Essential Cinema: The Corman Century
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
Directed by Roger Corman
USA, 1964, 1h 30min, 35mm
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Pricing
$14 evening / $11.50 matinee (available M-F for shows before 5 PM)
$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.
Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.
Accessibility
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One of Roger Corman’s signature achievements was his cycle of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations. These are very loose translations of the story material, but the combination of gothic settings, lurid colors, and star Vincent Price were an omnipresent feature in the nation’s drive-ins for a few years. This is the best of these. Made in England, with the assistance of top British technicians (including Nicolas Roeg), it is also the best-looking and possibly most coherent of these amusing shockers. In 35mm.
