsterClown the Harlequin]].
** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' gives us the Order of the Ancients, the Egyptian equivalent of the Templars with their members wearing masks representing which temples they work for while also serving as the puppet masters behind the scenes.
** ''Videogame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'' has the Cult of Kosmos, who are essentially the Order of the Ancients of Ancient Greece. Like them, their members also wear masks to indicate their membership.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ato}}'': Due to [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals the setting of the game]], Malevolent Masked Animals might be more accurate. That said, the villains of the game are a mysterious group of masked animals who have kidnapped [[PlayerCharacter the warrior]]'s baby.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'' introduces a new character acting as TheRival for Bayonetta, a [[LightIsNotGood Lumen Sage]] wearing a mask that resembles [[ThePowerOfTheSun the Sun]]. Given that he is intent on the [[WouldHurtAChild death]] of [[MouthyKid Loki]] and fights almost exactly like Bayonetta, using light-themed versions of her moves, he fits this trope to a T. [[spoiler: ...[[SubvertedTrope or not]]. He actually has [[{{Revenge}} his reasons]] for wanting to kill Loki ([[FrameUp he thinks]] that he [[YouKilledMyFather killed his lover]]), and even then this is because he was a pawn of [[BigBad Loptr]]]].
* Sammy Lawrence from ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' wears a mask made from a cut-out of Bendy. Considering that Bendy was originally a cartoon demon and is now an EldritchAbomination, this qualifies as a monster mask. Sammy is also Bendy's so-called prophet.
* The Splicers from ''VideoGame/BioShock'' and ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' often wear Venetian masks. Possibly justified, as it's stated in Audio-Logs that everything really went to hell in Rapture on New Year's Day. It also helps cover up their ugly deformities from excessive plasmid use and abuse.
** ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' has the Zealots of the Lady, the Columbian Soldiers, and the Vox Populi rebels. The Zealots of the Lady wear what is effectively a UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan robe mixed with Freemason medals so they hide their faces in pointy hoods. The Columbian forces have several masks: women have porcelain masks or metal masks in the shape of Lady Liberty with glowing eyes, and for men, it can be a full face mask or a half-face mask. Vox Populi wear simpler but no less creepy masks ranging from simple bandannas to porcelain masks and hoods with eyes that glow. The {{DLC}} ''Burial at Sea'' have the splicers, who wear papier-mâché masks, masks made out of mannequin faces, or the masks used at the New Year's Masquerade, again to hide their growing deformities from [=ADAM=] abuse.
* Relius Clover of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. A man who sought perfection in everything, a man who turned his family except his son to automatons without conscience, and [[ManOfWealthAndTaste a man who likes opera very much]].
* ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'': Puppet, one of several extraterrestrial fighters introduced in ''Body Blows Galactic'', wears a Venetian style mask that has a similar appearance to those worn by real-life {{Plague Doctor}}s (though in his case, the beak of the mask is stubby). Considering that the planet he resides on is called "Miasma" (after the Miasma theory of infection for which the plague doctor suits were thought to be able to protect against), it's likely no coincidence.
* Most human enemies in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' are masked or otherwise outfitted with face-concealing equipment unless they're named (and sometimes even then). In general, you fight two main categories of human enemies. The first are Bandits, who use a haphazard mixture of whatever's available, although some have unique properties -- most notably, Goliaths enter a melee-focused rage state and start attacking everything nearby when their crude metal helmets are shot off. The second are Hyperion troopers, who favour a CyberCyclops look on their dedicated military and a welding mask for their Engineers. BigBad Handsome Jack wears a mask based on his own features, [[spoiler:to conceal the scars]]. Among the player characters, two of them are usually or always masked -- cold, merciless assassin [=Zer0=], and violently unhinged psycho (that's literally his class) Krieg, who are two of the least ethical people even among the Vault Hunters.
* Oscar from ''VideoGame/BrinkOfConsciousnessDorianGraySyndrome'' is a malevolent masked MagnificentBastard.
* ''VideoGame/BugFables'' has the Leafbug tribe in the [[BubblegloopSwamp Wild Swamplands]]. They all wear leaf masks, and they're a warrior tribe who attack all outsiders on sight.
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' has the Raincoat Cult. Aside from [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the obvious]], they all go around in Green Goblin-esque masks.
* ''VideoGame/DeadSecret'' has the Woodcutter wearing a Japanese Noh mask and is a killer, who will also attack Patricia, if she is caught. Subverted with the spirit seen wearing the Japanese Oni mask, who is not a threat and usually appears as a way to give wordless clues.
* The Assassins from ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' wear masks. The masks are those of the Whalers and are in no short supply in the city of Dunwall.
** Corvo's mask counts as one on a high chaos playthrough. But good or evil, the steampunk grim-reaper visage is so shocking that civilians will go into a terror-filled panic if they see you.
* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' features the villainous group known as the Agito, with each member having their own unique masks and proving themselves to be in one way or another a deadly force that menaces those that they despise. Their masks are an iconic part of their design, with some of their main drops being their mask fragments and in [[HarderThanHard Legend difficulty]], a generic evil-looking mask symbolizes the Berserk condition they have. The masks themselves are stated to [[spoiler: amplify their emotions, fueling their madness and desire to inflict harm on their opposers even more, with Valyx who was made to wear one proving to be much more aggressive and vicious when wearing one compared to his usual stoic nature otherwise.]] The one exception that doesn't wear a mask is their leader, [[spoiler: Nedrick.]]
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** In the ActionAdventure spin-off game ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsAdventuresRedguard Redguard]]'', the lower half of [[TheDragon Dram's]] face is always hidden under his mask.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind Morrowind]]'':
*** All three [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the game and its two expansions wear full-face masks into their respective [[BossFight Boss Fights]].
*** All three (four, including the Mask of Clavicus Vile) variants of the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Daedric]] helmet are shaped like scary faces.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'':
*** Cultists of the [[ReligionOfEvil Mythic]] [[ApocalypseCult Dawn]] will summon special sets of Daedric armor with human-face-shaped masks before combat.
*** The Gray Cowl is a gift of the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] [[TheSacredDarkness Nocturnal]] which can make its wearer an uncatchable criminal. It is also ''cursed'', and removing the curse is a major part of the ThievesGuild questline.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'':
*** Most of the named [[SinisterMinister Dragon Priests]] were given powerfully enchanted masks as symbols of authority. Their cruelty and malevolence was second only to the dragons themselves. They serve as powerful [[MiniBoss Mini-Bosses]] throughout the game.
*** [[BigBad Miraak]] and his cultists in the ''Dragonborn'' DLC all wear similar masks.
*** In fact, the only named Dragon Priest who ''doesn't'' wear a mask is Vahlok the Jailer, who defeated Miraak long ago and is said to be a ''good'' ruler in the legends of the [[NobleSavage Skaal]].
* ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce EXTRAPOWER Attack of Darkforce]]'': Both the Yami Clan and Tarantula's common foot soldiers wear masks over their faces. At least in the case of Tarantula, there's presumably a face under them.
* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' [[CannibalClan The White Glove Society.]] wear masks that cover the lower part of their face. Their leader believes the masks give them a "mysterious allure" but all it does is make them creepier in the eyes of others.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has Legate Gaius van Baelsar and his lieutenants, all of whom wear magitek-empowered suits of armor with face-concealing masks. [[spoiler:The [[GreaterScopeEvil Ascians]] also wear masks that cover the top halves of their faces.]]
* The Death Knight and the Flame Emperor in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' wear masks that conceal their faces and disguise their voices. [[spoiler:The Death Knight's case is a ZigZaggingTrope: in his initial appearances (as Jeritza), he wears a white DominoMask that only covers half his face, and he isn't suspected of being the Death Knight until he kidnaps Flayn midway through Part I. In Part II, he ditches both masks on the Crimson Flower route but keeps the Death Knight mask on all others. The Flame Emperor (Edelgard) goes maskless much earlier: during the Holy Tomb raid, she either has it [[DramaticUnmask forcibly removed]] (if the player chose the Blue Lions or Golden Deer), or simply stops wearing it after admitting to being the Flame Emperor (if the player chose the Black Eagles).]]
* In ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear Xrd'', the Conclave is a massively powerful governmental force that controls most of the world and is run by a trio of mask-wearing individuals [[GovernmentConspiracy with a vested interest in wiping out humanity]].
* [[NoNameGiven Jacket]] of ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' wears a variety of creepy animal masks before each mission. These masks give perks such as making unarmed punches lethal, walking faster, or starting a mission already equipped with a weapon. [[spoiler: Later on you find out there's an ''organization'' of the animal masked killers...]]
* In ''[[https://youtu.be/ReUH5rbrJ60 Kung Fu Chivalry]]'', the third boss wears a metal Greek drama-style mask [[TheBlank with eye slits but no other facial features]].
* ''VideoGame/TheLastDoor'' has a yet-unidentified cabal of creepy people in yellow robes wearing expressive white masks that reveal themselves to the protagonist.
* ''[[VideoGame/GanbareGoemon The Legend of the Mystical Ninja]]'' has armies of {{mooks}} wearing ''kyōgen'' and ''otafuku'' masks.
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends:''
** [[TheDividual Kindred]] consists of two individuals, both masked. [[TheStoic Lamb]] wears a full face mask in the shape of a wolf, making her appear completely emotionless to fit her personality. [[TheBrute Wolf,]] largely resembling an actual wolf, wears a half-mask which covers the upper part of his face, partially because his jaws extend far out from underneath and partially to emphasize his hunger and gluttony.
** [[TheSociopath Jhin]] wears ''two'' masks: one with a plain black leather covering obscuring his entire body and an ornately carved ivory mask on top of it. He acts as a covert assassin for a shadowy cabal, so it would make sense for him to hide his identity, and many of his voice lines reference his killings as being the only true way to express himself.
--> ''Only to the audience do I show my true face."''
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' has a boss and some mooks which you must remove a mask from before you can hit them.
** Lots of different masks appear in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' in the Happy Mask Shop in Hyrule Castle Market.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' game is all about masks. There are three masks that can change you into a Zora, Goron, and a Deku Scrub, as well as a whole inventory of masks that you collect and you can wear them, using some of the powers that the masks have. Also at the Carnival Of Time, all the townspeople wear masks as part of a tradition. Then there's the [[EvilMask evil Majora's Mask]] that you must defeat.
** ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' has Young Link's intro invoke the trope, by having him play his ocarina ominously and then swing around his oversized Kokiri Sword while wearing his Keaton Mask... except it falls off midway through.
* The Pigmasks in ''VideoGame/Mother3.'' Their general is also specifically known as the Masked Man, but his isn't a pig mask.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' has characters who wear masks and are extremely dangerous, including:
** Destroyman, a wannabe superhero wish a masked costume, deadly gadgets, and a twisted mind.
** Letz Shake, a Singaporean rock star with a mask covering his mouth and an Earthquake Maker superweapon.
** Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarrskii, a stage magician with deadly tricks and a mask covering the left side of his face like Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera.
** Dark Star, a [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] {{expy}} with a [[{{BFS}} massive]] dragon-bladed beam katana.
** Matt Helms, a PsychopathicManchild wearing a creepy cartoon mask and wielding a combination axe[=/=]flamethrower.
** Badman, the {{Deuteragonist}} of ''VideoGame/TravisStrikesAgainNoMoreHeroes'', a vengeful mask-wearing bat-wielding beer-swilling assassin.
* [[LoliconAndShotacon Yōko]] of ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'' wears a fox mask, indicating his [[FauxAffablyEvil deceptive]] nature. He even [[LampshadeHanging points this out]].
-->'''Yōko:''' A masked man can't be trusted, can he?
* The bank robbers of ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' all wear creepy clown masks.
** The sequel ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}'' sports more heisters with more standard clown masks, and an enormous amount of unlockable and customizable masks, among them more clowns, animals, Santas, pop-culture references, a PlagueDoctor, and lots of original masks.
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** Each shadow in ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'' wears a mask that [=IDs=] it with one of the [[TarotMotifs major Arcana]]. The word ''persona'' itself literally means "mask."
** Aside from the Shadows, several character-specific Personas from throughout the series wear additional masks to hide their own inhuman facial features.
** ''VideoGame/Persona2'' has the Masked Circle, an evil cult whose masks are revealed to be [[spoiler: twisted parodies of the [[Franchise/PowerRangers Power Ranger]]-esque ''[[ShowWithinAShow Phoenix Ranger Featherman R]]'' masks worn by the main characters when they were children]]. Another example is ''Eternal Punishment''[='s=] version of JOKER, a serial killer who wears a BrownBagMask with a creepy SlasherSmile drawn on it.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Many [[TheHeartless Shadows]] take the form of humans with the various arcana masks in place of a face in dungeons. Once battle starts [[ChestBurster they burst apart and change into demonic forms]].
* The Armada from ''VideoGame/{{Pirate101}}'' all wear white Venetian-style masks. The higher ranked ones have black and gold trim except for Deacon, he wears a solid white Batu. Since they are all clockworks, there is nothing underneath but machinery.
* The resident villain team of ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'', Team Break, lack a full uniform like the others, instead appearing as regular trainer classes wearing a two-tone DominoMask.
* The Masked Gentleman from ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask''. His sole intent is to destroy the city of Monte d'Or, using all the supernatural abilities the [[MaskOfPower Mask of Chaos]] gives him. [[spoiler:The mask is a fake, his abilities are fake, but the malevolence is real and a fake mask is still a mask, so he still counts.]]
* The Butcher from ''VideoGame/PurgatoryRPGMaker'' is an AxCrazy SerialKiller who wears a WhiteMaskOfDoom.
* 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 SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, the game will probably treat it as a PaperThinDisguise if the player doesn't make the necessary steps of changing his other clothes too.
* In ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', the [[EliteMooks Umbrella Secret Service]] all wear [[GasMaskMooks gas masks]] to hide their identities and to protect from the hazardous conditions where they are deployed. The most infamous member, HUNK, has only ever come [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/residentevil/images/b/ba/Hunkc.png/revision/latest?cb=20110408010542 this close]] to showing his face (unless you count his alternate costume in the unreleased non-canon ''Outbreak File #3'' which looks [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/residentevil/images/d/db/HunkA.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111014154351 considerably different]]). There's also the unnamed [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/residentevil/images/9/9e/UTCommander.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111128145034 UT Commander]] that commands the [[HumanoidAbomination Under Takers]].
* The main villain of ''VideoGame/ReZeroStartingLifeInAnotherWorldTheProphecyOfTheThrone'' is Wolf, who literally refers to himself as "the Malevolent Masked Magician". He has various masks attached to his robe, which he uses to express different emotions.
* The Masked Man, BigBad of ''VideoGame/RuneFactoryOceans'', well... wears a mask. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Obviously.]]
* Thanatos of ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' - for a 16-bit pixellated fellow he's shockingly eerie, too.
** His energy-sapped fanboys wear freaky full-faced masks too. [=NPCs=] comment on this, too, along the lines of: "What's with all those masked weirdoes in the ruins?"
** Thanatos's mask is echoed by the one worn by Hakuoro of ''VisualNovel/{{Utawarerumono}}'', incidentally. It really is the exact same mask writ animated, complete with the quirky little mark at the top of it.
** [[spoiler:Considering Thanatos was in dire need of a new host, plus his true nature as a lich, it may very well be that he isn't wearing a mask at all...]]
* Quite a few of the secret societies in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' are in the habit of wearing weird and disturbing masks: Illuminati employees wear gas masks -- as can the player character should you choose to join them; {{Oni}} almost always wear masks, with members of the [[TheLegionsOfHell Nine Houses]] dressing in traditional Noh masks or black wrappings, while members of the [[PrivateMilitaryContractors House-In-Exile]] wear gas masks to symbolize their allegiance to the Illuminati (except for their leader, who wears a golden MaskOfPower); and of course, the Rabbit Killer wears a massive cartoon rabbit mask. [[spoiler: And so do her twin sisters.]]
* In ''VideoGame/SniperEliteIII'', the main villain of the ''Save Churchill'' DLC is a famed German assassin who wears a metal mask to hide a facial disfigurement. He commands [[EliteMooks a crack squad of snipers]] who wear similar masks.
* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** More than one Sith Lord in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' and its sequel. Darth Malak wears not exactly a mask, but a metal prosthetic plate thingy covering his lack of a jaw. Darth Revan wore an abstract/blank mask that emphasizes his mysterious anonymity. Darth Nihilus has a creepy, vaguely skull-like mask that gives him an inhuman look, which is befitting of Nihilus' nature, as he really ''isn't'' human anymore. He is, more or less, a living black hole in The Force whose life essence is bound to his mask.
** Some Sith in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' carry on the tradition. Notable examples include Darth Malgus, who wears a Malak-style chin guard (like Malak's, it covers [[FrontlineGeneral an old war wound]]); Darth Marr, who favors an abstract Revan-style mask that suits his status as [[PragmaticVillainy an even-keeled figure not given to overt displays]]; and the Dread Masters, who wear [[BlingOfWar customized red-and-gold masks]] that emphasize their decadence and [[PowerBornOfMadness inhumanity]].
* From ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' (2012), apart from all the FacelessGoons, there's Agent Ramon, [[spoiler: the Twins]], and Miles yourself from a certain point of view.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}'', the Archon of Justice (and possibly other Archons) appears to wear a shiny metal mask covering his whole face. Considering the [[EvilOverlord kind of ruler]] he administers "justice" for, he probably qualifies as malevolent.
* The kidnapper in ''Videogame/WelcomeToTheGame'' is shown to be wearing a balaclava when he [[JumpScare greets you]].
* The thugs of the three Novigrad gangs in ''Videogame/TheWitcher3'' all cover their faces in various ways. Cleaver's and the King of Beggars' men wear gang-colored and patterned kerchiefs that cover their faces from the nose down, while Whoreson Junior's gang wears clown makeup and various masquerade masks.
* The Testaments of ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' wear concealing robes, hoods, gloves, and blank face masks; in fact, before each individual {{Reveal}}, they're simply referred to by the color of their mask and robes (Black Testament, Red Testament, etc) -- this being the only way to tell them apart, other than their voices. At first, not so much malevolent as really, really mysterious, but later in the series, they're definitely antagonists. [[spoiler: Except for Albedo. He's TheMole.]]
* In ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', if Yan-chan joins the Drama club, she gets access to mask she can use to conceal her identity when she kills someone. However, ItOnlyWorksOnce; if witnesses note the murderer was wearing a mask, the headmaster will ban them from school grounds. Also, if Senpai witnesses her murder someone while wearing a mask, he'll rip it off her and expose her.
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* ''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]]"]].

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* ''Film/AClassicHorrorStory'': The group find that they're being harassed in the house by a large group of people wearing masks made from bark and antlers. They appear to be intent on sacrificing them to the three deities that they worship. [[spoiler:They're actually actors working for Fabrizio, helping him make his SnuffFilm]].
* ''Film/TheAndersonTapes'', as seen on [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/The_Anderson_Tapes_film_poster.jpg the poster.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** ''Film/BatmanBegins'': The Scarecrow wears a burlap sack sewn into the form of deranged scarecrow. He uses a gas that 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 for fighting evil masked men.
* 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/BerkshireCounty'': [[TheProtagonist Kylie]] and the kids are being stalked by three people in pig masks.
* In ''Film/TheBlackHole'', the [[spoiler:formerly human]] crew members of the ''Cygnus'' wear smooth, featureless metal full face masks.
* ''Film/CurseOfTheCrimsonAltar'': In one of his dreams, Robert finds himself being tried by a JokerJury of cultists wearing creepy animal masks.
* In ''Film/{{Dagon}}'' there is a cult wearing human skin masks.
* Makkabeus and his cultists in ''Film/{{Damnatus}}''.
* ''Film/{{Dragnet}}'' (1987). The Evil High Priest wears a goat mask to hide the fact that he's actually [[spoiler:the Reverend Whirley]].
* In ''Film/EvenLambsHaveTeeth'', the Pastor visits the sex slave ring and rapes the girls while wearing a really creepy pig mask.
* The killer in ''Film/{{Evidence}}'' hides their identity behind a welding mask.
* ''Film/EyesWideShut'': Everyone at the creepy orgy wears a fancy mask, many based on the ''commedia dell'arte''.
* 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.).
* 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 stand by in eerie silence.
* Satoris' wrestler {{Mooks}} in ''Film/TheFinalSacrifice''.
* [[http://flashgordon.wikia.com/wiki/Klytus General Klytus]], commander of Ming the Merciless's secret police force in the ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' movie, [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/5/58339/2465178-1149717344_1a0880003e.jpg wore a golden mask]].
* 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.
* Michael Myers in the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series, with his modified Creator/WilliamShatner mask.
* The killer in ''Film/HesOutThere'' wears a full-face fitted leather mask that looks like it's sewn to his head.
* ''Film/HoldTheDark'': Both Medora and Vernon Slone wear [[SavageWolves wolf masks]] when they do creepy or violent things.
* ''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 the point where the only thing witnesses can describe about the robbers is the hoods.
* In ''Film/JohnDoeVigilante'', John Doe wears an expressionless flesh coloured mask as part of his disguise. His followers, the [=S4D=] movement, wear similar masks, but theirs are [[WhiteMaskOfDoom white]].
* In ''Film/KickAss'', the men who are in the live internet broadcast of the torture video of Kick-Ass and Big Daddy are masked with balaclavas, with the exception of one man who wears a red supervillain mask. Katie Deauxma, originally excited to see a video of Kick-Ass's retirement, stops smiling as soon as a balaclava-clad man appears and introduces a kidnapped Kick-Ass to the viewers. In a draft script the "Baby Goon" brings supervillain masks, but the "Sporty Goon" rejects them and asks for balaclavas instead; however "Baby" gets to keep his supervillain mask.
* The bank robbers in ''Film/KillingZoe'' all wear creepy, Venetian-style masks.
* The elves in ''Film/{{Krampus}}'' are a gang of demonic creatures with ''terrifying'' masks covering their faces.
* The evil [=ChromeSkull=] from the ''Film/LaidToRest'' movies is so named because of his signature mirrored skull mask.
* 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.
* Downplayed in ''Film/MagnumForce'' where the [[VigilanteMan police death squad]] wear their own motorcycle helmets and sunglasses during their kills. While it's used to obscure their identities until Dirty Harry discovers who they are, it also gives them a sinister mien.
* The villains of ''Film/MaskedAvengers'' wear monster masks.
* In ''Film/MaximumOverdrive'', autonomous semis are the biggest threat to the Muggles, but the one sporting a grinning Green Goblin mask is especially chilling.
* In ''Film/TheMysteryOfTheHoodedHorsemen'', Tex Ritter battles a band of malevolent outlaws who wear hoods that give them more than a passing resemblance to TheKlan.
* In ''Film/{{Nightbreed}}'' (1990), the serial killer Dr. Decker wears a bondage/scarecrow mask.
* In the TroubledBackstoryFlashback of ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', [[BigBad Lyutsifer Safin]] wears a white Noh theatre-like mask to conceal his facial deformities (or for psychological effect on his targets) when he turns up to kill Mr. White's family. It gets damaged when young Madeleine shoots at him in self-defence. He actually goes maskless for the rest of the film, though he brings Madeleine a box containing the damaged mask when visiting her again and it appears for a split-second [[DoNotAdjustYourSet on some video screens in his base]] as he talks to Bond.
* ''Film/OneNightInOctober'': Each story in the movie features these.
** Michelle is assaulted and tied up in her house by a woman wearing a silver Mardi Gras-like DominoMask.
** Marcos, Kate, Britnee, and Charlie are attacked by a man wearing a scarecrow mask.
** Emma's stalker wears a silver skull mask.
* ''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.
* The three silent hunters HuntingTheMostDangerousGame in ''Film/{{Preservation}}'' all wear featureless masks.
* 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.
* 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.
* Creator/DavidLynch's ''Film/{{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.
* 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.
* 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.
* The Jigsaw Killer of ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' has a freaky UncannyValley mask along with a pig's head mask.
* The SnuffMovie makers the Masked Freaks in ''Film/ScareCampaign''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnThetin It's all there in the name really.]]
* The ''Film/{{Scream}}'' series gives us the Ghostface killer, who can occasionally be a Malevolent Masked Woman.
* The killers in ''Film/ScreamPark'' sport a scarecrow mask and a Plague Doctor mask.
* 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''.
* 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.
* ''Film/SpiderMan1'':
** Cited by J. Jonah Jamison as his rationalization for mistrusting Spider-Man in the first Sam Raimi-directed movie. "Why's he wear a mask? What's he got to hide?"
** The Green Goblin sports a mask of a monster that's frozen in a kind of gleeful scowl, [[ExpressiveMask unlike his comic book counterpart]], which gives him something of a slasher movie villain vibe.
* ''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).
* ''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.
* The killers in ''Film/{{Surveillance}}'' wear creepy masks that look like melting flesh.
* 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.
* The Foot Clan in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014''. They've switched out their fabric masks for silver face masks with sunglasses.
* Leatherface of ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', who wears a variety of masks made of human skin to hide his deformed face.
* 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.]]
* In ''Film/WhoAmI2014'', the hacker group CLAY wears clown masks for their activities. Also everybody in the Darknet environment is wearing a creepy mask of some sort.
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* The intro of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' had Rika wearing a {{Kitsune}} mask.

-->-- '''Adrian Veidt''', ''Series/{{Watchmen|2019}}''

* The eponymous Order of Beasts wear full face animal masks in the Franchise/{{Batman}} {{Elseworlds}} book ''Batman: The Order of Beasts''.

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

* ''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.

* 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.]]
* 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.
* V from ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' wears a grinning Guy Fawkes mask. Self-identifies as a villain.
* In ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'', Rorschach has the abstract/featureless version.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: The only members of the blackmailing murderous "International Spies, Inc." to be seen without a mask is their leader, Countess Draska Nishki.
* The Beagle Boys in the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' play this for laughs ([[BewareTheSillyOnes most of the time]]). There is, in fact, a tabboo among disney artists against depicting the gang without their {{Domino Mask}}s, frequently turning it into a RunningGag. When they were shown before getting their masks in ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'', their faces were always [[FaceFramedInShadows framed in shadows]], just of-panel, [[SceneryCensor hidden by scenery]], or, in one case, their eyes were perfectly visible, while the rest of their face was covered in muck. The few cases of their eyes being shown without the masks can mostly be chalked up to inexperienced artists not being familiar with the taboo.

* 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.
* ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'' features the appropriately-named 'Masked Man'. A horrifying juggernaut that stalks the halls of Alchemilla wearing what looks like the cross between a neck brace and a torture implement of some sort. In [[Literature/{{Worm}} canon]] he was a FlatCharacter called Hatchetface, but his appearance, role, and mannerisms in ''Fanfic/{{Bird}}'' are all shout-outs to [[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head]].

* In ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', villain Safin wears a broken white Kabuki-like mask presumably to hide the scars that wrinkle his face.

** It 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 2, 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.

* From ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' (2012), apart from all the FacelessGoons, there's Agent Ramon, [[spoiler: the Twins]], and Miles yourself FromACertainPointOfView.

* 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.]]

* '''Animal Mask:''' The kind you would see at a kid's birthday party. When worn by an adult (or several of them) it brings to mind not animal cuteness, but savagery.

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** As well as his various [[{{Expy}} "clones"]] - [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs Marquise]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Rau Le Creuset]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Mr. Bushido]], etc...

* Sqweegel on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' - not only a mask but a whole body suit.

*** Balthasar Gelt, Supreme Patriarch of the Imperial Colleges of Magic, wears a greek-style gold facemask at all times. As a master of the Lore of Metal it's a reasonable enough affectation to adopt for him, but since he also wears thick robes, gloves and boots at all times, speculation is rife as to what exactly it is he's using the mask to conceal.

*** Elf scouts of all kinds - High Elf Shadow Warriors, Dark Elf Shades and Dark Riders and Wood Elf Waywatchers - tend to favour the lower-face cloth mask, occasionally tending towards full ninja-mask territory.

*** The Masque of Slaanesh, a daemonic dancer who has fallen from its patron's favour, carries a pair of reversible theatrical masks on a stick - one for Tragedy, one for Comedy - as part of its trappings.

** In ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'', the Redemptionists and House Cawdor all wear masks of one kind or another for religious reasons - a combination of promoting humility, intimidating rivals, and not wanting to be identified. The Cawdors tend to favour simpler domino masks and strips of cloth, while the Redemptionists have far more elaborate Venetian carnival-style masks, grinning skulls and KKK-style pointed hoods.

* The protagonists in ''VideoGame/ArmyOfTwo'' [[http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/image/article/861/861645/armytwo_guide_1206398818.jpg both wear masks]] - ostensibly this is to offer head protection, but the designs (a snarling skull and a blank face with no features) are pure RuleOfCool. Incidentally, there are airsoft masks based on both designs and, in case of cheaper, unpainted Chinese versions of Salem's mask (left one) people can attest to the discomforting effect felt when faced with a featureless face and [[BlackEyesOfEvil no visible eyes]].

* Most human enemies in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' are masked or otherwise outfitted with face-concealing equipment unless they're named (and sometimes even then). In general, you fight two main categories of human enemies. The first are Bandits, who use a haphazard mixture of whatever's available, although some have unique properties - most notably, Goliaths enter a melee-focused rage state and start attacking everything nearby when their crude metal helmets are shot off. The second are Hyperion troopers, who favour a CyberCyclops look on their dedicated military and a welding mask for their Engineers. BigBad Handsome Jack wears a mask based on his own features, [[spoiler:to conceal the scars]]. Among the player characters, two of them are usually or always masked - cold, merciless assassin [=Zer0=], and violently unhinged psycho (that's literally his class) Krieg, who are two of the least ethical people even among the Vault Hunters.

* Quite a few of the secret societies in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' are in the habit of wearing weird and disturbing masks: Illuminati employees wear gas masks - as can the player character should you choose to join them; {{Oni}} almost always wear masks, with members of the [[TheLegionsOfHell Nine Houses]] dressing in traditional Noh masks or black wrappings, while members of the [[PrivateMilitaryContractors House-In-Exile]] wear gas masks to symbolize their allegiance to the Illuminati (except for their leader, who wears a golden MaskOfPower); and of course, the Rabbit Killer wears a massive cartoon rabbit mask. [[spoiler: And so do her twin sisters.]]

** 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.

* '''Ski masks:''' If worn anywhere other than on the slopes in winter, often associated with [[BlatantBurglar criminals or terrorists]]. Masks that cover everything except the eyes are also associated with {{Ninja}}s, and can be either good or evil.

* '''Animal Mask:''' The kind you would see in a kid's birthday party. When worn by an adult (or several of them) it brings to mind not animal cuteness, but savagery.

* 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.
* 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.

** As does Hooded Justice. Both he and Rorschach are very protective of their "real" identities; the Comedian also has a full-face mask, but seems to have adopted it to hide his facial disfigurement rather than to protect his face from view.

* 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.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. The three shady trick-or-treaters, Lock, Shock and Barrel, wear masks all the time, but in their introductory scene they take them off, revealing faces that look exactly the same.

** ''Film/BatmanBegins'': The Scarecrow wears a burlap sack sewn into the form of deranged scarecrow. He uses a gas which induces waking nightmares.

** Bane in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' has a breathing apparatus. Batman sure has a knack on fighting evil masked men.

* 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.

* 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.

*** Eldar Harlequins wear a variety of carnivalesque, abstract, horrifying, blank and uncanny masks to express their characters in the great masque that is their calling. Of particular note is the Shadowseer, playing Fate, whose mask is featureless, mirror-like, and reflects the destiny of whoever looks into it.
*** The helmets of Eldar aspect warriors function as ritual masks, allowing an Eldar to don and cast aside his or her war-aspect and keep it separate from daily life.
** In ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'', the Redemptionists and House Cawdor all wear masks of one kind or another for religious reasons - a combination of promoting humility, intimidating rivals and not wanting to be identified. The Cawdors tend to favour simpler domino masks and strips of cloth, while the Redemptionists have far more elaborate venetian carnival style masks, grinning skulls and KKK-style pointed hoods.
* 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.

** [[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.

** ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' has the Zealots of the Lady, the Columbian Soldiers, and the Vox Populi rebels. The Zealots of the Lady wear what is effectively a UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan robe mixed with Freemason medals so they hide their faces in pointy hoods. The Columbian forces have several masks: women have porcelain masks or metal masks in the shape of Lady Liberty with glowing eyes, and for men it can be a full face mask or a half-face mask. Vox Populi wear simpler but no less creepy masks ranging from simple bandannas to porcelain masks and hoods with eyes that glow. The {{DLC}} ''Burial at Sea'' have the splicers, who wear papier-mâché masks, masks made out of mannequin faces, or the masks used at the New Year's Masquerade, again to hide their growing deformities from [=ADAM=] abuse.

* ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'': Puppet, one of several extraterrestrial fighters introduced in ''Body Blows Galactic'', wears a Venetian style mask that has a similar appearance to those worn by real-life {{Plague Doctor}}s (though in his case, the beak of the mask is stubby). Considering that the planet he resides on is called "Miasma" (after the Miasma theory of infection for which the plague doctor suits were thought to be able to protect against) its likely no coincidence.

* The Assassins from ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'' wear masks. The masks are those of the Whalers, and are in no short supply in the city of Dunwall.

* The Death Knight and the Flame Emperor in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' wear masks that conceal their faces and disguise their voices. [[spoiler:The Death Knight's case is a ZigZaggingTrope: in his initial appearances (as Jeritza), he wears a white DominoMask that only covers half his face, and he isn't suspected of being the Death Knight until he kidnaps Flayn midway through Part I. In Part II, he ditches both masks on the Crimson Flower route, but keeps the Death Knight mask on all others. The Flame Emperor (Edelgard) goes maskless much earlier: during the Holy Tomb raid, she either has it [[DramaticUnmask forcibly removed]] (if the player chose the Blue Lions or Golden Deer), or simply stops wearing it after admitting to being the Flame Emperor (if the player chose the Black Eagles).]]
* In ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear Xrd'', the Conclave is a massively powerful govermental force that controls most of the world and is run by a trio of mask-wearing individuals [[GovernmentConspiracy with a vested interest in wiping out humanity]].
* [[NoNameGiven Jacket]] of ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' wears a variety of creepy animal masks before each mission. These masks gives perks such as making unarmed punches lethal, walking faster, or starting a mission already equipped with a weapon. [[spoiler: Later on you find out there's an ''organization'' of the animal masked killers...]]

** [[TheSociopath Jhin]] wears ''two'' masks, with a plain black leather covering obscuring his entire body, and an ornately carved ivory mask on top of it. He acts as a covert assassin for a shadowy cabal, so it would make sense for him to hide his identity, and many of his voice lines reference his killings as being the only true way to express himself.

** The sequel ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}'' sports more heisters with more standard clown masks, and an enormous amount of unlockable and customizable masks, among them more clowns, animals, Santas, pop-culture references, a PlagueDoctor and lots of original masks.

* The Armada from ''VideoGame/{{Pirate101}}'' all wear white Venetian style mask. The higher ranked ones have black and gold trim except for Deacon, he wears a solid white Batu. Since they are all clockworks, there is nothing underneath but machinery.

* The Butcher from ''VideoGame/PurgatoryRPGMaker'' is a AxCrazy SerialKiller who wears a WhiteMaskOfDoom.

* The Testaments of ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' wear concealing robes, hoods, gloves, and blank face masks; in fact, before each individual {{Reveal}}, they're simply referred to by the color of their mask and robes (Black Testament, Red Testament, etc) -- this being the only way to tell them apart, other than their voices. At first, not so much malevolent as really, really mysterious, but later in the series they're definitely antagonists. [[spoiler: Except for Albedo. He's TheMole.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' has "been seeing a lot of people with strange masks lately." One major group are are the Veiled, whose leader is a WellIntentionedExtremist, and the other group is the enormously creepy cold servants who serve the dead god. The killers of the Good Man in the children's version of the myth wore masks in the shapes of beasts.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{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.

** The Lieutenant have a mask resembling a UsefulNotes/WorldWarI pilot's mask.

** [[ShockAndAwe Shock glove wielders]] have masks over the lower halves of there face's.

* For centuries, nearly the entire population of Venice wore masks nine months of the year, like people of other nations wore hats. Only during the hottest summer months they left them home. During the Carnival they dug out the extra-special decorated masks so popular today. According to foreign visitors, they felt either themselves completely surrounded people of this trope, or being in a city of ghosts.
* GWAR's full-face monster masks, bristling with teeth and SpikesOfVillainy. Subverted by stage acts so over the top with menace that it wraps around to Campiness.

* Dance group The Jabbawockeez, wear full-face, white masks that also shadow their eyes, hats and hoodies, and dance with relatively dark lighting. Why? In their own words, they're meant to be 'A figment of your imagination' (as well as to avoid [[CollectiveIdentity any one dancer standing out above the rest in a performance]]). And with their choreography and occasionally ghostly performances, it really does [[RuleOfCool look pretty cool]].