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Black Sunday

1960 · 86 min

A slow, shadowy gothic nightmare of candlelit crypts and hypnotic dread that lingers like a cold draft.

Directed by: Mario Bava
Genres: Horror
Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi

Tagline: STARE INTO THESE EYES...Discover deep within them the unspeakable, terrifying secret of BLACK SUNDAY...It will paralyze you with fright!
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.

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Directed by: Mario Bava
Genres: Horror
Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
death
obsession
identity
faith
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	3
Romance	4
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Mario Bava
Written by: Ennio De Concini, Mario Serandrei
Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici, Enrico Olivieri, Antonio Pierfederici, Tino Bianchi
Music: Roberto Nicolosi
Cinematography: Mario Bava
Runtime: 86 min
Country: Italy
Languages: Italian

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