Project Detail

The Masque of the Red Death

Image courtesy of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy Film Archive

Synopsis

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the 'Red Death' plague that stalks the land.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Treasures Strand

Details

Year: 1964
Type of film: Features
Running time: 92 mins
Director: Roger Corman
Producer: Roger Corman
Editor: Ann Chegwidden
Screenwriter: Charles Beaumont (screenplay), R. Wright Campbell (screenplay), Edgar Allan Poe (story)
Director of Photography: Nicolas Roeg
Production Designer: Daniel Haller
Composer: David Lee
Principal cast: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher
Film Image: Courtesy of the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy Film Archive

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

US, UK co-production

Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation

Sales Company

STUDIOCANAL

1, Place du Spectacle
92130 Issy les Moulineaux
France

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