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The Masque of the Red Death( 1964)

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Overview

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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      Vincent Price

      Prince Prospero

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      Hazel Court

      Juliana

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      Jane Asher

      Francesca

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      David Weston

      Gino

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      Nigel Green

      Ludovico

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      Patrick Magee

      Alfredo

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      Paul Whitsun-Jones

      Scarlatti

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      Robert Brown

      Guard

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      Julian Burton

      Señor Veronese

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      David Davies

      Lead Villager

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      Skip Martin

      Hop Toad

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      Gaye Brown

      Señora Escobar

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      Verina Greenlaw

      Esmeralda

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      Doreen Dawn

      Anna-Marie (as Doreen Dawne)

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      Sarah Brackett

      Grandmother

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      Brian Hewlett

      Senor Lampredi

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      Jenny Till

      Dancer

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      John Westbrook

      The Man in Red

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Thu Nov 07 2019
    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 Edgar Allan Poe, while part of the film contains a story arc based on another Poe tale titled Hop-Frog. It's the 7th of 8 Corman film adaptations of Poe's works. Sinister yet beautiful (Nicolas Roeg gen...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • sacrifice
    • village
    • prince
    • castle
    • satanism
    • revenge
    • murder
    • tragic villain
    • massacre
    • middle ages (476-1453)
    • evil prince
    • medieval
    • satanic ritual
    • plague
    • devil worship
    • preserved film