The Masque of the Red Death
DramaHorror
6.6/10
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|90 min
Release Date: 1964-06-24
Overview - A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Production Companies
Alta Vista ProductionsAmerican International Pictures
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John Chard
7/10
Bold, Daring, Lurid. Visually appealing and trippy in its telling, The Masque of the Red Death is a very acquired taste. Directed by Roger Corman, the film stars Vincent Price as the diabolical Prince Prospero who holds fear over a plague infested peasantry while jollying it up in his castle. The screenplay by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell is based upon a short story written by Edga...
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Wuchak
6/10
***Castles, peasants, diabolical princes, plague, death and Vincent Price*** During what appears to be the late Medieval era in (presumably) Britain, pompous Prince Prospero tyrannically reigns, terrorizing the serfs, while holding up in his castle with other “royals” during the plague of the Red Death. Hazel Court plays his seasoned nefarious babe in the castle whereas Jane Asher appears as h...
