Masque of the Red Death (1989 Alan Birkinshaw film)

This article is about the 1989 film by Alan Birkinshaw. For the 1989 film of the same name by Larry Brand, see Masque of the Red Death (1989 film).

Masque of the Red Death
Directed by	Alan Birkinshaw
Screenplay by	Michael J. Murray
Based on	The Masque of the Red Death 1842 story by Edgar Allan Poe
Produced by	Avi Lerner Harry Alan Towers
Starring	Frank Stallone Brenda Vaccaro Herbert Lom
Cinematography	Yossi Wein
Edited by	Jason Krasucki
Music by	Kobi Recht
Production company	21st Century Film Corporation
Distributed by	21st Century Film Corporation
Release date	November 9, 1989 (1989-11-09)
Running time	94 minutes
Language	English

The Masque of the Red Death was a 1989 film directed by Alan Birkinshaw, starring Frank Stallone, Brenda Vaccaro and Herbert Lom, produced by Avi Lerner and Harry Alan Towers for Menahem Golan's 21st Century Film Corporation, from a script by Michael J. Murray. ^{[1] [2]} It was one of two otherwise unrelated films with the same title released that year.

The film is a slasher movie set in the 1980s, with little to do with Poe's work other than being set at a costume party themed after Poe's short story of the same name, and a reference to "The Pit and the Pendulum". ^[3] In Touchstones of Gothic Horror, David Huckvale states that the film may have been influenced by the short story "Duke of Portland" by Auguste de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam. ^[4]

Cast

• Frank Stallone as Duke
• Brenda Vaccaro as Elaina Hart
• Herbert Lom as Ludwig
• Michelle McBride as Rebecca Stephens
• Christine Lunde as Colette (credited as Christine Lundé)
• Christobel d'Ortez as Dr. Karen
• Simon Poland as Max
• Foziah Davidson as Kitra
• Lindsay Reardon as Dallon

References

1. "The Masque of the Red Death (1989)". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
2. Birkinshaw, Alan (1992-05-08), The Masque of the Red Death (Horror), Frank Stallone, Brenda Vaccaro, Herbert Lom, Michelle McBride, 21st Century Film Corporation, Breton Film Productions, retrieved 2021-01-31
3. Muir, John Kenneth (2011-10-06). Horror Films of the 1990s. McFarland. p. 164. ISBN   978-0-7864-8480-5.
4. Huckvale, David (2014-01-10). Touchstones of Gothic Horror: A Film Genealogy of Eleven Motifs and Images. McFarland. p. 163. ISBN   978-0-7864-5701-4.

External links

• Masque of the Red Death at IMDb
• Masque of the Red Death at the TCM Movie Database