# The Masque of the Red Death

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Published: 2020-07-09 13:06:58 UTC
Updated: 2020-07-09 13:06:58 UTC
Author: TMFF Editorial Team

Director: Deb Ethier
Country: Canada
Duration: 5 minutes
Audience rating: 5.0/5 from 1 ratings

 

### Closely adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's short story, this animated tale of a time of pestilence paints a picture of what might have been Poe's own feelings of fatalistic helplessness in the face of the White Plague, tuberculosis, which had claimed several members of his family. Artistically told in a surreal expressionistic style, this film also draws on Poe's own use of colorful and detailed description in the story.