Black Sunday
July 15th 2011 05:48
Director: Mario Bava
Screenplay: Ennio De Concini, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Coscia (based on the short story The Viy) (original Italian title: La Maschera del Demonio)
Production: Italy
Year: 1960
Sub-genre tags: Witch, supernatural, Gothic
Logline: A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant
Core cast: Barbara Steele (Katia/Princess Asa), John Richardson (Dr. Gorobec), Andrea Checchi (Dr. Kruvajan), Ivo Garrani (Prince Vajda), Arturo Dominici (Javutich/Javuto)
Memorable moment: The opening pre-title credit sequence where the witch is condemned, tortured with a nasty branding, and then killed via the horror mask and subsequent burning.
Curious Fact: In the Italian language version Princess Asa and Javutich are brother and sister which hinted at an incestuous relationship. This relationship is not part of either Black Sunday or The Mask of Satan English dubbed versions)
Intensity levels:
Blood & gore: low
Fear factor and/or frights: low
Likelihood of bad dreams (disturbing content): low
Horrorphile’s two cents: A devilishly good time, full of ominous designs, creepy turns, and dripping with high contrast atmospherics. This is a dark fairie tale for adults keen to indulge in the exotic horror flavours of pioneering Euro fare.
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