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Vincent Price as Prince Prospero in The Masque of the Red Death, dressed in medieval costume with a falcon perched on his arm.
Vincent Price in The Masque of the Red Death All but one of Roger Corman's eight films based on the stories of Edgar Allan Poe starred Vincent Price. These included The Masque of the Red Death (1964).

Masque of the Red Death, The

film by Corman [1964]
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Masque of the Red Death, The, American horror film, released in 1964, that was loosely based on two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. The film afforded Vincent Price one of his most memorable film roles. Satanist Prince Prospero (played by Price) resides comfortably in an opulent medieval European castle while the abused populace around him is devastated by a plague called the Red Death. He offers his castle to nobles as a refuge from...

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