The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)
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The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) is a 1964 British horror film directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and starring Vincent Price as a sadistic prince terrorized by a mysterious plague.
All labels observed (2)
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| The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) canonical | 2 |
| Masque of the Red Death (short film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5500317 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) Context triple: [Vincent Price, notableWork, The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)]
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The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)
The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) is a British horror movie loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, featuring a decadent prince who tries to evade a deadly plague by holding a lavish, macabre masquerade ball.
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1961 film The Pit and the Pendulum
The 1961 film "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a gothic horror movie directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story and starring Vincent Price.
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The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death is a Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that allegorically explores themes of mortality and the inevitability of death through a prince’s doomed attempt to escape a deadly plague.
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The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) is a gothic horror movie directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and noted for its atmospheric visuals and Vincent Price’s performance.
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The Raven (1963 film)
The Raven (1963 film) is a 1963 horror-comedy film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as rival sorcerers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) Target entity description: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) is a 1964 British horror film directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and starring Vincent Price as a sadistic prince terrorized by a mysterious plague.
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A.
The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)
The Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) is a British horror movie loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, featuring a decadent prince who tries to evade a deadly plague by holding a lavish, macabre masquerade ball.
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B.
1961 film The Pit and the Pendulum
The 1961 film "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a gothic horror movie directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story and starring Vincent Price.
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C.
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death is a Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that allegorically explores themes of mortality and the inevitability of death through a prince’s doomed attempt to escape a deadly plague.
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D.
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) is a gothic horror movie directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and noted for its atmospheric visuals and Vincent Price’s performance.
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E.
The Raven (1963 film)
The Raven (1963 film) is a 1963 horror-comedy film loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff as rival sorcerers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) Description of subject: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) is a 1964 British horror film directed by Roger Corman, loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and starring Vincent Price as a sadistic prince terrorized by a mysterious plague.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)