Masked villain

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The Hooded Terror in the Pearl White serial The House of Hate, which defined the "masked mystery villain" type
Darth Vader, the masked villain from Star Wars

A masked villain, also seen as masked mystery villain,

fear of the unknown.[7]: 135  The "Mask" need not be literal (although it often is), referring more to the subterfuge
involved.

He or she is the often main

red herrings, as to the villain's identity - sometime as the characters find them and sometimes for the audience alone. However, the identity is not usually revealed to the audience before it is revealed to the characters of the story.[8]

Examples

Serials

The following villains were not actually "masked" but remained hidden from view:


Television

Films

References

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  4. ^ Brasch, I., & Mayer, R. (2016). Modernity management: 1920s cinema, mass culture and the film serial. Screen, 57(3), 302-315.
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    ISBN 978-1-78683-496-6
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    ISBN 9780786409181
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  8. ^ a b Bah, Aisha (2018). "Cultural Transgression and Subversion: The Abject Slasher Subgenre". The Mall. 2 (1): 72–83. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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    ISBN 9780786409365
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  10. ^ Milligan, Cindy Ann (2015). Sonic Vocality: A Theory on the Use of Voice in Character Portrayal (PhD). Georgia State University. p. 5. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
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  12. ^ https://news.disney.com/
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