Yeah this is it! Wow! I’m just gobsmacked, especially by those final sequences. The use of colour and the overall cinematography delivered and did justice to the amazing landscape, giving the film the thickest of atmospheres. Vincent Price inevitably gives an awe-inspiring and scenery-chewing performance and you can feel him leaning into theatrical sensibilities. The final scene at the ball is genuinely one of the greatest of horror cinema and cinema, period. I’m already itching for a rewatch.

Yeah this is it! Wow! I’m just gobsmacked, especially by those final sequences. The use of colour and the overall cinematography delivered and did justice to the amazing landscape, giving the film the thickest of atmospheres. Vincent Price inevitably gives an awe-inspiring and scenery-chewing performance and you can feel him leaning into theatrical sensibilities. The final scene at the ball is genuinely one of the greatest of horror cinema and cinema, period. I’m already itching for a rewatch.

Roger Corman’s gorgeously gothic adaption of Poe, with the dual star power of Vincent Price in the lead and Nicholas Roeg behind the camera. 

Price is Prince Prospero, who taxes poor village folk and lives the high life, all while his constituents are unalived by the spreading red masque plague, leaving victims afflicted with a crimson mask. There is one villager that Prospero takes a shining to though, Francesca (Jane Asher) whose faith in God is too strong to succumb to the Prince’s satanic ways. Oh did he mention he worships Satan too? 

This is just gorgeous to look at with Nicholas Roeg and the production design team working overtime to produce glorious colour pops in shades of red, green, yellow and purple. It would be wrong to call Price understated here, but he does add a level of cold malice to his performance that balances out the usual camp.

Roger Corman’s gorgeously gothic adaption of Poe, with the dual star power of Vincent Price in the lead and Nicholas Roeg behind the camera. 

Price is Prince Prospero, who taxes poor village folk and lives the high life, all while his constituents are unalived by the spreading red masque plague, leaving victims afflicted with a crimson mask. There is one villager that Prospero takes a shining to though, Francesca (Jane Asher) whose faith in God is too strong to succumb to the Prince’s satanic ways. Oh did he mention he worships Satan too? 

This is just gorgeous to look at with Nicholas Roeg and the production design team working overtime to produce glorious colour pops in shades of red, green, yellow and purple. It would be wrong to call Price understated here, but he does add a level of cold malice to his performance that balances out the usual camp.

These colours are so VIBRANT wowowowow!!!

These colours are so VIBRANT wowowowow!!!

I am a little bias against as I really enjoy Poe’s work and most of Coreman’s films based on Poe’s stories stray quite far. I would love something gothic and gritty like Robert Eggers, or Guillermo del Toro adapting his work. Or something similar to 10 Things I Hate About You or She’s the Man going so extreme almost in the realm of slasher that only the shapes and colors of the story are left. I still really enjoy Vincent Price and the power he commands on screen. I am really growing quite fond of him. He id a legend of course. The set and costumes in this film is beautiful and is the main booster in score for me with this film. These films are just like a warm cup of tea. They are cozy, comfortable. It does the job of a horror movie, but for me it’s main purpose is to put it on while in a warm in bed and relax. I am sure the intention was to scare, but media changes over time and this is how I interpret and interact with it. I am quite fond of this way of viewing it, and it gives me the most pleasurable viewing experience. Not seeking fright, or accuracy to text, but a nice horror movie to watch wrapped up in a blanket. The ending and the drama really made all of this worth it.

I am a little bias against as I really enjoy Poe’s work and most of Coreman’s films based on Poe’s stories stray quite far. I would love something gothic and gritty like Robert Eggers, or Guillermo del Toro adapting his work. Or something similar to 10 Things I Hate About You or She’s the Man going so extreme almost in the realm of slasher that only the shapes and colors of the story are left. I still really enjoy Vincent Price and the power he commands on screen. I am really growing quite fond of him. He id a legend of course. The set and costumes in this film is beautiful and is the main booster in score for me with this film. These films are just like a warm cup of tea. They are cozy, comfortable. It does the job of a horror movie, but for me it’s main purpose is to put it on while in a warm in bed and relax. I am sure the intention was to scare, but media changes over time and this is how I interpret and interact with it. I am quite fond of this way of viewing it, and it gives me the most pleasurable viewing experience. Not seeking fright, or accuracy to text, but a nice horror movie to watch wrapped up in a blanket. The ending and the drama really made all of this worth it.

Roeg, Corman, and Price decide to go sicko mode. Didn't consider gothic vibes and a Crayola color palette can go so hard.

Roeg, Corman, and Price decide to go sicko mode. Didn't consider gothic vibes and a Crayola color palette can go so hard.