The Masque of the Red Death

- 1964
- US
- 1h 35min
- 15
- Directed by: Roger Corman
- Cast: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher
- Website: www.edfilmfest.org.uk/whats-on/…
Prince Prospero thinks nothing of garrotting the locals and burning their village. But when his cruel Rabelaisian excesses bring about his fate, a dance of death truly begins. Captured through a delicious colour spectrum by Nicolas Roeg, this is far from camp. Its opening tambourine death rattle warns of a relentless time, of a film as dark and fascinating as blood in the moonlight.
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