The Masque Of The Red Death

Although Edgar Allan Poe did have an abnormal amount of tragedy in his life, readers often wonder exactly what it was that made him so morbid, so depressive, such a miserable man. Maybe he was psychic, and saw that in the future his name would be associated with garbage like this. THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH has only passing resemblances to Poe's moody, suspenseful, affecting story.

In this updated version, it's the tale of a pretty, barely clothed news photographer (Michelle McBride) who goes to a castle in Bavaria to spy on a soap opera queen (Brenda Vaccaro) at a costume party. The party is run by an aging, lonely nobleman (Herbert Lom), who seems to have so...