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The Masque Of The Red Death (1964)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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09.22.09
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Satan-worshiper Prince Prospero invites several dozen of the local nobility to his castle for protection against an oncoming plague, the Red Death. Prospero orders his guests to attend a masked ball and, amidst a general atmosphere of debauchery and depravity, notices the entry of a mysterious hooded stranger dressed all in red. Believing the figure to be his master, Satan, Prospero is horrified at the revelation of his true identity.
Movie Tagline:
LOOK INTO THIS FACE
Title: Masque Of The Red Death, The
Release Date: June 24, 1964
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Horror
All Genres: Horror
Languages: English, Latin
Country: USA
Colors: Color
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 7.0
Buried.com Rating: 8 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With M
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Director(s):
Roger Corman
Cast:
Vincent Price ...Prince Prospero
Hazel Court ...Juliana
Jane Asher ...Francesca
David Weston ...Gino
Nigel Green ...Ludovico, Francesca's father
Patrick Magee ...Alfredo
Paul Whitsun Jones ...Scarlatti
Robert Brown ...Guard
Julian Burton ...Senor Veronese
David Davies ...
Skip Martin ...Hop Toad
Gaye Brown ...Senora Escobar
Verina Greenlaw ...Esmeralda
Doreen Dawn ...Anna-Marie
Brian Hewlett ...Lampredi
Sarah Brackett ...
David Allen ...Male dancer
Dorothy Anelay ...Female dancer
Gerry Atkins ...Male dancer
Jill Bathurst ...Female dancer
Julian Bolt ...Male dancer
Norris Boyd ...Female dancer
Ricky Clarke ...Male dancer
Ronald Curran ...Male dancer
Alan Dalton ...Male dancer
Gladys Davison ...Old woman
Robert de Warren ...Male dancer
Rosemarie Dunham ...
Jane Evans ...Female dancer
Dorothy Fraser ...Female dancer
» [more cast members]
Producer(s):
Roger Corman
George Willoughby
Writer(s):
Charles Beaumont
R. Wright Campbell
Edgar Allan Poe
Composer(s):
David Lee
More Movie Taglines:
- LOOK INTO THIS FACE
- SHUDDER... at the blood-stained dance of the Red Death! TREMBLE... to the hideous tortures of the catacombs of Kali! GASP... at the sacrifice of the innocent virgin to the vengeance of Baal!
- We defy you to stare into this face.
- Look into this face
- SHUDDER... at the blood-stained dance of the Red Death! TREMBLE... to the hideous tortures of the catacombs of Kali! GASP... at the sacrifice of the innocent virgin to the vengeance of Baal!
- Stare into this face and count if you can the orgies of evil....
- Horror has a face.
Movie Quote(s):
- Francesca: Is there anything to fear in that room? Prospero: The uninvited have much to fear.
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Prospero: God's dead! Satan killed him!
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Prospero: The Red Death is laying waste to the countryside! Scarlatti: The Red Death? I beg you, Prospero, sanctuary! Prospero: This is no church!
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Prospero: That cross you wear around your neck; is it only a decoration, or are you a true Christian believer? Francesca: Yes, I believe - truly. Prospero: Then I want you to remove it at once! And never to wear it within this castle again! Do you know how a falcon is trained my dear? Her eyes are sown shut. Blinded temporarily she suffers the whims of her God patiently, until her will is submerged and she learns to serve - as your God taught and blinded you with crosses.
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Francesca: You had me take off my cross because it offended... Prospero: It offended no one. No - it simply appears to me to be discourteous to... to wear the symbol of a deity long dead.
Movie Trivia:
- Roger Corman and Daniel Haller were able to make this film look more opulent than earlier productions by using the sets left from Becket (1964).
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This was Roger Corman's first film shot in England.
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Roger Corman shot this film in England to take advantage of British tax laws. By making this a British production with a British crew, the production got a government subsidy.
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Hop Toad's wife, Esmeralda, was played by Verina Greenlaw who was only a child at the time. Her dialog was looped by an adult actress.
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Roger Corman had originally wanted this to be his second "Poe" picture following the success of House of Usher (1960). He passed it over because he felt that certain plot elements were too close to Ingmar Bergman's recent Det sjunde inseglet (1957).
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Keywords:
Plague, Castle, Death, Prince, Refuge ...[more]
Keywords All:
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Rating: 8.0 out of 10.0 - 55 votes cast total
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