The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death

90 mins | Drama, Horror | June 24, 1964

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.

The Masque of the Red Death

90 mins | Drama, Horror | June 24, 1964

The Masque of the Red Death
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Alta Vista Productions, American International Pictures
Original title The Masque of the Red Death
Directors Roger Corman
Writers R. Wright Campbell , Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Beaumont

Cast

Vincent Price

as Prince Prospero

Hazel Court

as Juliana

Jane Asher

as Francesca

David Weston

as Gino

Nigel Green

as Ludovico

Patrick Magee

as Alfredo

Paul Whitsun-Jones

as Scarlatti

Robert Brown

as Guard

Julian Burton

as Señor Veronese

David Davies

as Lead Villager

Skip Martin

as Hop Toad

Gaye Brown

as Señora Escobar

Verina Greenlaw

as Esmeralda

Doreen Dawn

as Anna-Marie (as Doreen Dawne)

Sarah Brackett

as Grandmother

Brian Hewlett

as Senor Lampredi

Jenny Till

as Dancer

John Westbrook

as The Man in Red