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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 9780792853145 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0792853148 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 27, 2002 Running Time: 169 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: March 07, 1962 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The Masque of the Red Death (1964) is Roger Corman's, and most people's, choice as the best of the Edgar Allan Poe pictures. Masque offers the expected creepy atmosphere and violence against peasants, plus metaphysical ponderings and pointed satanic cruelty. (Corman was operating as much under the influence of Ingmar Bergman as of Edgar Allan Poe.) Nicolas Roeg's color cinematography and Daniel Haller's elaborate production design would be stellar in any Hollywood A-movie; the mono-colored rooms of the prince's castle are a startling effect. Vincent Price is in fine fettle as Prince Prospero, the devil-worshipping sadist who throws lavish parties while the countryside is ravaged by the plague. The Premature Burial (1962) substitutes Ray Milland in the usual Price role. He's a snarky landowner (with a sideline in art--dig those mod paintings) haunted by the fear of being buried alive. This single-minded focus limits the film, but it also adds to the smothering sense of anxiety that prevails throughout its unhealthy scenario. Luscious Hazel Court is Milland's new missus, and old-school cameraman Floyd Crosby proves his facility for photographing women in a classical style. Lots of cobwebs-on-candelabra in the customary Corman-Poe manner, with special emphasis on Milland's crypt, with its supposedly foolproof exit schemes. --Robert Horton Description: The Masque of the Red Death: Death and Debauchery reign in the castle of Prince Prospero (Vincent Price), and when it reigns... it pours! Prospero has only once excuse for his diabolical deeds--the devil made him do it! But when a mysterious, uninvited guest crashes his pad during a masquerade ball, there'll be hell to pay as the party atmosphere turns into a danse macabre! The Premature Burial: Talk about a tortured artist! Oscar winner Ray Milland is Guy, a medical student and painter whose obsessive fear of being buried alive compels him to build himself a tomb with a view, equipped with everything he can think of to escape death. But it's when his long-suffering wife convinces him to destroy the tomb that he finds himself in the gravest danger! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - No One Can Escape DeathHorror legend, Vincent Price, stars in "The Masque of the Red Death." He delivers a great performance as one of the most despicable, evil villains of his career, Prince Prospero. While the Red Death rages throughout the countryside, killing most everyone in its wake, the heartless, merciless, Satan worshipping Prince Prospero takes refuge in his mighty fortress. Roger Corman spent more money and time producing this film than he did on any of the other versions of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, ... Read More Rating: - 'Masque' Is Excellent; 'Burial' Is Pretty GoodA two-in-one pairing in which one half of the bill clearly overwhelms the other, with 'The Premature Burial' a decent film that fans of this era of horror will want to watch, and with 'The Masque Of The Red Death' as the real must-see. In 'Masque Of The Red Death', the red death plague is ravaging the medieval countryside, and people are looking for refuge wherever they can. A trio of peasants - a young couple and the girl's father - wind up taking shelter at the grand castle of Prospero ... Read More Rating: - Roger Corman does Edgar Allen Poe: Campy creep outs at their bestRoger Corman may not be known for his Oscar caliber movies, but if there's one thing he SHOULD be known for, its his film adaptions of Edgar Allen Poe stories. This two-film DVD features two great examples. Starring Vincent Price, "The Masque of the Red Death" is probably the best of the Corman Poe adaptions. The story begins with an elderly woman out gathering wood. The woman comes in contact with a mysterious man clothed all in red who gives her a beautiful red rose to take back to the village. ... Read More Rating: - Still crazy after all these years!Masque of the Red Death was my absolutel favorite of all the Vincent Price movies. I first saw it as part of a double feature (remember those?) along with an Annette and Frankie surfing movie. Well, I have little memory of the content of that beach-party film, but Masque of the Red Death has remained a life-long favorite! Bunus! It's a double-feature again, this time without the sand and surf, but another wonderful Vincent Price film... And, all these years later, it's STILL worth "cutting school" ... Read More Rating: - Masque is spectacularThis is why I bought the disk, The Premature Burial is a good bonus. Masque of the Red Death is thought by many to be Roger Corman's best of his Edgar Allen Poe movies. I'd have to agree, from those of them I've seen. The Red Death is a plague-like sickness that strikes and will spare very few, particularly when the Red Death incarnate decides to come after you. The movie shows the disparities of medeival society, and you get a feel for how the rich were just slaves to their senses. Vincent Price ... Read More |
