1964 · horror · gothic
The Masque of the Red Death
Directed by Roger Corman1h 30m1964
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Our read: The Masque of the Red Death (1964) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive horror · gothic entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured horror / gothic, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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