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Black Sunday
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1960 film directed by Mario Bava
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Black Sunday, originally titled La maschera del demonio, is a 1960 Italian horror film directed by Mario Bava. The screenplay was written by Ennio de Concini, Mario Serandrei, and Bava. The cast includes Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo Garrani, and Arturo Dominici. Bava also served as the director of photography, while Mario Serandrei edited the film. The production companies were Galatea Film and Jolly Film.
The movie is a black-and-white supernatural drama and thriller set in Romania. It features themes of witches, vampires, and gothic horror. The composer is Les Baxter. The runtime is listed as 86 minutes on TMDb and 87 minutes on IMDb. It has received review scores of 7.5 out of 10 with 86 percent approval, an 88 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 7.1 rating on IMDb. The film has been distributed via video on demand by Netflix and is available on Amazon Prime Video, AMC+, Philo, and Shudder.
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Film · TMDB
7.4A 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.
Cast
- Barbara Steele as Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
- John Richardson as Dr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas Gorobec
- Andrea Checchi as Dr. Choma Kruvajan / Dr. Thomas Kruvajan
- Ivo Garrani as Prince Vajda
- Arturo Dominici as Igor Javutich / Javuto
- Enrico Olivieri as Prince Constantine Vajda
Themes
- witch
- vampire
- crypt
- black and white
- gothic horror
- iron mask
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
19,424 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
- Year
- 1960
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- Mario Bava
- Screenwriter
- Mario Bava
- Cast member
- Nando Gazzolo
- Composer
- Les Baxter
- Cinematographer
- Mario Bava
- Narrative location
- Romania
- Duration
- 87
- FilmAffinity ID
- 955502
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- La Maschera del Demonio.png
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- publication date
- 1960-01-01
- film editor
- Mario Serandrei
- title
- La maschera del demonio
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 86%
- Commons category
- La maschera del demonio (film 1960)
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