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.
Doreen Dawn
- Anna-Marie
- (as Doreen Dawne)
David Allen
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- (uncredited)
Dorothy Anelay
- Female Dancer
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJane 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. Corman had never heard of Paul McCartney until he read of the concert's success in the next day's newspapers.
- GoofsDespite Prospero warning the guests not to wear red to the masque, several people are wearing red: capes, hats, etc.
People ignoring someone's directions is not a Goof; it happens all the time and was even a significant plot point in Jezebel (1938).
- Quotes
Man in red: Why should you be afraid to die? Your soul has been dead for a long long time.
- Crazy credits"And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all." Edgar Allan Poe [The final line of the original Poe story.]
- Alternate versionsThe 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Masque of the Red Death (1971)
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Each Man Makes His Own Heaven and His Own Hell
The evil Prince Prospero (Vincent Price) 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 (David Weston) and his father-in-law Ludovico (Nigel Green). He decides to kill them, but Gino's wife, the young and beautiful Francesca (Jane Asher), 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.
"The Masque of the Red Death" is a stylish movie directed by Roger Corman, with wonderful cinematography by Nicolas Roeg and based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Vincent Price has a great performance in the role of an evil Prince that worships Satan and learns that Death has no master and that each man makes his own Heaven and his own Hell. The Death is very similar to the character dressed in black of Ingmar Bergman's "Det sjunde inseglet" (a.k.a. "the Seventh Seal"). My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Orgia da Morte" ("The Orgy of the Dearh")
"The Masque of the Red Death" is a stylish movie directed by Roger Corman, with wonderful cinematography by Nicolas Roeg and based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Vincent Price has a great performance in the role of an evil Prince that worships Satan and learns that Death has no master and that each man makes his own Heaven and his own Hell. The Death is very similar to the character dressed in black of Ingmar Bergman's "Det sjunde inseglet" (a.k.a. "the Seventh Seal"). My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "A Orgia da Morte" ("The Orgy of the Dearh")
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- Die Maske des roten Todes
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- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $466
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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By what name was The Masque of the Red Death (1964) officially released in India in English?
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