Die Maske des roten Todes

Originaltitel: The Masque of the Red Death

1964
16
1 Std. 29 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,9/10

17.144

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Vincent Price in Die Maske des roten Todes (1964)

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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Ein europäischer Prinz terrorisiert die lokalen Bauern, während er seine Burg als Zuflucht gegen die Pest des "Roten Todes" nutzt, die das Land verfolgt.Ein europäischer Prinz terrorisiert die lokalen Bauern, während er seine Burg als Zuflucht gegen die Pest des "Roten Todes" nutzt, die das Land verfolgt.Ein europäischer Prinz terrorisiert die lokalen Bauern, während er seine Burg als Zuflucht gegen die Pest des "Roten Todes" nutzt, die das Land verfolgt.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,9/10

17.144

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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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.

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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 - die boshafte Lady (1938).

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Man in red: Why should you be afraid to die? Your soul has been dead for a long long time.

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.]

Alternative Versionen
The 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.

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Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Masque of the Red Death (1971)

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7/10

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.