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Barbara Steele,
Barbara Steele,
John Richardson,
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Mario Bava,
Mario Bava
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: Not Rated
: Image Entertainment
: Foreign, Horror, Supernatural/Occult, Italy, Italian Horror, Quest, Revenge
: 87 min.
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This title is currently out of print.
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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 resurrection scene replete with bats, scorpions and fog, Asa rises from the tomb to claim her bloody vengeance. With vampires, bubbling flesh, dank crypts, undead servants and torch-bearing mobs, the plot is a little ripe, but the visuals are Bava's primary consideration. The atmosphere is so heavy and the imagery so dense that the film becomes nearly too rich in texture, but the sheer, ghastly beauty of it all is entrancing. Although this was only the second of Bava's twenty-six films as director, it is undoubtedly his best and the one upon which most of his considerable reputation rests. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Special Features:
- Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas
- Mario Bava Biography and Liner Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
- Photo and Poster Gallery
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| Stunning sets and photography
by NJamison
November 3, 2006 - 3:47 AM PST
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| Beautiful film on all accounts. The sets are stunning, and the photography, by Bava himself, was fantastic in my opinion. The story was good too. Parts of this film are more frightening than any film coming out today. |
| must watch for genre
by MArdovino
February 12, 2004 - 9:20 AM PST
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1 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| nearly flawless for its genre. Sets and casting are exceptional. Steele is exquisite. Viva Signor Bava. |
| Great Horror Movie
by VPerez
September 19, 2002 - 4:09 PM PDT
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6 out of 6 members found this review helpful
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| Black Sunday is one of my favorite horror movies. It's about 17th century Moldavia in which Princess Asa and her brother Prince Igor were condemned to death by their own brother for commiting crimes of witchcraft and vampirism. But Princess Asa put a cursed on her family and bowed to comeback from the death to avenge her death. In my opinion this movie is better than most American Horror films. Great atmosphere and excellent directing job by Mario Bava. Also great double role by Barbara Steele as both Princess Asa and Princess Katia. Her mysterious beauty is a big plus in this movie. |
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