The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)

The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death
	Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Roger Corman
Screenplay by	Charles Beaumont; R. Wright Campbell;
Based on	"The Masque of the Red Death"; "Hop-Frog"; by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by	Roger Corman; George Willoughby;
Starring	Vincent Price; Hazel Court; Jane Asher;
Cinematography	Nicolas Roeg
Edited by	Ann Chegwidden
Music by	David Lee
Color process	Technicolor (UK); Pathécolor (US);
Production; company	Alta Vista Productions
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated; Warner-Pathé (UK); American International Pictures (US);
Release date	24 June 1964;
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Box office	121,794 admissions (France)

The Masque of the Red Death is a 1964 horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price.^[2] The story follows a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers.^[2] The screenplay, written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell, was based upon the 1842 short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe,^[2] and incorporates a subplot based on another Poe tale, "Hop-Frog". Another subplot is drawn from Torture by Hope by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.

^ Box office information for Roger Corman films in France at Box Office Story
^ ^a ^b ^c Maçek III, J.C. (23 October 2013). "Vincent Price: The Poe Cycle". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2019.