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| The Masque Of The Red Death [1964] | ![The Masque Of The Red Death [1964]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FVZXGQ7ML._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 19503
Format: Hifi Sound, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 85 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
EAN: 5013037721683
ASIN: B00004SPEY
Release Date: May 1, 2000
Theatrical Release Date: June 24, 1964
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Based on a short story by the father of modern crime and horror fiction, Edgar Allen Poe, IThe Masque of the Red Death/I stars Vincent Price as Prospero, enjoying a reign of debauched decadence while his castle shields him from the plague. Prospero holds a masque for a corrupt medieval nobility but the sadistic revels are joined by an uninvited guest, the Red Death itself. Jane Asher has never looked more beautiful and her colourfully designed nightmare equals Salvador Dali's contribution to ISpellbound/I (1945). Produced and directed by Roger Corman, this is the most famous and probably the best of the hundreds of movies (including an inferior 1989 remake) with which the undisputed king of the B picture has been involved. With an intelligent, poetic screenplay paying homage to Igmar Bergman's IThe Seventh Seal/I (1957), this is a luxurious and elegant horror film (though the full-screen transfer does diminish the outstanding Panavision images of cinematographer Nic Roeg, who would later direct his own horror classic, IDon't Look Now/I in 1973). The film is just one of a series of Poe adaptations Corman made with Price in the 1960s: IThe Fall of the House of Usher/I (1960) and IThe Tomb of Ligeia/I (1965) also being particularly notable. I--Gary S. Dalkin/I
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 Poe sixties style March 4, 2004
A very dreamlike film which stays truer to the original story than most Poe adaptations. This is more an arty meditation on decadence and corruption than a basic horror film. The pay-off, that death treats us all rich/poor/good/evil the same, is leagues above most modern horror films with their rubberstamp 'good guy finally kills bad guy at the 15th attempt' plots.pVivid colour is one of the most striking things about this film, and is used to great effect, especially in the series of mysterious coloured rooms, each with it's own symbollic purpose.pWhatever your opinion of the acting skills of Vincent Price (genius or incredible ham?) you have to agree that here the script, set and supporting cast are just made for him.
 A very 1960s tribute to Edgar Allen Poe! November 15, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This film is so lurid and colourful it's almost impossible to imagine it being made in black-and-white, although I daresay it would still have worked, just in a different way. Roger Corman made a series of adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe stories in the 1960s. They are all well worth checking out, but this is by far the most lavish. Set in a splendidly baroque castle, Vincent Price is at his evil best as Prince Prospero, a Devil-worshipping aristocrat callously indifferent to the horror the plague of the Red Death is wrecking on his villagers. With a bunch of like-minded friends he holes himself up in his castle and throws a feast in celebration of the plague (not exactly in the best possible taste one might say!). He captures a village girl (a young and very pretty Jane Asher), and tries to lure her away from her God-fearing ways to his debauchery. The girl doesn't just have him to contend with though but his current mistress, (a magnificent Hazel Court), a woman as much of a boo-hiss villain as himself.pThere are many splendid sequences to this film, most notably: Prospero's series of small rooms, all completely done out in different colours; Hazel Court's druggy-style Satanic orgasm (which was removed by the censors when it was first released in Britain, which is incredible to believe now! Talk about how times change!); the Masque itself; and the somewhat sinister monks roaming the countryside outside the castle, which gives the film a highly surreal air. If you like true Gothic melodrama, and by some miracle you've never seen this before, then ignore the age of it and treat yourself.
good old fashioned horror movie June 7, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you enjoy the old horror and suspense movies, you will probably enjoy this one. It`s the typical set up with the beautifull damsel in distress, the evil Vincent Price, and the young hero. If you are looking for a scary move with lots of gore, forget about it, because this is one of the old ones, where the story and the actors would make or break the movie. As always, the charisma of Vincent Price makes the film worth watching. It will not scare the pants off you, but you will enjoy the little twists in the story. A typical `Price` scary movie...
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