Black Sunday
Summary:
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, ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Barbara Steele - (Asa / Katia)
John Richardson - (Dr. Andre Gorobec)
Ivo Garrani - (Prince Vaida)
Andrea Checchi - (Dr. Tomas Kruvajan)
Arturo Dominici - (Javuto)
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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 th... Continue >>
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