The Masque of the Red Death was a 1989 film directed by Alan Birkinshaw, starring Frank Stallone, Brenda Vaccaro and Herbert Lom, produced by Avi Lerner and Harry Alan Towers for Menahem Golan's 21st Century Film Corporation, from a script by Michael J. Murray.[1][2] It was one of two otherwise unrelated films with the same title released that year.
| Masque of the Red Death | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alan Birkinshaw |
| Screenplay by | Michael J. Murray |
| Based on | The Masque of the Red Death 1842 story by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Produced by | Avi Lerner Harry Alan Towers |
| Starring | Frank Stallone Brenda Vaccaro Herbert Lom |
| Cinematography | Yossi Wein |
| Edited by | Jason Krasucki |
| Music by | Kobi Recht |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 21st Century Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Language | English |
The film is a slasher movie set in the 1980s, with little to do with Poe's work other than being set at a costume party themed after Poe's short story of the same name, and a reference to "The Pit and the Pendulum".[3] In Touchstones of Gothic Horror, David Huckvale states that the film may have been influenced by the short story "Duke of Portland" by Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam.[4]
Plot summary
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Cast
edit- Frank Stallone as Duke
- Brenda Vaccaro as Elaina Hart
- Herbert Lom as Ludwig
- Michelle McBride as Rebecca Stephens
- Christine Lunde as Colette (as Christine Lundé)
- Christobel d'Ortez as Dr. Karen
- Simon Poland as Max
- Foziah Davidson as Kitra
- Lindsay Reardon as Dallon
References
edit- ^ "The Masque of the Red Death (1989)". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
- ^ Birkinshaw, Alan (1992-05-08), The Masque of the Red Death (Horror), Frank Stallone, Brenda Vaccaro, Herbert Lom, Michelle McBride, 21st Century Film Corporation, Breton Film Productions, retrieved 2021-01-31
- ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2011-10-06). Horror Films of the 1990s. McFarland. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-7864-8480-5.
- ^ Huckvale, David (2014-01-10). Touchstones of Gothic Horror: A Film Genealogy of Eleven Motifs and Images. McFarland. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-7864-5701-4.
External links
edit- Masque of the Red Death at IMDb
- Masque of the Red Death at AllMovie
- Masque of the Red Death at the TCM Movie Database
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