The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)
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| Directed by | Roger Corman |
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| Based on | "The Masque of the Red Death" "Hop-Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe |
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| Cinematography | Nicolas Roeg |
| Edited by | Ann Chegwidden |
| Music by | David Lee |
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Production company | Alta Vista Productions |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Box office | 121,794 admissions (France) |
The Masque of the Red Death is a 1964 horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. The story follows a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers. The screenplay, written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell, was based upon the 1842 short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe, and incorporates a subplot based on another Poe tale, "Hop-Frog". Another subplot is drawn from Torture by Hope by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.
It is the seventh of a series of eight Corman film adaptations largely based on Edgar Allan Poe's works made by American International Pictures.