Eyes Wide Shut Deep Dive 6: The Masque of Red Death!

May 17, 2021 Isaac Weishaupt 235 Comments

On today’s episode of the Conspiracy Theories and Unpopular Culture podcast we take one last look at a connection between Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT and an Edgar Allen Poe tale that was made into a film in 1964 called THE MASQUE OF RED DEATH! This film stars Vincent Price and it doesn’t disappoint. Learn about these strange “coincidences” that suggest Kubrick based EYES WIDE SHUT off this story: rose symbolism, Red Cloak version 1.0, masquerade balls of satanic elites with theatrical sacrifice, A Clockwork Orange, Freemason symbolism and the inspiration for the Rainbow Fashions! It’s wild but when we’re done you’ll wonder if Kubrick wasn’t remaking this Edgar Allen Poe story!

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The Masque of Red Death

SPEAKERS

Isaac Weishaupt

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So difficult ceremony fails to die. Oh, sorry one more right. And I will be giving away your so yes, gladly in essence will be gone and I will have a mortality.

Isaac Weishaupt 00:52

You’re listening to conspiracy theories and on popular culture I am your host, Isaac Weishaupt. Today we’re going to do the final deep dive Eyes Wide Shut. Part Six. You didn’t see this common digit. I didn’t tell you about it. Because it was a surprise. This is Eyes Wide Shut deep dive six, the mask of Red Death. Now what this is, my friend is a film analysis but I had to dupe you. Alright. It’s a film called The mask of Red Death from 1964. But I had to dupe you into clicking on it to listen with the Eyes Wide Shut, title. Now why did I do that? Well, nobody’s nobody likes British Gothic or called horror anymore. So I had to get your attention. Because what I’m going to reveal to you is this film from the 60s I believe inspired eyes. Watch up. Prove me wrong. Prove me wrong. And by the time we get done with this, you also my friend will agree with me. Now, could I be wrong? Yeah, sure, why not? But there’s a lot of strange elements that seem very similar. But if you’ve never seen it, Fret not. I will go through the whole film with you. Thus, plot spoilers. You’ve been warned. I mean, you’ve had 60 years to watch it. And you haven’t yet so just join along with me. As always, is it worth it is it’s an hour and a half. It’s an hour in fact, it’s an hour and 30 minutes and five seconds. Perfection. Beautiful. Yeah, if you like those old like hammer horror films, the 60s occult gothic horror vibes. If you feel the vibe, then yes, you would love this. I mean, the sets are nuts. I mean, they got like the candelabras. And this wild like castle decor is great. And the tale is based upon Edgar Allan Poe’s story of the same name. And if you’re an uncultured fellow like me, then you don’t know anything about the story about the book, which I did not I had no idea until I was doing a little research on the film after I’d watched it. Because I did not I’ve never read Shakespeare No, never, never read out. Edgar Allan Poe, in high school didn’t do those things. Because I was going to be a car mechanic. The lavish lifestyles of a car mechanic is what I wanted. And that’s what I pursued. And when I found out, I couldn’t make enough money being a car mechanic. And turns out I’m a little more lazy than a car mechanic needs to be as I’m gonna join the military. And then when I was like, this sucks to I finally broke down. I went to college, but when I went to college, it was for electronic engineering. And we didn’t have time for this nonsensical art works of art works in the classical literature, right. So to this day, I’ve never read Shakespeare or Poe reading about this makes me want to read Edgar Allan Poe though. I’ve been to his house. I went to his house. Yes. went to his house in Philly. He’s got a big old you know, they restored museum he lives in Philly moved around a bunch and one of the houses is still up there. If I remember I will post a image on the Instagram that’s pretty cool. Pretty cool. But you know Philly is a pretty cool place. Shout out all my Philly folks. Now about the film who’s in it. Vincent Price maybe you’ve heard Have them Vincent Price plays Prince Prospero which, from what I read is also the name of a Shakespeare character Prospero in the tempest. But yeah, he’s the the main character. He’s He’s the bad guy. He’s the elitist running the castle, King of the castle Kingdom castle. There you go. I there’s a drinking game when you listen to my show for every time I make a bowl rat reference, you have to drink because I’m a simple simple man. And Bora is my kind of movie. I got no time for Shakespeare. But I got lots of time for bowl rat, then, yeah, that’s kind of the main character. And that’s all you really need to know. Get ready, let’s do it. Plot spoiler coming up your way. Again, I’m gonna have some photos to support a lot of these things. And surely you need to see them because you’ve never seen the movie. And I will put those images on the Instagram ad as it was describing the shownotes as always, the film starts out in some nightmarish landscape. And we see a character in a red cloak posted up on a tree. And he’s got this white rose. And there’s this old lady and he’s like, hey, let me holla at you. She comes over, he waves his hand and makes this white rose turn red, blood blood red. And he’s like, take us to your village tells him the day of reckoning is coming. Now why does this matter? Well, it matters.

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Because

Isaac Weishaupt 06:36

in Kubrick’s world, the white rose appears in dream novella. Now, I don’t know who you are listening, my dear listener, but Eyes Wide Shut, I did a two part film analysis on the free feed. And then we went deep, so deep on parts three, four and five, where we went through dream novella the book by Arthur Schnitzler, that Kubrick based the movie upon then we went through two more shows on the making of Eyes Wide Shut and all the details about how it was created. And by the time we got done with all that, you were convinced you said oh my god, Kubrick is illuminate confirm, or at least he is aware of the illuminate confirm. Because there were a lot of strange things going on. So many strange things. And one of them was in a dream novella, inch nibblers book. The White Rose appears in the book. When, when Alice’s character from the movie, the female, right, Nicole Kidman is character in the book. She is she she’s fighting with Frida Lin. That’s Dr. Bill is Tom Cruise’s character. And like she’s like, I want to I want to bang this military officer from Denmark. And then free to London is like, cool. I’m gonna bang this underage girl with a white rose. Oh my god. It’s so disturbing. What was going on in our culture? 50 years ago? Was it like acceptable to talk like this? Anyhow, in dream novella, the white rose appears as a symbol of purity. And now it’s in this movie, one of many connections that we will reveal as we go along. And of course, red cloak right from Eyes Wide Shut the film. red cloak is the guy with the gold mask and he calls out Dr. Bill at the orgy scene. But in the book and dream novella, it’s actually gonna white clover calls out Dr. Bill or Friedel in excuse me in the book, his name is Frieden. But they do mention a red cloak at the orgy. So take all that for what it’s worth. Now the story and that’s kind of like the first scene of the film then we get into the actual story. And we’re introduced to Prince Prospero that’s Vincent Price. And he pays a visit to this village where you see this clear distinction of the haves and the have nots. Again, a theme from Eyes Wide Shut. And the villagers there, they’re all dirty and poor. They’re like, Hey, we heard through the grapevine that the day of reckoning is coming you know cuz the red cloak guy with the White Rose was said, told that old lady that it’s common and they’re and they think they’re so foolish to think it’s the day of reckoning is against the prince because the prince is like a real Dick Right Prince Prospero and they’re like, hey, Prince. Funny you should show your face around here. The day of reckoning for you is coming. And he’s like, he’s like, Nah, bitch, you’re the bitch. And he starts arresting everybody. And there’s a couple of dudes that he arrests A woman named Francesca comes out she begged, she’s like please, Prince let them go let him go. And he Denizer He’s like, no, they’re coming with me. In fact, so are you any human trafficker or takes all three of them in and leaves the village. And what’s curious again, here’s another, your, your mind is gonna be blown with all these connections. These two guys, their names are Gino. That’s Francesca’s, Loverboy. And her father, Ludovico. Now, the astute listener, has already queued in on what’s going on here Ludovico from A Clockwork Orange, the Ludovico technique, that’s what they use on Alex. Alex Dillard, the main character of Clockwork Orange who gets basically MK Ultra, gets the Ludovico technique. Now, if you didn’t think that was weird enough, we’re introduced to another character in this film, who goes by the name of Alfredo. Alfredo is played by a guy named Patrick Magee who was in A Clockwork Orange. I can’t make this up boats Come on. He was also in Barry Lyndon. And just for fun, he was also in another great old timey, a cult ish horror film called asylum. Which if I recall, he was in a wheelchair in asylum. Just like he was in a wheelchair and A Clockwork Orange, because I assumed he was actually paralyzed in real life until I saw this film and I was like, Huh, he was just real good at playing a guy in a wheelchair, I guess. Fun fact, he died in the 1980s he was only 60 he died from drinking. He was there for a good time and not a long time. Anyhow, Alfredo, he’s eating this whole drama up. You know, this is like the Middle Ages. I should I should set the scene better. It’s like the middle ages to like, they got nothing better to do than watch people get executed. It’s all in good fun. I mean, there were about that action, you know, public executions and hangings. Like I’ll bring the kids out. Let’s go watch. This is death. So anyways, Prince Prospero and his buddy Alfredo. They’re in this village there. They’re snatching up people. They’re snatching up Gino and Ludovico and they’re even taking Geno’s girl got his girl, Francesca they all go back to the to the castle. And as they’re like getting ready to leave, they’re kind of like looking around and they they notice that some of the villagers have like red stuff all over their face. And they’re dying. And they call this virus the Red Death, which, according to the Edgar Allan Poe article I read. It was a fictional disease but it could have been based on tuberculosis doesn’t matter. But they see the Red Death is spreading in the village. So Prince Prospero is like, Alright, grab these folks. We out of here, back to the lab. And the lab here is a castle. And then and then he’s like, and also by the way, we’re about to burn his village to the ground on the way out. So they head out. They go to the castle. They lock up old was named Gus. Look through my notes or Gino? Sorry. They lock up Gino and Ludovico in the basement. And he takes Francesco and he and he gets her to Austin is big at bat as bathtub. It’s so sick. It’s as big as cool bathtub and as he’s standing there. chastising her as she gets cleaned up for him. He’s on the black and white top floor. Just like in Eyes Wide Shut when Dr. Bill and Alice go to Ziegler’s house party at the beginning. Again, I’ll have the images of all this stuff on the Instagram. Now, as she’s in the bathtub, Prince Prospero questions this jewelry she has she has a cross around her neck. He says Francesca Are you a true believer

14:32

that crush you were around your neck? Is it only a decoration? Or are you a true Christian believer?

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Yes, I believe truly.

14:44

And I want you to remove it at once and never to wear it within this castle again.

Isaac Weishaupt 14:50

So we see there’s a religious element to this story. And he knows the power of the symbol. Combined with a true believer he commands this he removes it because he As we find out later is very satanic. And we also find out he’s about to do this massive psyop on her throughout the film, as he introduces her to the court, giving her all the finest trappings. Just like when Dr. Bill analysis or at the party Ziegler’s house, and she’s like, what, why are we doing here? We don’t really know anyone and he’s like, well, this is what you get for making house calls late at night. The, the, you know, Dr. Bill analysis, they’re like, Illuminati light. But Ziegler and the crew with the Somerton mansion at the orgy house, they’re like, Illuminati, full strength. They got all the money’s all the stuffs, doctor bills, just a rookie. He’s new money. And that same sentiment is echoed here. So Prospero Okay, so he goes out to the court, you know, and when I say the court I’m talking about basically just a big like ballroom, right? And there’s like, it’s like his entourage I guess. It’s just like, 100 people just hanging out of this castle. Everyone’s drinking having a good time. There’s Alfredo from Clockwork Orange. He’s a real psychopath. He’s, he’s been a dagger up against this woman’s neck for fun, or real crazy person. And Prospero, you know, he is or claps his hands. He’s like, Alright, bring out the dancers. And here comes a little person name hop toad. And what appears to be like a five year old girl named esmerelda. Okay. Now, this is a very curious element of the story. And I had to do some research on this. But hop Toad is not actually in pose book of the mask of the Red Death. He’s actually in a different Poe book called hop frog, which has kind of the same storyline. It’s like the director just did a twofer and jam this storyline into the mask of Red Death to make it more interesting. In the hop frog Poe book as Miranda, the girl that comes out with hop Toad is also a little person. But what’s very curious about all of this is that they hired a little person to play hop Toad, but not as Miranda. So in the movie, as Miranda is literally like a five year old girl, which is what I assumed it was watching the whole movie, but then I looked it up afterwards and was like, Okay, I guess it wasn’t supposed to be. Because what I’m about to play for you next is the part of much concern. Where Alfredo after he’s done. Buddha’s dagger in this chicks face. He comes around and watch this dance. And he gets mad creepy about esmerelda this this apparent five year old girl.

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Did you find?

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I’m sure you do. I’m sure you wonder about every female in my house. Everyone with the appearance of innocence should take great pleasure in corrupting, corrupting, instructing.

Isaac Weishaupt 18:49

Now, this is all very, very disturbing. You know, he’s like, Where did you find her on what a pretty tight Oh, she’s delightful. But most importantly, you hear this dialogue about corrupting the innocent. And Prospero he talks about how he’s not corrupting her. He’s instructing her. What does that mean? We don’t really find out. We don’t really find out. But it’s arguable that this is a big theme. This is they love turning out the gospel folks. The Christian folks they love it, there’s a certain energy attached to it. And Prospero who is a Satanist? As we will find out in this movie is about that action as well. So as Miranda and a little little Toad was the name. I like a little little Toad hop toad. They’re dancing. The girl actually kicks over drink Alfredo slaps her slap her like a man too. And, and now that now the dance is over. Prospero is like Alright, everybody, look. We’re gonna have this masquerade ball. We’re gonna work costumes. There’s the Red Death spreading outside of this castle. And he goes around and he tells everyone he says, and I want you all to act according to your nature and then commands each guest to act like a different animal. He’s like, you, you’re much like a pig. And then like, the guy’s like, you know, everyone’s drink and he’s like, oh, he starts acting like a pig. There you You’re like a worm. And then I guess there’s crawling around the floor like a worm, the grass, they’re all drunk and then carrying on like, this is the funniest thing they’ve ever seen in a whole life. Again, must be like old timey jokes. But the point here is that man is an animal. One of the commandments of the satanic doctrine. Man is just an animal. And we’ve already got a clue the Prospero is satanic. He hates the cross necklace that Francesca was wearing, so he makes her take it off, right? But Prospero he reveals to Francesca The Satanic doctrine of his entire family and bloodline,

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Francesca my father imprisoned a friend of his in this room for three years. When he was released, he could never again bear to look at the sun or even a daffodil. How crew crew was simply a test to prove how easily a man’s mind can be controlled and twisted. My family have always been interested in such things. Somewhere in the human mind, my dear friend, Jessica is the key to our existence. My ancestors tried to find, to open the door that separates us from our Creator.

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You need no doors to find God, if you believe

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if you believe my dear Francesca, you are God. Can you look around this world and believe in the goodness of a God who rules it? famine, pestilence, war, disease and death?

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They rule this world. There is also love and life and hope very little hope, I assure you know, if a God of love and life ever did exist, is long since dead. Someone some thing ruled in his place.

Isaac Weishaupt 22:41

But here’s how he says that they did the psyops to teach these initiates lessons. lessons that mankind can be controlled and twisted. God can be found in the mind just needs unlocked. Not through these gullible Christian beliefs. psyops to teach the initiates lessons. What does that sound familiar? My goodness? Sounds like Eyes Wide Shut sounds like when Dr. Bill was initiated to see the sacrifice of the goddess. And I don’t know if you recall, I did a video back in January 2018. Video banned everywhere. If I can find it. I’ll put it on rockfon that seems to be the only place I can put videos now. Dave Chappelle did a show on Netflix called the bird revelation and I believe it was part two. Anyway, at the end of the show, he’s like, I bet you wonder why I went to South Africa. He says I’m gonna tell you why through an analogy and the analogy was from iceberg Slim’s book pimp. And in the book, the pimp as a prostitute, she’s mentally breaking, she’s exhausted. She’s like, I’m out of here. I’m done with us. But it needs to keep her to keep tricking. So he makes her think she accidentally killed a guy so that she stays loyal. He makes he puts on this whole theatrical thing to make her believe a lie so that he can keep using her. And that’s kind of what we see here. And that’s kind of what we see in eyes wide shot. And so Prospero he’s giving Francesca the tour of the house, the castle and you see different colored rooms, which is the theme in this and they get to a black room but he warns her not to enter he says the uninvited have much to fear from this room. We’ll come back to that a minute the rooms. Meanwhile, his other miss his other mistress wifey? I guess she’s like the real wife. She says, Hey, Prospero look like she sees the threat of this younger girl. She’s like, Look, I’m ready for the rights and incantations but we still don’t really know what that means. As soon as behind the black door and later on, when Francesca is sleeping, she hears Prospero reciting some Latin, but she’s not sure what he’s saying. So she sneaks around, she goes down in the basement. And the next thing you know, we see Prospero lying in a coffin. What does that sound familiar? Well, the Yale Skull and Bones do the same thing. They hold the initiation rituals and the coffins to contemplate death, the death of the initial initiate to the rebirth, which again, Eyes Wide Shut, because if you recall, in the film, Dr. Bill is walking down the street, and all them guys are wearing the yell stuff. And they basically call him gay and they shoved him they bully him, which was in the book, but in the book, it wasn’t Yale it was I don’t know some other school. If you listen to my deep dive part three on the bonus supporter feeds you know. So there’s just yet another example that was curious here is that Prospero he’s trying to slowly initiate Francesca into this lifestyle. And he has this Falcon and he drives a teacher lesson with this Falcon.