Tonight's Film: The Masque of the Red Death
Not sure why, but Criterion had this one on. They say this about the film:
"The seventh of Roger Corman’s eight celebrated Edgar Allan Poe adaptations is perhaps the most eerily effective and visually remarkable of the bunch, thanks in part to the striking cinematography by Nicolas Roeg. While the plague rages outside in a small Italian province, the Satan-worshipping Prince Prospero (Vincent Price) stays confined to the sanctuary of his castle along with his aristocratic guests. Inside, all is revelry and cruelty until, during the great masque which crowns the prince’s entertainment, the “Red Death” enters the dance and the guests succumb to the plague, one by one."
I felt like something fun. American Hammer film. There's something about color in 60's film and TV. It's garish and over the top. It's not just green, it's GREEN! A green not found in nature. I kinda love it. Nicolas Roeg was the cinematographer, which might explain the crazy orgy of dead dance at the end.