Un prince européen terrorise la paysannerie locale en utilisant son château comme refuge contre le fléau de la « mort rouge » qui sévit sur les terres.Un prince européen terrorise la paysannerie locale en utilisant son château comme refuge contre le fléau de la « mort rouge » qui sévit sur les terres.Un prince européen terrorise la paysannerie locale en utilisant son château comme refuge contre le fléau de la « mort rouge » qui sévit sur les terres.
- Anna-Marie
- (as Doreen Dawne)
- Male Dancer
- (uncredited)
- Female Dancer
- (uncredited)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesJane Asher asked Roger Corman if a friend could visit the set and join them for lunch. She explained that her friend was a musician who was about to do his first gig in London that night. At the end of lunch, Corman wished him good luck with his concert. Roger Corman had never heard of Paul McCartney until he read of the concert's success in the next day's newspapers.
- GaffesDespite Prospero warning the guests not to wear red to the masque, several people are wearing red: capes, hats etc.
- Citations
Prospero: Somewhere in the human mind, my dear Francesca, lies the key to our existance. My ancestors tried to find it. And to open the door that separates us from our Creator.
Francesca: But you need no doors to find God. If you believe...
Prospero: Believe? If you believe, my dear Francesca, you are... gullible. Can you look around this world and believe in the goodness of a god who rules it? Famine, Pestilence, War, Disease and Death! They rule this world.
Francesca: There is also love and life and hope.
Prospero: Very little hope I assure you. No. If a god of love and life ever did exist... he is long since dead. Someone... something, rules in his place.
- Générique farfelu"And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."- the final line of the original Poe story.
- Autres versionsThe original UK cinema version was heavily cut by the BBFC to edit lines of implied sexual dialogue, the killing of Juliana by the falcon, and scenes of burning people (including Alfredo in the ape costume), and to completely remove the entire black mass dream sequence. Video and DVD releases fully restore the BBFC cuts though the print used is an edited U.S version which misses some dialogue as well as a shot of Francesca being slapped across the face by one of Prospero's soldiers.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Masque of the Red Death (1971)
An essential and immortal masterpiece of the macabre written by Charles Beaumont , and produced in budget enough by James H Nicholson and Samuel Z Arkoff from American International Pictures . A highly stylish Roger Corman adaptation with Horror is still ever present , including eerie images , surprising scenarios and gorgeous costumes . Vincent Price gives a terrific acting , as always , by playing a sort of medieval Faust who has sold his soul to the Devil . He is accompanied by a pretty good cast , such as : Hazel Court , Jane Asher, Patrick Mcgee , David Weston , Nigel Green , and Skip Martin as a dwarf has a touching little romance revealing himself as rather a fine player . As all main and secondary cast delivering decent interpretations .There are other inferior versions about the brief novel by Poe , but pale compared to this 1964 film , such as : "Masque of Red Death" 1989 produced by Corman with Patrck Macnee , Adrian Paul , Maria Ford and "Masque of Red Death" 1990 by Alan Birkinshaw with Frank Stallone, Brenda Vaccaro, Herbert Lom.
It contains a glimmer and shining cinematography by Nicolas Roeg , subsequently a great filmmaker, being shot mostly in British studios . Thrilling and exciting musical score by David Lee. The motion picture was competently directed by horror expert Roger Corman and seven Poe adaptations , as he proved in "The Raven" , "The Terror" , "Tomb of Ligeia" , "The Haunted Palace" , "Premature Burial", "Tales of Terror" , "Tower of London" , "The Pit and the Pendulum", among others . Rating : 7/10. Better than average . Worthwhile seeing .
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- Date de sortie
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- The Masque of the Red Death
- Lieux de tournage
- société de production
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- Budget
- 1 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Durée1 heure 29 minutes
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1