The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

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1h 29min
Drama, Horror
30 Oct 1964 (Ireland)
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A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.

Director:

Roger Corman

Writers:

Charles Beaumont, R. Wright Campbell, Edgar Allan Poe

Stars:

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A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.

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	Vincent Price	...	Prince Prospero
	Hazel Court	...	Juliana
	Jane Asher	...	Francesca
	David Weston	...	Gino
	Nigel Green	...	Ludovico
	Patrick Magee	...	Alfredo
	Paul Whitsun-Jones	...	Scarlatti
	Robert Brown	...	Guard
	Julian Burton	...	Señor Veronese
	David Davies	...	Lead Villager
	Skip Martin	...	Hop-Toad
	Gaye Brown	...	Señora Escobar
	Verina Greenlaw	...	Esmeralda
	Doreen Dawn	...	Anna-Marie (as Doreen Dawne)
	Brian Hewlett	...	Senor Lampredi
	Sarah Brackett	...	Grandmother
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	David Allen	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Dorothy Anelay	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Jack Armstrong	...	Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
	Gerry Atkins	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Jill Bathurst	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Julian Bolt	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Norris Boyd	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Peter Brace	...	Guard (uncredited)
	Ricky Clarke	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Ronnie Curran	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Alan Dalton	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Gladys Davison	...	Old Woman (uncredited)
	Robert de Warren	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Rosemarie Dunham	...	(uncredited)
	Jane Evans	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Dorothy Fraser	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Edith Gey	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Terry Gilbert	...	Special Dancer (uncredited)
	Sally Gilpin	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Bertie Green	...	Special Dancer (uncredited)
	Harvey Hall	...	Senor Rivoli (uncredited)
	Janet Hall	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Janet Kedge	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Brigitte Kelly-Espinoza	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Joanna Kubik	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Seraphina Lansdown	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Gale Law	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Delia Linden	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Jean Lodge	...	Scarlatti's Wife (uncredited)
	Tony Manning	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Len Martin	...	Special Dancer (uncredited)
	Norman McDowell	...	Special Dancer (uncredited)
	Stanley Meadows	...	Guard (uncredited)
	Hugh Morton	...	(uncredited)
	Bill Owen	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Joan Palethorpe	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Fred Peters	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Maureen Sims	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Roy Staite	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	John Stone	...	Guard (uncredited)
	Angela Symonds	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Caroline Symonds	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Jenny Till	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)
	Stanley Tiller	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	John Westbrook	...	Man in Red (uncredited)
	David Wishart	...	Male Dancer (uncredited)
	Fred Wood	...	Prisoner (uncredited)
	Selina Wylie	...	Female Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Roger Corman

Written by

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Charles Beaumont	...	(screenplay) and
R. Wright Campbell	...	(screenplay)

Edgar Allan Poe	...	(from a story by)

Produced by

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Roger Corman	...	producer (produced by)
George Willoughby	...	associate producer (uncredited)

Music by

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David Lee

Cinematography by

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Nicolas Roeg

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(photographed by)

Editing by

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Ann Chegwidden

Editorial Department

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Lorna Armour	...	second assistant editor (uncredited)
Ernie Grimsdale	...	first assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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G.B. Walker

Production Design by

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Daniel Haller

Art Direction by

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Robert Jones

Makeup Department

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Elsie Alder	...	hairdresser
George Partleton	...	make-up

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Peter Price	...	assistant director
Mike Gowans	...	third assistant director (uncredited)
Julio Sempere	...	first assistant director (uncredited)
Bernard Williams	...	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Dick Frift	...	construction manager (as Richard Frift)
Colin Southcott	...	set dresser
Bill Beavis	...	scenic artist (uncredited)
Michael Finlay	...	painter (uncredited)
Edwin Galligan	...	draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Len Abbott	...	sound
Richard Bird	...	sound
Allan Morrison	...	dubbing editor
Don Wortham	...	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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George Blackwell

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special effects

Visual Effects by

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Ray Caple	...	matte painter (uncredited)
Bob Cuff	...	matte painter (uncredited)

Stunts

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Peter Brace	...	stunts (uncredited)
George Leech	...	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Powell	...	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Alex Thomson	...	camera operator
Gordon Hayman	...	focus puller (uncredited)
George Higgins	...	still photographer (uncredited)
Kevin Kavanagh	...	focus puller (uncredited)
Tom Naylor	...	clapper loader (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Laura Nightingale

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costume supervisor

Script and Continuity Department

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Joan Davis

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continuity

Additional Crew

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Samuel Z. Arkoff	...	presenter
Jim Baker	...	title designer
Jack Carter	...	choreographer
Nat Cohen	...	presenter: UK
Stuart Levy	...	presenter: UK
James H. Nicholson	...	presenter
Reynold Brown	...	movie poster art (uncredited)
Valerie Kent	...	production secretary (uncredited)
Paul Mayersberg	...	production assistant (uncredited)
Edna Tromans	...	publicist (uncredited)

Thanks

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Joe Dante	...	special thanks: 2018 restoration
Jon Davison	...	special thanks: 2018 restoration

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Production Companies

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Distributors

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Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (1964) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Warner-Pathé Distributors (1964) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
American International Pictures (AIP) (1964) (United States) (theatrical)
Società Italiana di Distribuzione (SIDIS) (1964) (Italy) (theatrical) (dubbed)
British Empire Films Australia (1965) (Australia) (theatrical)
Film AB Corona (1967) (Sweden) (theatrical)
FifiGE/AG Kino (1971) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Iris-Film (1971) (Austria) (theatrical)
Sociedade Importadora de Filmes (SIF) (1972) (Portugal) (theatrical)
American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1972) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
Suomi-Filmi (1973) (Finland) (theatrical)
American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1974) (Canada) (tv) (syndication)
Syncron Film (1976) (Norway) (theatrical)
Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1979) (Finland) (tv) (as MTV1)
Barcino Films (1983) (Spain) (theatrical)
Hollywood Home Video (Finland) (VHS)
Orion Home Video (1985) (United States) (VHS) (laserdisc)
Lightning Video (1986) (United States) (VHS) (pan-and-scan)
TV3 (1992) (Finland) (tv)
Image Entertainment (1995) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
Warner Home Video (2000) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
MGM Home Entertainment (2002) (United States) (DVD)
Yleisradio (YLE) (2003) (Finland) (tv)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Sinister Film (2010) (Italy) (DVD)
Koch Media (2013) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Shout! Factory (2013) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Shock (2015) (Australia) (Blu-ray)
Sinister Film (2017) (Non-US)
Wellington Enterprises, LCC (2017) (Non-US)
Scream Factory (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray)
The Criterion Collection (2020) (United States) (tv) (digital)
StudioCanal (2021) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (4k restoration) (uncut version)
ITVX (2023) (United Kingdom) (video) (VOD)
HanseSound (2024) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
HanseSound (2024) (Germany) (DVD)
MGM Home Entertainment (Canada) (DVD)
Omaxi (Finland) (VHS)
Weintraub Entertainment Group (United Kingdom) (VHS)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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RCA Sound System (sound)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive (restored by: 2018 restoration)
The Film Foundation (restored by: 2018 restoration)
The George Lucas Family Trust (restoration funding provided by: 2018 restoration)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (special thanks: 2018 restoration)
Roundabout Entertainment (4K scanning and image restoration: 2018 restoration)
Audio Mechanics Music & Sound (audio restoration: 2018 restoration)
Elstree Studios (studio)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	The evil Prince Prospero is riding through a Catania village when he sees that the peasants are dying of the Red Death plague. Prospero asks to burn down the village and he is offended by the villagers, Gino and his father-in-law, Ludovico and decides to kill them, but Gino's wife, the young and beautiful Francesca, begs for the lives of her husband and her father, and Prospero brings them alive to his castle, expecting to corrupt Francesca. Prospero worships Satan and invites his noble friends to stay in his castle, which is a shelter of depravity against the plague. When Prospero invites his guests to attend a masked ball he sees a red-hooded stranger and he believes that Satan himself has attended his party. But soon he learns who his mysterious guest is. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Plot Summary Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	men-in-tights shuffling-cards rose killed-by-sword village See All (71) »
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! See more »
Genres	Drama Horror
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:16 Australia:A Australia:M Brazil:16 (DVD rating) Finland:K-16 Finland:(Banned) Finland:K-18 France:12 (new rating) France:13 India:A Ireland:15 Ireland:12 (video) Italy:VM18 New Zealand:R16 Norway:16 Portugal:M/16 Russia:18+ Sweden:15 United Kingdom:15 United Kingdom:X United Kingdom:15 United States:Not Rated United States:TV-14 (TV rating) West Germany:16 (nf)

Additional Details

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Also Known As	La máscara de la muerte roja (United States, Spanish title) Le Masque de la mort rouge (France) Die Maske des roten Todes (Germany) La máscara de la muerte roja (Spain) Den røde maske (Norway) See more »
Runtime	89 min
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English Latin
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Filming Locations	Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK See more »

Box Office

Budget

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Jane 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. Corman had never heard of Paul McCartney until he read of the concert's success in the next day's newspapers. See more »
Goofs	Despite Prospero warning the guests not to wear red to the masque, several people are wearing red: capes, hats, etc. People ignoring someone's directions is not a Goof; it happens all the time and was even a significant plot point in Jezebel (1938). See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in The Masque of the Red Death (1971). See more »
Crazy Credits	"And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all." Edgar Allan Poe [The final line of the original Poe story.] See more »
Quotes	Man in red: Why should you be afraid to die? Your soul has been dead for a long long time. See more »

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