Story Line
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
“Horror has a face.”
Top Cast
Vincent Price
Prince Prospero
Hazel Court
Juliana
Jane Asher
Francesca
David Weston
Gino
Nigel Green
Ludovico
Patrick Magee
Alfredo
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
1964-09-16
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
DramaHorror
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User Reviews (3)
John Chard
7/10
•11/7/2019Bold, 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 infest...
Wuchak
6/10
•3/19/2020***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 cast...
Dr Nostromo
6/10
•7/10/202661/100
Satan worshiper Prospero (played with sinister glee by the incomparable Vincent Price) provides refuge for the elite in his castle, indulging in decadent debauchery, while the local area succumbs to the red death. Much better than I thought...