The Masque of the Red Death (2025) — film poster

The Masque of the Red Death

2024
00:08:00 Belgium Short
Directed by
Rune Callewaert
Not currently streaming on CaSTV

Synopsis

When the eccentric owner of a bustling nightclub keeps an eye on his business, his gaze falls on a mysterious lady dressed in red whom he wants to make his own at all costs. While the other guests at the club loose themselves in decadence, the owner remains spellbound by the lady and his inner demons. Will he risk to loose it all? The Masque of the Red Death is a stop-motion allegory about lust, decadence and decay. Based on the short story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) in which a bloody pestilence manages to invade a masked ball in a barricaded castle.

Credits

Writer Edgar Poe, Edgar Allan Poe
Producer Emma de Swaef, Barry Purves, Barry J. C. Purves, Edwin Carels, Robbe Vervaeke, Jacky De Groen
Composer Camille Saint-Saëns