Masque of The Red Death

The Red Death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal — the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution. The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men. And the whole seizure, progress and termination of the disease, were the incidents of half an hour.

Safe in the confines of his castle walls, Prince Prospero is throwing a most opulent party. Overflowing with wine & beautiful women, his soiree is most impressive to his high society friends. With an abundance of entertainment & gluttonous buffets, Prince Prospero and his guests foolishly believe they can be saved from the gory epidemic.