Couldn’t help but chuckle as we no sooner see someone get a mask hammered onto their face, then the screen proudly declares the film a “Jolly Film Production”.
Really impressive production and one of the greatest transformation effects I’ve seen in a film of the era!
Black Sunday
STARE INTO THESE EYES...Discover deep within them the unspeakable, terrifying secret of BLACK SUNDAY...It will paralyze you with fright!
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
8/11/1960Runtime
86 minsGenres
Overview
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand in her way.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
ItalianBudget
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A haunting descent into Italian Gothic horror where the past literally claws its way back from the grave. Bava's masterful use of shadow and silence creates an atmosphere of creeping dread that lingers far longer than the film's brief runtime.
Mood
Dread-soakedUnsettlingMelancholic
Themes
RevengeIdentityFamily
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
Black and whiteFormalistHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceBody horror
Barbara Steele
Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
John Richardson
Dr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas Gorobec
Andrea Checchi
Dr. Choma Kruvajan / Dr. Thomas Kruvajan
Ivo Garrani
Prince Vajda
Arturo Dominici
Igor Javutich / Javuto
Enrico Olivieri
Prince Constantine Vajda
Antonio Pierfederici
Priest
Tino Bianchi
Ivan - Manservant
Clara Bindi
Inn Keeper
Mario Passante
Nikita - Coachman
Renato Terra
Boris - Stablehand
Germana Dominici
Sonya - Innkeeper's Daughter
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