"Masque of the Red Death" is one of the most famous works by the great and American writer Edgar Allan Poe. This book has a real cult status among fans of horror literature. The plot is based on an interesting philosophical idea that death is inevitable for everyone who lives. As an epidemic of the Red Death begins, Prince Proserpine and his minions manage to avoid the disease by condemning themselves to a house with an obscure emblem that symbolizes the disease itself. Were they able to survive all 7 days, which was prophesied to them by that deadly disease? This is the story that will tell about the human attitude towards fear, death and security.