The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death

Watch The Masque of the Red Death Online Free

- 69/100 based on 15,231 votes

The evil Prince Prospero is riding through the Catania village when he sees that the peasants are dying of Red Death plague. Prospero asks to burn down the village and he is offended by the villagers Gino and his father-in-law Ludovico. He decides to kill them, but Gino's wife, the young and beautiful Francesca, begs for the lives of her husband and her father and Prospero brings them alive to his castle expecting to corrupt Francesca. Propero worships Satan and invites his n... (Full plot summary below)

Watch MOVIES for FREE on Prime Video

Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!

Share this

The Masque of the Red Death Online Streaming

Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.

Rent The Masque of the Red Death on DVD

Rent The Masque of the Red Death on Blu-ray

Today's Featured Movies:

AlienAlien
HellboyHellboy
Manchester by the SeaManchester by the Sea
Adaptation.Adaptation.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World
UnbreakableUnbreakable
The Tomorrow WarThe Tomorrow War
50/5050/50
SignsSigns
The Boondock SaintsThe Boondock Saints
Scent of a WomanScent of a Woman
SnatchSnatch
Green LanternGreen Lantern
ChinatownChinatown
The WrestlerThe Wrestler
The Mask of ZorroThe Mask of Zorro

You Might Also Like:

The World of ApuThe World of Apu
The Murderers Are Among UsThe Murderers Are Among Us
Tabu: A Story of the South SeasTabu: A Story of the South Seas
IrreversibleIrreversible
Straw DogsStraw Dogs
Heavenly CreaturesHeavenly Creatures

Actors in The Masque of the Red Death:

Vincent Price
Hazel Court
Jane Asher
David Weston
Nigel Green
Patrick Magee

Full Plot Details

The evil Prince Prospero is riding through the Catania village when he sees that the peasants are dying of Red Death plague. Prospero asks to burn down the village and he is offended by the villagers Gino and his father-in-law Ludovico. He decides to kill them, but Gino's wife, the young and beautiful Francesca, begs for the lives of her husband and her father and Prospero brings them alive to his castle expecting to corrupt Francesca. Propero worships Satan and invites his noble friends to stay in his castle that is a shelter of depravity against the plague. When Prospero invites his guests to attend a masked ball, he sees a red hooded stranger and he believes that Satan himself has attended his party. But soon he learns who his mysterious guest is.

Review & Comments

Leave your thoughts about The Masque of the Red Death.

Movie Reviews

Creative Loafing - 9/10 by Matt BrunsonPerhaps the best of the Poe-Corman-Price pics, with Vincent delivering a potent performance as Prince Prospero.
Chicago Reader - 9/10 by Don DrukerThis is both beautiful and horrifying, with a fine sense of ambiguity and a wealth of subtleties.
The Dissolve - 8/10 by Keith PhippsNo stranger to sneaking left-wing politics into his genre films, Corman emphasizes the struggle between the callous haves and the suffering have-nots, while Price’s performance teases out the story’s seediest elements.
Empire - 8/10 by Kim NewmanCreepy Price in all his gnarled splendour.
The Observer (UK) - 8/10 by Paul HowlettThe film is vulgar, naive and highly amusing, and it is played with gusto by Mr. Price, Hazel Court and Jane Asher. As for Mr. Corman, he has let his imagination run riot upon a mobile decor singular for its primary color scheme. The result may be loud, but it looks like a real movie. On its level, it is astonishingly good.
User Review - 10/10 by Rdeans9876I expect there are many whom despise this film simply for not directly following the source material, I however couldn't disagree more. The choices this film makes to extend the running time into a full length feature are truly magnificent and well thought out. As far as movies based on poe go this is undeniably the best, which should say a lot as some of the actors within the film have actually been in multiple poe adaptations. For starters Patrick McGee, who in my opinion is one of the most underrated actors of all time, was also in lucio fulci's adaptation of "The Black Cat", Hazel Court, who is similarly underrated, was in both 1962's "The Premature Burial", and 1963's "The Raven". Of course there's also Vincent Price who was in 1960's "The House of Usher", 1961's "The Pit and the Pendulum", 1962's "Tales of Terror", 196's "The Raven", 1963's "The Haunted Palace", 1964's "The Tomb of Ligeia", 1965's "War Gods of The Deep", did voice over work for 1968's "Spirits of the dead", 1968's "The Conqueror Worm", 1969's "The Oblong Box", and hosted the TV special in 1970 "An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe", and not even counting all the Poe short stories he was in like Annabelle Lee. Even after seeing all of those films though, I can definitely say that Masque of the Red Death is the best of all the the poe movies, or at least the best one I've seen thus far and I've seen a lot of those, 15 to be exact, I'm currently doing a retrospective on poe adaptations that I'll have uploaded to YouTube every day in October this year if everything goes according to plan. Why, you may be asking, did I say this is the best of these adaptations I've seen thus far, well I won't spoil it for you but I'll do my best sell you on the idea anyway. This film follows Prince Prospero, Played Vincent Price, and his monstrous ways of tormenting the people beneath him. However a mysterious man in a red cloak starts a plague that rapidly spreads and rapidly kills those infected. His reason for doing so seems to be with purpose of killing Prince Prospero, but needless to say, it kills far more innocent people prior to infecting himself. Of course this parable brings to mind the religious beliefs many have that God's plan is ultimately good, even if many innocent lives are sacrificed along the way, and film doesn't ignore this parallel, in fact it seems to be intentional. In this adaption of the story, Prospero is made into a Satanist, not the more popular kind of today that is really just an atheistic religion, but the child sacrificing kind of old, so think less satanic temple, and, more order of the nine angles. The film uses him as a framing device to make him seem almost indistinguishable from a fundamentalist Christian for example, and the main points he deviates are to point out the hypocrisy of Christians that would torture people the same way he does and claim moral superiority. While I'm not going to spoil the ending, let's just say the man in the cloak doesn't actually punish worshiping Satan, as what would been more traditional of films at the time, remember Rosemary's Baby came out 4 years later and was significantly more preachy than this film was an even subtly claimed that people who rejected organized religion were actually just Satanists, again I'm referring to the old school type. Honestly though, this film is so much better that Rosemary's Baby fundamentally, especially since it doesn't claim that any particular religion is especially accurate, leaving it up to more interpretation and effectively making it age better. All and all this film is a masterpiece of cinema, and Roger Corman's magnum opus, as even he has said before, as he consistently wants it to be a film he's remembered for in interviews, if you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor, and correct that mistake ASAP.
User Review - 10/10 by Ken SThis movie was fucking great! Vincent Price was just brilliant, the chick who played Satans wife was a crazy bitch! My only complaint is the ginger girl and her boyfriend kind of annoyed me.
User Review - 10/10 by Kilo D"Maque of the Red Death" is a treat on the eyes and the performances amp up this insane (and not implausible) nightmare.
User Review - 10/10 by Scott ROne of the better adaptations of Poe's work. It's still atmospheric enough to be considered creepy today. Price is as sadistic and twisted as you could hope for.
User Review - 10/10 by Brian R"The way is not easy, I know, but I will take you by the hand and lead you through the cruel light into the velvet darkness." Vincent Price gives arguably the finest performance of his career as Prince Prospero in this, my favourite film in the Corman-Poe cycle. Everything about it is just perfect but special mention must be made of the crisp cinematography by Nicholas Roeg and the sumptuous set design. The cast is excellent - horror legends Patrick Macgee and Hazel Court, the always brilliant Nigel Green, even Jane Asher is fab as the god-fearing peasant girl who Prospero takes a shine to.

Browse Movie Genres

Other Links

The Masque of the Red Death

Watch Online For Free | Free Movies | Movie Genres | Most Viewed | Top Rated | Latest Releases

About Us • Affiliates • Terms of Use • Disclaimer • Cookies • Privacy Policy • Copyright • DMCA Compliance • Contact Us • Language Settings

Copyright © 2004 - 2016 Watch Online For Free or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.

Imagery, artwork, logos, service marks, and trademarks used on this page are the intellectual property of their respective companies.

Related Websites: Prime Free Trial - DVD Rental Free Trial - Free Prime Video Trial - Movie Trailers