I'd add the judge from Who framed roger rabbit. Not only that it was completely unexpected as there were no other toons posing as human, he was so horrifying in contrast of the cheerful animation tone of the other characters that it was truly an horrific moment

I was hoping Doofy from Scary Movie would be on the list. Finding out at the very last second of the film that the bumbling buffoon was actually a hotshot killer was totally shocking.

Surprised 'Scream' wasn't on it. Having 2 killers was a bit of a shock.

The metro scene with the crowd going “He’s just a kid” in Spider Man 2 had much more effect on me. Also, should have included Roy Scheider’s character in Naked Lunch.

When I was a teenager, I went to a horror Marathon at a local theater. It was an almost empty show. A little old woman asked to sit near me because she wanted to talk during previews and intermissions. She told me a story about The Phantom of the Opera. She was old enough that she went to the local premiere of the movie. She said the reaction to the unmasking scene was as wild as you could get. There were screams, faintings, people throwing up, and people running out of the movie. Two people sound up leaving in ambulances. It startled her but she was. expecting it, and enjoyed it. My mind of person.

How did the Judge from "Who framed Roger Rabbit" not make this list? When we find out the Toon hating Judge...is a Toon! Come on, you screwed up here...

By the time I watched Winter Soilder I didn't realise who the Winter Soilder actually was because I'd forgotten about Bucky Barns and what he looked like haha

Honestly, as a non-comicbook reader, the one that shocked me the most, was in Iron Man 1, when Tony Stark said "I am the Iron Man". After having watched so many comic book movies where keeping the heroes secret was the most important thing, that sentence was truly was not expected and was what got me super excited for what was to come for the MCU.

Predator - craziest unmasking ever

It's not exactly an unmasking, but the scene in 'Alien' where it's revealed that Ash is a robot---by knocking off his head---was one of the most unexpected and startling I've ever seen.

Sleepaway Camp should definitely be on the list, it's 2 shocking unmaskings at once.

Hello..? The Silence of the Lambs..? When he pulled his 'mask' off in the ambulance was one of the all time best scenes.

Really? no Heath Ledger's Joker introduction in the bank and takes off his mask that it is not just a clown thug, but the Joker! so good

I’m a bit ‘80s but the removal of the helmet of Blaster, the larger half of the duo that makes up MasterBlaster in the movie MadMax Beyond ThunderDome.

When I was a kid the reveal that Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a toon himself was mind blowing

The unmasking in 8MM really got me. You really were expecting some sort of "monster", not some random accountant or librarian.

IMO, Lon Chaney's Phantom unmasking deserved the number 1 slot for setting the standard for unmasking scenes.

No ‘Silence Of The Lambs’? Technically it wasn’t a mask but it ended up being an amazing unmasking.

I’m not even a Star Wars fan but I felt Vader’s “reveal” was way too low on the list.

How about the unmasking of Blaster in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and the "were you expecting a monster" unmasking in 8MM?

Far from home doesnt really fit into this list, its a completely different kind of unmasking its not for the audience but for the characters

Unmasking - what made Mission Impossible . . . Possible

Norman Bates as his "mother" in Psycho

I can't believe Scream doesn't even appear

I agree with Josh, Scooby-Doo: The Movie is awesome 😅

Darth Vader - "a frail, damaged old man" He's like, 40 years old or something, isn't he? 10 when he met Padme, 8 years go by while he trains as a Jedi, barely 1 or two married to Padme, and Luke is ~23 years old at the Battle of Endor.

I think that Vaders true reveal was when he told Luke that he was his father.

The wizard from Wizard of OZ should 100% be on this list!

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, THE BENT NECK LADY!!!!!!!!

It's not an unmasking per say but the reveal at the end of Psycho, was a real twist.

Robert the Bruce after the Battle of Falkirk in Braveheart. Man, what a bummer.

When the skin burned off the Terminator and the whole endoskeleton was revealed in the first movie.

Darth Vader looked like an ill man playing the harmonica when unmasked

Obviously not a movie but one of my favorite "philosophical mask slip" is Walter White's, "Tread lightly," to Hank.

what about when Tony reveals he's iron man during a press conference? We're all expecting the usual batman and Spider-man style secret identity trope and they just basically toss it out the window

The ""Sleepaway Camp" reveal at the end was quite disturbing.

Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder. His character unmasks and with each detail he removes from his make-up, he channels and exorcises all of his past characters. A great and hilarious moment in the film and a tremendous comedic performance. The acting in that scene in particular was a master showman's trick. He really deserved an Oscar for that moment alone, so naturally, he didn't win. It's fine though, the Academy Awards lost all credibility when Dances With Wolves beat GoodFellas for Best Picture and Best Director.

how is the unmasking/ revealing of(then television talk show host)" Merv Griffin" as the elevator killer in Steve Martin's "The Man With Two Brains" not on this list ????

I highly recommend the 1991 movie "Popcorn" if you want to see some expert level unmasking. It's one of those very rare movies where you've spent so much time with the killer that you can't help but have sympathy for him by the end of it. It's cheesey in places, but I think it holds up very well.

Say what you will about "Speed Racer", but that and "Detective Pikachu" are the only US made live action anime movies that got its source material.

Am I one of the only ones that actually kinda liked Speed Racer? It was bright and high energy just like the cartoons for me

Nobody had a better take on Darth Vader’s unmasking than Hooper X’s at the beginning of Chasing Amy.

I think what makes the unmasking of The Phantom so striking, unnerving and unusual is that he's looking directly at the camera while being unmasked. They don't make 'em like they used to.

Literally every mission impossible movie lmao

Jannis is Alec Trevelyan in goldeneye is one of my favourite “unmaskings”

Not Much of a Reveal to the Audience, but I Always Loved Michael Keaton/BATMAN Tearing his Mask off to show Selina Kyle/CATWOMAN that He Gives Up in BATMAN RETURNS. GREAT MOVIE!!!!! GREAT SCENE!!!!!

Should have included Eowyn pulling off her helmet to reveal that she's a woman before killing the ring wraith in LOTR Return of the King. No it wasn't a surprise to the audience, but you never said that was a requirement!

Honorable mention: Blaster of Master Blaster.

The even bigger surprise was that behind Darth Vader's mask wasn't David Prowse! Damn you Lucas! :PPPPP

Never expected a silent movie to be on the list. However, 1925's Phantom of the Opera being on the list does make sense. That unmasking was totally unexpected.

Friday the 13th part 6 = Jason isn't Jason. Everyone: Booo!!! That sucks!!!

Fantastic list with some brilliant reveals and unmaskings.

The fact that scrappy was the villain makes NO sense to this day. Also, where is The Witches???

How about Vincent Price's horrifying reveal in the 1953 version of House of Wax, the first time you did not know the monster was wearing a human mask!

Good list. Top two were *chef's kiss*.

Actually the movie peeping Tom was the start of the slasher genre

What about Scream and the fact that it's actually 2 killers and the unmasking scene is shocking to characters and audiences upon the first viewing.

"i'm not locked in here with you. you're locked in here with meeeeee!"

The original house of wax,and the unmasking in the movie Popcorn always creeped me out

Can't believe Speed Racer was on this list but goodness am I happy to see it here. The most underappreciated movie of all time.

I feel several if these shouldn't be here...and you didnt have saw. Who writes these?

Bucky Barnes wasn't even remotely shocking. It was foreshadowed the entire time and the dude looks like Sebastian Stan even with the mask.

Some really good ones here and some mentioned here that I forgot about like Master/Blaster in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" ​and the Alien in "Predator"!! I'd like to add the multiple unmaskings in "Murder by Death"!

Mission Impossible III was the first movie I saw Philip Seymour Hoffman in and immediately realized what a fantastic actor he was. Such a loss.

Scream.... Saw... At least there is some love for Speed Racer...

the fact that they showed speed racer in the beginning..... instant like. SUCH AN UNDERATED MOVIE!!!!!

Emmitt Brown in BTTF part 2. That was pretty shocking. 😂

I’m glad you didn’t include any unmaskings from mission impossible 2. They went crazy in that movie and it got really boring

A movie from my childhood, late '80s if I remember correctly... perhaps along the lines of the 'How To Host a Murder Mystery' game... shocked me when a character was unmasked -- twice. That is, was shown to be wearing two masks. That one shocked me, but for the life of me I cannot remember the name of the movie. If anyone out there knows it then I shall be thankful if you told me. Thank-you!

Not really shocking or a major plot point, but the "Two weeks" scene in Total Recall was a pretty good one. It took me by surprise

Yeah, I fainted when Winter Soldier was unmasked, who would have thought that.

I think you need to make a second list because there are so many other unmasking‘s that are fantastic in movies for example in the Jagged Edge that was fantastic.

*The MI3 mask twist wasn't so shocking for those who were fans of the first 2, specially cuz the same thing happen on MI2 when the villain supposed to kill Ethan and instead was the villain's henchmen*

Hilarious the way he said the name Bucky 🤣🤣

2:42 What was that Puppy Power joke that got blanked?

what about Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre? that was the first and only time in the franchise he unmasked

I need another live-action Scooby Doo movie similar to the 2002 one.

Kind of lesser known but "High Tension" was a hell of an unmasking.

And at the #1 Spot, Scooby-Doo

It sounds like Josh is saying “Daft Vadare” 😂

Old Man Jenkins (Various Scooby Doo)

Was there anyone on the planet that didn't know Bucky was Winter Soldier?

That Speed Racer movie was lit

Doctor Caronte's unmasking in the Neutron series, where by means of thought transfer he turned out to be the heroine's father. The guest stars from the List of Adrien Messenger unmasking from their in-movie disguises and revealing who they are...particularly Burt Lancaster!

I agree about Judge Doom. The Jason movie I liked most as far as unmaskings go is 7, where the telekinetic girl beats him around like a rag doll, and then he looks pissed!

RoboCop from the original 1987 film is one of my favorites

Speed racer is amazing, and I will die on that hill

I think you missed, maybe, the biggest one, Morbius, as his mind was the monster, from the movie "The Forbidden Planet." A great scene close to the end of the movie revealed this.

The Mission Impossible 3 one never made sense to me. It was fine as a plot point fake-out I guess, but why WOULDN'T Davian kill his wife? Also, it was made moot when, in the following movie, he was separated from her anyway!!

“Master Blaster” (Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome). That was a crazy reveal.

Number 9 was one that shocked me due to how strange was.

You could tell an friday the 13th a new beginning that it wasn't Jason because Jason doesn't experience much pain but every time that roy burns is injured in the movie you can see his anguish and you can see how he can feel the pain

Where's john kramer in the first saw movie?

I liked the first Mission Impossible better. Especially the scene towards the end when Claire thought she was talking to Jim Phelps, only to realize she was talking to Ethan Hunt.

Um...Hannibal Lecter? Nothing beats his "unmasking" in Silence of the Lambs.

Not technically film but the Revan reveal in KotOR.

Number 2 is a favorite. Second grade classroom film of the day what could go wrong?

Someone actually watched Speed Racer all the way to the end?

Ok, it's not a movie, but the ending of Prodigy's "Smack my Bitch Up"

I forgot about the Wachowski's huge bomb, Speed Racer. Their hit ratio is about 50% it seems.