The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)
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The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) is a 1964 British horror film directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and starring Vincent Price as a sadistic prince terrorized by a mysterious plague.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5500317 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) Context triple: [Vincent Price, notableWork, The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)]
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The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)
The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) is a British horror movie loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, featuring a decadent prince who tries to evade a deadly plague by holding a lavish, macabre masquerade ball.
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1961 film The Pit and the Pendulum
The 1961 film "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a gothic horror movie directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story and starring Vincent Price.
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The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death is a Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that allegorically explores themes of mortality and the inevitability of death through a prince’s doomed attempt to escape a deadly plague.
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D.
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) is a gothic horror movie directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and noted for its atmospheric visuals and Vincent Price’s performance.
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E.
The Raven (1963 film)
The Raven (1963 film) is a 1963 horror-comedy film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as rival sorcerers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) Target entity description: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) is a 1964 British horror film directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and starring Vincent Price as a sadistic prince terrorized by a mysterious plague.
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A.
The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)
The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) is a British horror movie loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, featuring a decadent prince who tries to evade a deadly plague by holding a lavish, macabre masquerade ball.
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B.
1961 film The Pit and the Pendulum
The 1961 film "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a gothic horror movie directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story and starring Vincent Price.
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C.
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death is a Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that allegorically explores themes of mortality and the inevitability of death through a prince’s doomed attempt to escape a deadly plague.
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D.
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) is a gothic horror movie directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and noted for its atmospheric visuals and Vincent Price’s performance.
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E.
The Raven (1963 film)
The Raven (1963 film) is a 1963 horror-comedy film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as rival sorcerers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirection | Daniel Haller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Masque of the Red Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificate | UK X certificate ⓘ |
| character | Prince Prospero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Nicolas Roeg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Eastmancolor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Roger Corman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editingBy | Ann Chegwidden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
gothic horror
ⓘ
horror ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Vincent Price as Prince Prospero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Red Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s work
ⓘ
lavish color cinematography ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Roger Corman Poe cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A sadistic prince and his decadent court attempt to avoid a deadly plague known as the Red Death by secluding themselves in his castle. ⓘ |
| portrays | a mysterious plague called the Red Death ⓘ |
| producer | Roger Corman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Alta Vista Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1964-06-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 89 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charles Beaumont
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
R. Wright Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | medieval Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkAuthor | Edgar Allan Poe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceWorkGenre | short story ⓘ |
| sourceWorkTitle | The Masque of the Red Death NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Hazel Court
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jane Asher NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigel Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Patrick Magee NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
death
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decadence ⓘ inevitability of mortality ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) Description of subject: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) is a 1964 British horror film directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and starring Vincent Price as a sadistic prince terrorized by a mysterious plague.
Referenced by (2)
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