The Masque of Red Death

(1964) dir Roger Corman w/Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston; Cin by Nicolas Roeg [89 min, 35mm]

An evil prince (Price) barricades himself in his castle as a defense against the plague but his lascivious pastimes ultimately lead to his doom. One of the most visually stunning of Roger Corman’s gothic Edgar Allen Poe films – largely due to the phantasmagoric cinematography of Roeg.