Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death is a webcomic by the comic creator Wendy Pini. Based on the original short story by Edgar Allan Poe, "Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death" is described as follows on the back of the print edition of Volume One: "In a decadent, perfect future, Anton Prosper uses his vast fortune and scientific genius to seek the ultimate power of life over death. But when the beautiful prodigy Steffan Kabala enters Prosper's life, he unlocks a tempestuous passion that may send the entire planet hurtling into
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film) romantic subplots. The film premiered on February 21, 1932 in the US and was later re-release on April 15, 1949 according to IMDb. All in all, Murders in the Rue Morgue received quite mixed reviews. In an issue of Photoplay Magazine from 1932, it was written that the critic "shook and shuddered when (they) saw this picture and so will you." Because of the increasing popularity of horror films due to the success of Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931), there was a lot of hype surrounding the release of this film. N.Y. Daily News writes that Murders in the Rue