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LA MASCHERA DELLA MORTE ROSSA
(The Masque of the Red Death)
1964, regia di Roger Corman
Scheda: Nazione: GB - Produzione: Alta Vista Productions, American International Pictures, Anglo-Amalgamated Productions - Distribuzione: Sidis, American International Pictures, Image Entertainment Inc., Lightning Video, Live Video, Orion Home Video - Soggetto: da due racconti di Edgar A. Poe - Sceneggiatura: Charles Beaumon, R. Wright Campbell - Fotografia: Nicolas Roeg - Montaggio: Ann Chegwidden - Scenografia: Robert Jones, Colin Southcott - Costumi: Laura Nightingale - Musiche: David Lee - Effetti speciali: George Blackwell - Formato: Cinemascope Technicolor - Durata: 80' (89').
Cast: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Nigel Green, Patrick Magee, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Robert Brown, Julian Burton, David Davies, Skip Martin, Gaye Brown, Verina Greenlaw, Doreen Dawn, Brian Hewlett, Sarah Brackett.
Trama e commenti:
lelemente.splinder.com
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it.wikipedia.org -
film.tv.it
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film.spettacolo.virgilio.it
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kataweb.it: «Mentre
la peste infuria in un villaggio italiano del XII secolo, il sadico e satanico
principe Prospero si chiude nel suo castello dove offre orgiastiche feste ai
suoi ospiti aristocratici. La Morte Rossa li raggiungerà. Il più bergmaniano e,
almeno visivamente (fotografia dell'inglese Nicholas Roeg, futuro regista) il
più ambizioso e curato dei film in costume di R. Corman: una mistura di Edgar A.
Poe (due racconti) e
Il settimo sigillo».
Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review:
IMDb -
allmovie.com
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en.wikipedia.org -
entertainment.msn.com
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tvguide.com
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fatally-yours.com -
rottentomatoes.com:
«The great Vincent Price stars in this moody horror film--arguably the best
in a series of atmospheric Edgar Allan Poe adaptations directed by Roger Corman
in the 1960s. Price plays Prince Prospero, a sadistic Satan-worshipping nobleman
in medieval Italy whose masquerade ball becomes an orgy of death and depravity
as a plague ravages the countryside. Jane Asher costars as Francesca, a
beautiful peasant girl whom Prospero saves from the dreaded Red Death so that he
can seduce her into becoming a bride of Satan. Meanwhile, his already-converted
wife (Hazel Court) is making her final, fatal pact with Lucifer, and Prospero
himself has a date with destiny when a mysterious, uninvited figure appears at
the masque. The clever script by Charles Beaumont also adapts Poe's "Hop Toad,"
the story of a grisly revenge enacted by a dwarf during the course of the
evening's nightmarish festivities. Benefiting from great cinematography by
Nicolas Roeg, lavish sets, and some delirious dancing, this engaging, macabre
little tale lands in a nice spot between high art and high camp and is
considered by many fans and critics to be the pinnacle of Corman's prolific
career».
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