The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Roger Corman

Escritores:

Charles Beaumont (writer)
R. Wright Campbell (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 junio 1964 (USA)

Género:

Horror

Frase comercial:

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!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Prince | Plague | Death | Castle | Refuge

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Pretty Good for the Genre

Reparto

Vincent Price	...	Prince Prospero
Hazel Court	...	Juliana
Jane Asher	...	Francesca
David Weston	...	Gino
Nigel Green	...	Ludovico, Francesca's father
Patrick Magee	...	Alfredo
Paul Whitsun-Jones	...	Scarlatti
Robert Brown	...	Guard
Julian Burton	...	Señor Veronese
David Davies
Skip Martin	...	Hop Toad
Gaye Brown	...	Señora Escobar
Verina Greenlaw	...	Esmeralda
Doreen Dawn	...	Anna-Marie
Brian Hewlett	...	Lampredi

También conocida como:

La máscara de la muerte roja (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

89 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Clasificación:

Germany:16 | Finland:(Banned) (original rating) (1972) | Finland:K-16 (1988) | Finland:K-18 (re-rating) (1972) | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:16 | Norway:16 (cut) | USA:Unrated | UK:X (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)

Locaciones de Filmación:

London, England, UK

Compañía:

Alta Vista Productions

Trivialidades:

Hop-Toad and Esmeralda were drawn from Poe's short story "Hop-Frog". That story was inspired by an actual incident in 1393, where French King Charles VI and 5 of his lords dressed and chained themselves as "wild men" at a masquerade, and their costumes caught fire from a stray spark. 4 of the lords died, and the incident became known as the Bal de Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men).

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: Towards the end of the movie before Prospero sees the man in red, you see a blond woman dancing from left to right, the frame then jumps and the blond woman is once again on the left without having walked by.

Citas:

Francesca: You had me take off my cross because it offended...
Prospero: It offended no one. No - it simply appears to me to be discourteous to... to wear the symbol of a deity long dead.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Monster Mania (1997) (TV)

Pretty Good for the Genre

A reviewer linked to this site described "The Masque of the Red Death" as Bergmanesque. A Roger Corman film Bergmanesque? Since I've only seen one Ingmar Bergman film, and it bored me silly, this was not much of an endorsement.

When I was a kid and Corman's Edgar Alan Poe adaptations were new, they scared the be-jeebers out of me. So would have "The Masque of the Red Death". After watching the movie recently, I didn't gain any insight into Mr. Bergman's film style, but I was entertained. And happily, the movie is free of the campy acting that seeps into so many of the Corman opus. Especially good is Vincent Price as the Satan-worshipping Prince Prospero, in whose castle his debauched guests wait out the plague that is ravishing the countryside. Dark and grotesque, this is an excellent example of Corman's work. Actually, one of the best I've seen.