Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) Masque of the Red Death is a 1989 American horror film produced by Roger Corman, and directed by Larry Brand, starring Adrian Paul and Patrick Macnee. The film is a remake of the 1964 picture of the same name which was directed by Roger Corman. The screenplay, written by Daryl Haney and Larry Brand, is based upon the classic short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe, concerning the exploits of Prince Prospero, who organizes a "bal masqué" in his castle while the peasants of his fiefdom die from
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