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Black Sunday

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Black Sunday
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1hr 23min
Genre:
Horror
Release:
1960
Director:
Mario Bava
Distributor:
Image Entertainment
Starring:
Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo Garrani  ...more
Synopsis: Generally considered to be the foremost example of Italian Gothic horror, this darkly atmospheric black-and-white chiller put director Mario Bava on the international map and made the bewitching Barbara Steele a star. Steele plays Princess Asa, a high priestess of Satan who is gruesomely executed in 1600s Moldavia by having a spiked mask hammered into her face. Before she dies, Asa vows revenge on the family who killed her and returns from the grave two centuries later to keep her promise. In a striking ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam, AMG Review
La Maschera del Demonio was released in 1960, the same year as Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and serves as a primary example of the divergent paths taken by European and American horror films of that era. Where Hitchcock was more concerned with the psychology of the characters in his horror story, Mario Bava seems more concerned with the psychology of the audience, creating a visual feast of the strange ... Full Review
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Barbara Steele
Asa / Katia
John Richardson
Dr. Andre Gorobec
Ivo Garrani
Prince Vaida
Andrea Checchi
Dr. Kruvajan, Dr. Tomas Kruvajan
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