Roger Corman directs Vincent Price, Hazel Court and Jane Asher in this colourful Edgar Allen Poe adaptation where an European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the “Red Death” plague that stalks the land.

Price. Poe. Corman. What a combination! Also though, what if Salo was a PG matinee set in medieval times? This is just vibrant with colour, Nic Roeg was the cinematographer. Red! Red! Red! Even if it were monochrome nothing could stop the relish with which Vincent Price chomps at his evil embracing antagonist role. A cult item, of its time, but really rather special.

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Perfect Double Bill: The Pit And The Pendulum (1961)

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