Horror has a face.
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Robert Brown
John Chard - 7/10
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 Edga...
November 7, 2019
Wuchak - 6/10
***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 plague of the Red Death. Hazel Court plays his seasoned nefarious babe in the castle whereas Jane Asher appears as h...
March 19, 2020
Horror has a face.
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.
1h 30m
June 24, 1964
Roger Corman
Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher
Drama, Horror
Yes, on fuboTV and MGM+ Amazon Channel
