The Masque of the Red Death

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03/29/2018 Some of the best uses of lighting and color I've ever seen, even for a sometimes hokey plot about Satan worshippers, it will give you chills. See more 11/20/2017 Worked on this, My family worked as extras, supplied horses and other animals for this film. Fun film to work on. See more 08/27/2015 This is a beautifully short film full of vivid colours with a strong cast. See more 06/30/2015 One of Corman's better Poe films. A sadistic satanic prince revels in his tortures and toys with death. See more 12/11/2014 Old School Goodness... See more 12/27/2013 The Masque of the Red Death is another successful collaboration between Roger Corman and Vincent Price based upon stories by Edgar Allan Poe. It was a film that Corman wanted to make earlier in his career, but he feared that he would be accused of plagiarism. Because of Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal being popular at the time and containing some of the same ideas and imagery, he put the film on hold. Many consider this to be one of Roger Corman's finest efforts, and I would go so far as to call it a masterpiece. It doesn't go over the line in making Price a relentless and crazy villain like he was in Witchfinder General, nor does attempt to ape Poe's work for its own evil purposes (the inclusion of Poe's story "Hop-Frong" was to merely give the film a subplot). It's a beautiful film that walks down mostly familiar territory, especially if you watch these films back to back today. They may be a bit dated, but you can't deny how well made and acted they are. This one in particular is a gem in Corman's filmography. See more Read all reviews

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