Overview:
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.| Status: | Released (1964-09-16) |
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| Screen: | Charles Beaumont, R. Wright Campbell, Edgar Allan Poe |
| Productions: | Alta Vista Productions, American International Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Latin |
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Casts
- 1905: Vincent Price - Prince Prospero
- 101499: Hazel Court - Juliana
- 22969: Jane Asher - Francesca
- 101504: David Weston - Gino
- 29909: Nigel Green - Ludovico
- 2264: Patrick Magee - Alfredo
- 101506: Paul Whitsun-Jones - Scarlatti
Crews
- 46443: Charles Beaumont - Screenplay - Writing
- 102429: Roger Corman - Director - Directing
- 111486: R. Wright Campbell - Screenplay - Writing
- 89541: Richard Bird - Sound - Sound
- 2468110: Len Abbott - Sound - Sound
- 1580388: Joe Powell - Stunts - Crew
- 1210146: Peter Price - Assistant Director - Directing
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Reviews
John Chard
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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 ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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***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 ....
Continue reading ->Dr Nostromo
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61/100 Satan worshiper Prospero (played with sinister glee by the incomparable Vincent Price) provides refuge for the elite in his castle, indulging in decadent debauchery, while the local area succumbs to the red death. Much better than I thought it would be, it inspires me to se ....
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