The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death

1964 · 90 min · EN · 6.7 (386 votes)
Dir. Roger Corman · Starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee · Music David Lee

“Horror has a face.”

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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.

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A lavishly staged descent into decadent despair. The film feels like a fever dream, steeped in opulent dread and the suffocating inevitability of plague. It's a visually stunning, unsettling experience.

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