The "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and ...

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.

With a deadly plague ravaging his Renaissance kingdom, Prince Prospero invites his friends to retire to the protection of his castle for ongoing revels, leaving the peasantry to die. But fate is ...

3. “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe It’s December, which means the next Covid spike is due to hit at any moment — and a “Masque”-themed plague party is obviously the ...

Foreboding Sixties horror starring Vincent Price. A tyrannical and debauched 12th-century prince is intrigued by a girl and takes her to live amid the immorality of his court.