Based on Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. “Masque of the Red Death” is a lavish production from legendary cult director Roger Corman.
Vincent Price stars as the evil Prospero, a Prince who has sold his soul and who counts on the promises of the Devil for protection. He hosts incredible, opulent parties for the privileged while the poor die in hovels, starving victims of the Red Death, a devastating plague that is sweeping his lands. Prospero takes a perverse pleasure in the pain and suffering of his supplicants and his friends alike.
When Prospero decides to hold a masked ball all seems ready for a night of unheard indulgence and decadence, until he notices the entry of a mysterious hooded stranger dressed all in red. Believing the figure to be his master, Satan, Prospeor determines to seek him out...