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The Masque of the Red Death

  • 19641964
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
14K
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The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
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A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.

IMDb RATING
7.0/10
14K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Roger Corman
  • Writers
    • Charles Beaumont(screenplay)
    • R. Wright Campbell(screenplay)
    • Edgar Allan Poe(from a story by)
  • Stars
    • Vincent Price
    • Hazel Court
    • Jane Asher
Top credits
  • Director
    • Roger Corman
  • Writers
    • Charles Beaumont(screenplay)
    • R. Wright Campbell(screenplay)
    • Edgar Allan Poe(from a story by)
  • Stars
    • Vincent Price
    • Hazel Court
    • Jane Asher
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 128User reviews
    • 97Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
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    Roger Corman, Vincent Price, and Jane Asher in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    Jane Asher in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    Skip Martin in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    Verina Greenlaw in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    Hazel Court in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    Vincent Price and Hazel Court in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    Vincent Price and Patrick Magee in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    Nigel Green and David Weston in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    Jane Asher in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    Jane Asher in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
    Vincent Price in The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
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    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Prince Prosperoas Prince Prospero
    Hazel Court
    Hazel Court
    • Julianaas Juliana
    Jane Asher
    Jane Asher
    • Francescaas Francesca
    David Weston
    David Weston
    • Ginoas Gino
    Nigel Green
    Nigel Green
    • Ludovicoas Ludovico
    Patrick Magee
    Patrick Magee
    • Alfredoas Alfredo
    Paul Whitsun-Jones
    • Scarlattias Scarlatti
    Robert Brown
    Robert Brown
    • Guardas Guard
    Julian Burton
    Julian Burton
    • Señor Veroneseas Señor Veronese
    David Davies
    • Lead Villageras Lead Villager
    Skip Martin
    Skip Martin
    • Hop Toadas Hop Toad
    Gaye Brown
    • Señora Escobaras Señora Escobar
    Verina Greenlaw
    Verina Greenlaw
    • Esmeraldaas Esmeralda
    Doreen Dawn
    • Anna-Marieas Anna-Marie
    • (as Doreen Dawne)
    Brian Hewlett
    • Senor Lampredias Senor Lampredi
    Sarah Brackett
    Sarah Brackett
    • Grandmotheras Grandmother
    David Allen
    • Male Danceras Male Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Dorothy Anelay
    • Female Danceras Female Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Roger Corman
    • Writers
      • Charles Beaumont(screenplay)
      • R. Wright Campbell(screenplay)
      • Edgar Allan Poe(from a story by)
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    Storyline

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    The evil Prince Prospero is riding through the Catania village when he sees that the peasants are dying of Red Death plague. Prospero asks to burn down the village and he is offended by the villagers Gino and his father-in-law Ludovico. He decides to kill them, but Gino's wife, the young and beautiful Francesca, begs for the lives of her husband and her father and Prospero brings them alive to his castle expecting to corrupt Francesca. Propero worships Satan and invites his noble friends to stay in his castle that is a shelter of depravity against the plague. When Prospero invites his guests to attend a masked ball, he sees a red hooded stranger and he believes that Satan himself has attended his party. But soon he learns who his mysterious guest is. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • shuffling cards
    • rose
    • killed by sword
    • village
    • castle
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • LOOK INTO THIS FACE - SHUDDER... at the blood-stained dance of the Red Death! TREMBLE... to the hideous tortures of the catacombs of Kali! GASP... at the sacrifice of the innocent virgin to the vengeance of Baal!
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Horror
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      Jane Asher asked Roger Corman if a friend could visit the set and join them for lunch. She explained that her friend was a musician who was about to do his first gig in London that night. At the end of lunch, Corman wished him good luck with his concert. Roger Corman had never heard of Paul McCartney until he read of the concert's success in the next day's newspapers.
    • Goofs
      Despite Prospero warning the guests not to wear red to the masque, several people are wearing red: capes, hats etc.
    • Quotes

      Prospero: Somewhere in the human mind, my dear Francesca, lies the key to our existance. My ancestors tried to find it. And to open the door that separates us from our Creator.

      Francesca: But you need no doors to find God. If you believe...

      Prospero: Believe? If you believe, my dear Francesca, you are... gullible. Can you look around this world and believe in the goodness of a god who rules it? Famine, Pestilence, War, Disease and Death! They rule this world.

      Francesca: There is also love and life and hope.

      Prospero: Very little hope I assure you. No. If a god of love and life ever did exist... he is long since dead. Someone... something, rules in his place.

    • Crazy credits
      "And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."- the final line of the original Poe story.
    • Alternate versions
      The original UK cinema version was heavily cut by the BBFC to edit lines of implied sexual dialogue, the killing of Juliana by the falcon, and scenes of burning people (including Alfredo in the ape costume), and to completely remove the entire black mass dream sequence. Video and DVD releases fully restore the BBFC cuts though the print used is an edited U.S version which misses some dialogue as well as a shot of Francesca being slapped across the face by one of Prospero's soldiers.
    • Connections
      Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Masque of the Red Death (1971)

    User reviews128

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Pretty Good for the Genre
    A reviewer linked to this site described "The Masque of the Red Death" as Bergmanesque. A Roger Corman film Bergmanesque? Since I've only seen one Ingmar Bergman film, and it bored me silly, this was not much of an endorsement.

    When I was a kid and Corman's Edgar Alan Poe adaptations were new, they scared the be-jeebers out of me. So would have "The Masque of the Red Death". After watching the movie recently, I didn't gain any insight into Mr. Bergman's film style, but I was entertained. And happily, the movie is free of the campy acting that seeps into so many of the Corman opus. Especially good is Vincent Price as the Satan-worshipping Prince Prospero, in whose castle his debauched guests wait out the plague that is ravishing the countryside. Dark and grotesque, this is an excellent example of Corman's work. Actually, one of the best I've seen.
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    • Release date
      • October 30, 1964 (Ireland)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Die Maske des roten Todes
    • Filming locations
      • Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Alta Vista Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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