Red Death

The Red Death may refer to:

  • "The Masque of the Red Death," a short story by Edgar Allan Poe
  • The Masque of the Red Death (film), a 1964 film starring Vincent Price
  • Red Death (Greyhawk), a fictional plague in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
  • Masque of the Red Death (Ravenloft)
  • The Red Death, a New York death metal band
  • "Red Death at 6:14", a single by the American garage rock band The White Stripes.

Famous quotes containing the words red death, red and/or death:

    “The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure ...: buffoons,... improvisatori,... ballet-dancers,... musicians,... Beauty,... wine. All these and security were within. Without was the “Red Death.””
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “Thou art not fair, for all thy red and white,
    For all those rosy ornaments in thee.
    Thou art not sweet, though made of mere delight”
    —Thomas Campion (1567–1620)

    “Such as the wreck of the Hesperus,
    In the midnight and the snow!
    Christ save us all from a death like this,
    On the reef of Norman’s Woe!”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)