Tropescilloscope: Malevolent Masked Men

When people wear creepy masks, it is a bad sign. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Horror Comedy The Lancer Red Eyes, Take Warning Fat Bastard Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! No-Sell Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Brainless Beauty Cluster F-Bomb Evil Sounds Deep Becoming the Mask Taking the Bullet Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Final Girl Country Matters Immune to Bullets Superhero Demoted to Extra Dual Wielding Slap-Slap-Kiss Closed Circle Meet Cute Big-Bad Ensemble Bullying a Dragon Star-Crossed Lovers I'm a Humanitarian Big Bad Duumvirate The Starscream Peek-a-Boo Corpse Bound and Gagged Psychopathic Manchild My Beloved Smother One-Word Title True Companions Ms. Fanservice Red Oni, Blue Oni Australian Movies Would Hurt a Child Tempting Fate Film Noir Kids Are Cruel Hypocrite Flipping the Bird Bottomless Magazines Action Prologue Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday The Ace Really Gets Around Refuge in Audacity Aside Glance Double-Meaning Title Black Best Friend Sealed Evil in a Can Epic Movie Unreliable Narrator Early-Bird Cameo Setting Update Serial Killer Hope Spot Crapsack World Belligerent Sexual Tension Contrived Coincidence Black Comedy Rape Overprotective Dad Unresolved Sexual Tension The Quiet One Deal with the Devil Rousing Speech Adaptation Expansion Heroic Sacrifice Offscreen Teleportation Animated Credits Opening folderlabel The Alcoholic Bloody Hilarious Mr. Fanservice Grievous Bottley Harm Domestic Abuse Mind Screw Handicapped Badass Off-into-the-Distance Ending Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Vomit Indiscretion Shot Extremely Short Timespan Happily Married He Who Fights Monsters Logo Joke Mundane Made Awesome Canon Foreigner Villain Protagonist Death Seeker The Dreaded Decoy Protagonist Romantic Comedy Made of Iron Eureka Moment Call-Forward Broken Bird Heterosexual Life-Partners Hair-Trigger Temper Genre Shift No Antagonist Expository Hairstyle Change My God, What Have I Done? Nothing Is Scarier The Un-Reveal The '70s Dirty Coward Scare Chord Drill Sergeant Nasty Combat Pragmatist The Cavalry Dressing as the Enemy Author Avatar Attempted Rape Evil Cannot Comprehend Good The Mole Wham Shot Determinator aka: The Determinator Shoot the Shaggy Dog Sole Survivor Dull Surprise Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer And the Adventure Continues Married to the Job Extreme Doormat German Films Obstructive Bureaucrat Random Events Plot Only a Flesh Wound Fan Disservice Leave the Camera Running Defiant to the End Anyone Can Die Suddenly SHOUTING! Bring My Brown Pants The Place Ominous Latin Chanting Artistic License – History No Celebrities Were Harmed The Stinger Revenge Be Careful What You Wish For Laser-Guided Karma Armor-Piercing Question Fate Worse than Death Break the Cutie Camera Abuse Beware the Nice Ones Psycho for Hire Evil Is Hammy Toplessness from the Back The Voiceless Back from the Dead Works Set in World War II Jerkass Broken Aesop Knife Nut The Mafia The Musical Sequel Escalation Agony of the Feet Manchild Deliberate Values Dissonance Badass Grandpa The Faceless Villain Song The Vamp Not Quite Dead The Great Depression Karmic Death Action Girl Cold-Blooded Torture As the Good Book Says... Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies The Brute Trailers Always Spoil Interrupted Suicide Black Dude Dies First Fish out of Water Blackmail In Medias Res Parental Abandonment Stepford Smiler Ghost Fiction Chase Scene Large Ham Disney Death Shower Scene The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Getting Crap Past the Radar Shell-Shocked Veteran Malevolent Masked Men Kick the Son of a Bitch Stuff Blowing Up The '50s Air-Vent Passageway Race Lift Failed a Spot Check Sports Stories Obfuscating Stupidity Wretched Hive Chekhov's Skill Beard of Evil Anti-Hero Darkest Hour Punny Name Roaring Rampage of Revenge Line-of-Sight Name Fantastic Racism Amusing Injuries Outrun the Fireball Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Ass Shove Gory Discretion Shot Romantic False Lead Bloodless Carnage Anti-Villain Friend to All Children Animal Motifs Betty and Veronica Fire-Forged Friends The Cameo Body Horror Adaptational Heroism Never Trust a Trailer Lampshade Hanging Those Two Bad Guys Author Appeal Destination Defenestration The Hero Dies You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Older Than They Look Race Against the Clock Affectionate Parody Call-Back Fainting Central Theme Mexican Standoff Mystery and Detective Films Cassandra Truth Never My Fault Not Using the "Z" Word Even Evil Has Standards Documentary Evil Brit Half the Man He Used to Be Bond Villain Stupidity The Reveal Chewing the Scenery Throwing Your Sword Always Works Creepy Child Idiot Ball Politically Incorrect Villain Off with His Head! Casting Gag Cat Fight Training Montage Beta Couple Title Drop Eye Scream No Ending N-Word Privileges Spiritual Successor Dutch Angle Mad Scientist Exact Words Drugs Are Bad An Aesop Pet the Dog The Big Guy Corrupt Corporate Executive Cruel and Unusual Death Plucky Comic Relief Blatant Lies What You Are in the Dark Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Big Damn Heroes Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Big Fancy House Unwitting Instigator of Doom Face–Heel Turn Book-Ends Heroic BSoD Killed Mid-Sentence And I Must Scream Did Not Get the Girl Danny Peary Cult Movies List Gender Flip Crazy-Prepared Scenery Gorn Music Stories Didn't Think This Through Well-Intentioned Extremist Slashed Throat Military and Warfare Films Actor Allusion Diabolus ex Machina Pragmatic Adaptation Mr. Exposition The Lost Lenore Kill It with Fire Mugging the Monster Recycled IN SPACE! 20 Minutes into the Future Redemption Equals Death Bi the Way The Smart Guy Affably Evil Slasher Smile Bavarian Fire Drill Product Placement Deadpan Snarker Does This Remind You of Anything? Award-Bait Song Animal Title Index Humiliation Conga Match Cut Bad Boss Meaningful Echo Dark Is Not Evil World of Ham Improvised Weapon The Sociopath Downer Ending The Stoic Calling the Old Man Out Gilligan Cut The Dog Bites Back Posthumous Character Establishing Character Moment Abhorrent Admirer Arch-Enemy Villainous Breakdown B-Movie Deus ex Machina Names to Run Away from Really Fast Greater-Scope Villain Actually Pretty Funny Easily Forgiven Adaptational Attractiveness Historical Villain Upgrade Knight Templar Rated M for Manly Fourth Date Marriage Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Adult Fear Evil Is Petty Ambiguously Gay Rasputinian Death Only in It for the Money The '80s Fatal Family Photo It's Personal Room Full of Crazy French Films Took a Level in Badass No Name Given Skewed Priorities Canadian Movies Let's Get Dangerous! Brutal Honesty Evil Laugh Stealth Hi/Bye Last-Name Basis Death by Sex Character Development Captain Obvious Eldritch Abomination Left the Background Music On It Can Think Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Frame-Up Femme Fatale Black and Gray Morality Fatal Flaw Rule of Three Nice Guy Mood Whiplash Major Injury Underreaction Spanner in the Works Boom, Headshot! Genre Savvy Daylight Horror Historical-Domain Character Gold Digger O.O.C. Is Serious Business Laughing Mad And Starring Bury Your Gays Instant Death Bullet Expy She's Got Legs I Need a Freaking Drink Empathic Environment Translation Convention Badass Longcoat Improbable Weapon User Made of Explodium Badass in a Nice Suit The '60s Here We Go Again! My Greatest Failure Cloudcuckoolander Amoral Attorney Vampire Fiction You Killed My Father In Name Only Brother–Sister Incest Bar Brawl Historical In-Joke Almost Kiss No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Video Credits Science Fiction Films A Minor Kidroduction Visual Pun Broken Pedestal Stock Footage Fiery Redhead Evil vs. Evil Mistaken for Gay Humans Are Bastards Hate Sink Sinister Minister Rule of Funny Manipulative Bastard Reality Has No Subtitles As Long as It Sounds Foreign Anguished Declaration of Love Grey and Gray Morality Improbable Aiming Skills Green-Eyed Monster Tranquil Fury Damsel in Distress Love at First Sight Precision F-Strike War Is Hell Sci-Fi Horror Biopic Aluminum Christmas Trees Facial Horror Dramatic Irony Karma Houdini Dramatic Gun Cock Tagline Adorkable Creator Cameo Naïve Newcomer Hero of Another Story Not Even Bothering with the Accent Lighter and Softer Pyrrhic Victory Death Glare Bilingual Bonus Playing Gertrude Eiffel Tower Effect Christmas Movies Index Adaptational Badass Shown Their Work Famous Last Words Gainax Ending Retirony Arranged Marriage Big Bad Retcon Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Sassy Black Woman Lock and Load Montage Deconstruction Shirtless Scene Death by Irony Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Disguised in Drag Ungrateful Bastard Every Car Is a Pinto Ripped from the Headlines Not So Stoic Irony Four-Temperament Ensemble Parental Incest Male Frontal Nudity Costume Porn Mercy Kill As Himself Wham Line An Arm and a Leg Only Sane Man Straight Gay Bolivian Army Ending Breaking the Fourth Wall Retired Badass Heel–Face Turn Dying Moment of Awesome Token Minority Pretty Little Headshots Dirty Cop Rape as Drama Everyone Has Standards Villain with Good Publicity Nice Hat Hidden Depths Martial Arts Movie Too Dumb to Live Shout-Out Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Pretty in Mink Curb-Stomp Battle Reality Ensues Imagine Spot You Have Failed Me Adaptation Dye-Job The Bad Guy Wins Offscreen Moment of Awesome Adapted Out Kick the Dog Needs Wiki Magic Love Index of Film Westerns Groin Attack The Smurfette Principle Jump Scare Never Found the Body The Chick I Did What I Had to Do Stylistic Suck Police Brutality Face Death with Dignity Parental Substitute Would Hit a Girl Sequel Hook Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Kubrick Stare Conspicuous CG Obviously Evil Rule of Symbolism Dark and Troubled Past Fanservice Extra Suspiciously Similar Substitute Disappeared Dad Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Historical Hero Upgrade Blood from the Mouth Artistic License – Gun Safety Morality Pet From Bad to Worse Show Within a Show Villain Ball Word of God Pimped-Out Dress Good Is Not Nice The Oner Drowning My Sorrows Cain and Abel After the End Comically Missing the Point Public Domain Feature Films Light Is Not Good Genre Throwback Taking You with Me Meaningful Background Event There Is No Kill Like Overkill Alliterative Name A.I. Is a Crapshoot Dissonant Serenity Fake Shemp Self-Deprecation Insult Backfire Dogged Nice Guy Redshirt Army Insane Troll Logic Neck Lift The Bully Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Tap on the Head Wounded Gazelle Gambit Vitriolic Best Buds Developing Doomed Characters The End... Or Is It? Continuity Nod Hoist by His Own Petard Dies Wide Open Monumental Damage Curse Cut Short Heel Realization The Chessmaster It Will Never Catch On NO INDOOR VOICE Only Known by Their Nickname Artistic License – Biology Enemy Mine Silent Movie Yandere Big Brother Instinct Badass Bookworm Narrator All There in the Script Anachronic Order The Hero Car Fu Protagonist Title Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Drives Like Crazy Department of Redundancy Department Sir Swears-a-Lot Freeze-Frame Bonus Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Real Life Gratuitous English La Résistance Dramedy Bad "Bad Acting" Eyepatch of Power Love Triangle Those Wacky Nazis Guile Hero Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Children Are Innocent Sexy Discretion Shot Once More, with Clarity! Rule of Cool Leitmotif Red Right Hand Henpecked Husband Heroes Want Redheads Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Maybe Ever After Stalker with a Crush Eagleland Victoria's Secret Compartment Due to the Dead Take a Third Option Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Dwindling Party Properly Paranoid Sadistic Choice Bond One-Liner Jitter Cam Cool Old Guy Horror Films Wrong Genre Savvy Your Head A-Splode Guns Akimbo How We Got Here The Alleged Car Action Genre Chekhov's Gunman Distracted by the Sexy Better to Die than Be Killed BFG It's All About Me Noodle Incident Pragmatic Villainy Bald of Evil Rich Bitch Vomit Discretion Shot This Is Gonna Suck Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Epic Fail Butt-Monkey Italian Films Paper-Thin Disguise Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Russian Films Parental Neglect She Cleans Up Nicely Abusive Parents Pre-Mortem One-Liner Bittersweet Ending Soft Glass Dirty Old Man Reckless Gun Usage Unusually Uninteresting Sight An Axe to Grind Honor Before Reason The Remake Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas Camp Gay Novelization Television Movie Index All for Nothing Artistic License – Physics Credits Gag May–December Romance Disney Villain Death Took a Level in Jerkass Leaning on the Fourth Wall Captain Ersatz The Stoner The Film of the Book Serious Business Red Herring Shut Up, Hannibal! Hong Kong Films Papa Wolf Babies Ever After Reality Is Unrealistic Woman Scorned Punch-Clock Villain Advertised Extra Funny Foreigner Sanity Slippage Not What It Looks Like Artistic License – Geography Anachronism Stew Card-Carrying Villain Have a Gay Old Time Even Evil Has Loved Ones The X of Y Daddy's Girl Disproportionate Retribution "Awesome McCool" Name Spiteful Spit Evil Plan Based on a True Story Earn Your Happy Ending Beauty Is Never Tarnished British Films Psychological Thriller Film Series Driven to Suicide Badass Boast Apocalypse How Faking the Dead Important Haircut Alas, Poor Villain Brick Joke Bait-and-Switch Despair Event Horizon Dark Reprise The Ditz Dark Action Girl Annoying Younger Sibling Deliberately Monochrome Faux Affably Evil "The Reason You Suck" Speech Slasher Movie Jerkass Has a Point Jerk with a Heart of Gold Zombie Stories Moment Killer A Date with Rosie Palms Artistic License – Law Demonic Possession Your Cheating Heart A Father to His Men Overly Long Gag Badass Normal Ambiguous Ending Evil Counterpart Spell My Name with an "S" timeperiod Mighty Whitey Sacrificial Lion Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Suspiciously Specific Denial Gorn Fingore What the Hell, Hero? All There in the Manual All Girls Want Bad Boys Manly Tears Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Naked People Are Funny Time Skip Ax-Crazy Batman Gambit I Have Your Wife The Dragon Authority Equals Asskicking All Just a Dream Hollywood Law Roger Ebert: Great Movies List A God Am I Riddle for the Ages Foil Totally Radical Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Worthy Opponent Alpha Bitch Very Loosely Based on a True Story Only One Name The '90s Intrepid Reporter "Shaggy Dog" Story He Knows Too Much Silence Is Golden Market-Based Title Plot Hole Big Eater Implacable Man "Well Done, Son!" Guy Red Shirt Five-Man Band Real Life Writes the Plot Oh, Crap! Hollywood Darkness Covers Always Lie Hell Is That Noise Film Noir Index As You Know Cool Car Cool Guns Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Undying Loyalty Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Take That! Bland-Name Product Double Entendre Cool Old Lady Police are Useless Ambiguous Disorder Rewatch Bonus Chekhov's Gun Determinator Early Installment Weirdness Those Two Guys One-Man Army Defrosting Ice Queen Dropped a Bridge on Him '80s Hair Adaptational Villainy Framing Device Soundtrack Dissonance Unusual Euphemism Age Lift Smoking Is Cool Informed Ability Storming the Castle I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Reasonable Authority Figure Homage Black Comedy Auto Erotica Big Applesauce Japanese Films Arc Words Ironic Echo Awesome, but Impractical Hooker with a Heart of Gold Asshole Victim Truth in Television Death of a Child Villain Opening Scene Adaptation Name Change Accidental Murder Smug Snake Foreshadowing Vacation Films Super Strength MacGuffin Say My Name For Want of a Nail Woman in White Man on Fire Spared by the Adaptation Neck Snap Catapult Nightmare For the Evulz No OSHA Compliance Scary Black Man Bloodier and Gorier Corpsing Darker and Edgier Berserk Button Scenery Porn Fanservice Re-Cut Ship Tease Meaningful Name More Dakka Whole Plot Reference Freudian Excuse Wicked Cultured Coming-of-Age Story Get Out! Break the Haughty Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Same Language Dub Male Gaze Running Gag Intergenerational Friendship Adults Are Useless Thriller Fun with Acronyms No-Holds-Barred Beatdown The Casanova The Load I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Big "NO!" Bare Your Midriff Flashback Cool Shades Kill 'em All Catch-Phrase Crazy Jealous Guy Motor Mouth Poor Communication Kills Chiaroscuro Evil-Detecting Dog Does Not Like Shoes Exactly What It Says on the Tin Celebrity Paradox Twist Ending Together in Death Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Not So Different Accidental Misnaming Men Are the Expendable Gender Cowboy Cop Bowdlerise From Nobody to Nightmare Stealth Pun In the Back Our Zombies Are Different Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Missing Mom Manic Pixie Dream Girl Cat Scare Blood Knight Madness Mantra Pay Evil unto Evil Artistic License – Military Up to Eleven The Power of Love Funny Background Event The Atoner Depraved Bisexual Mythology Gag Foregone Conclusion Shipper on Deck Action Survivor Gone Horribly Right What Happened to the Mouse? Loads and Loads of Characters Composite Character Mama Bear Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Make It Look Like an Accident Fantasy Films Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Adaptation Distillation Mooks Non-Indicative Name One Steve Limit Ascended Extra Death by Adaptation Small Name, Big Ego Put on a Bus Hypocritical Humor Bunny-Ears Lawyer The Ghost Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Dumb Blonde Crucified Hero Shot Creative Closing Credits You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Loophole Abuse Jerk Jock Our Vampires Are Different Antagonist Title Unspoken Plan Guarantee Insistent Terminology All Men Are Perverts Hero Antagonist Not So Above It All Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"