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3 unusual facts about The Masque of the Red Death


Batman: Masque

As Batman chases after the third, the fight moves to the Gotham City Opera House, where a performance of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" is being held.

Party at Ground Zero

The video is a homage of "The Masque of the Red Death", with "Death" bringing about a nuclear explosion when he removes his mask.

The Sandman: Endless Nights

The events in this story seem to be heavily influenced by Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Masque Of The Red Death".


A Vaudeville of Devils: Seven Moral Tales

The short story, loosely set in Portugal, is a synthesis between "The Masque of the Red Death", Our Man in Havana, and Shikasta.

Jack Laskey

In 2007 Laskey worked with Punchdrunk theatre company, creating the role of Roderick Usher in their site specific, promenade production The Masque of the Red Death - an adaptation of various Edgar Allan Poe short stories at London's Battersea Arts Centre.

Shadow of the Raven

This time the composers Joseph Vargo and William Piotrowski honor Edgar Allan Poe, the author of "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Fall of the House of Usher, "The Tell-Tale Heart" and other tales of suspense and horror, as well as the famous poem "The Raven".

Velvet Darkness They Fear

The fifth track, "And When He Falleth", includes a section of Jane Asher and Vincent Price's dialogue from the film The Masque of the Red Death.


see also

Adrian Paul

He starred in the remake of The Masque of the Red Death (1989), a re-telling of the Edgar Allan Poe tale.