Masque Of The Red Death

Although produced by Roger Corman and released through his company, Concorde Pictures, MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH is not a remake of his 1964 masterwork, but simply a cheaply made retelling of the Edgar Allan Poe story the earlier film was based on. The tale of 12th-century Prince Prospero (Adrian Paul) and his reign over a small village ravaged by plague, MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH is a miserable failure. Haunted by dreams of death and punishment, Prospero has completely ignored the teachings of his peaceful childhood tutor (Patrick Macnee), and has ruled his people cruelly (as his sadistic father did). An undeniably nasty fellow, Prospero has married his sister, lived ...