The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
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Reviews Counted: 12 Fresh: 7 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 89 mins
Synopsis: The great Vincent Price stars in this moody horror film--arguably the best in a series of atmospheric Edgar Allan Poe adaptations directed by Roger Corman in the 1960s. Price plays Prince Prospero, a sadistic Satan-worshipping nobleman in medieval Italy whose masquerade ball becomes an... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, Patrick Magee
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[Producer-director Roger] Corman does the best work of his career, aided by the wonderful cinematography of Nicolas Roeg.
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07/23/08
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06/24/06
If you die having seen only one Vincent Price movie, you could do worse than to have it be Masque.... Corman's most opulent and visually impressive Poe picture, and his grimmest.
04/05/06
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05/09/05
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11/01/04
In adapting Poe's short story to the screen, Corman adds much material, including a romance, some Satanism, and a subplot with a dwarf.
11/01/04
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05/24/03
Due specific praise is the simple look of the movie, as if a meagre budget and disrespected genre were no impediment to making a visually arresting movie.
02/25/03
The best thing about the film is Vincent Price's absolutely diabolical performance...
10/21/02
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