The Masque of the Red Death
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.
The Masque of the Red Death (2024) is a 00:08:00 animation short film by Rune Callewaert (Belgium). When the eccentric owner of a bustling nightclub keeps an eye on his business, his gaze falls on a mysterious lady dr... Selected for BUT Film Festival (2025).
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Festival History
- Trieste Science+Fiction Festival 2026 generic - SCI-FI CLASSIX
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival 2025 generic
- BUT Film Festival 2025
- Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2025 generic
- In the Palace International Short Film Festival 2025 generic
- Raindance Film Festival 2025
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Belgium | April 12, 2025 |
Full credits
| Director | Rune Callewaert |
| Screenplay | Edgar Poe, Edgar Allan Poe |
| Producer | Emma de Swaef, Barry Purves, Barry J. C. Purves, Edwin Carels, Robbe Vervaeke, Jacky De Groen |
| Music | Camille Saint-Saëns |
Technical
| Runtime | 8 min |
| Aspect ratio | 4:3 |
| Colour | Color |
| Shooting format | Digital |
Identifiers & sources
| TMDB | 1456615 |
| FILMFREEWAY | TheMasqueoftheRedDeath823 |
Additional data: TMDB.
