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La maschera del demonio

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La maschera del demonio

Also known as Black Sunday

1960 · Not rated · 1h 26m · Italian

Curator Score8.0/ 10
STARE INTO THESE EYES...Discover deep within them the unspeakable, terrifying secret of BLACK SUNDAY...It will paralyze you with fright!

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In theaters
February 15, 1961

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Curator Certificate

8.0

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Fear4.0
Gore2.0
Atmosphere7.4
Intensity5.0
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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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Genres

horror

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Content Warnings

Religious themesTortureEye trauma
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Directed by

Mario Bava

Written by

Mario Serandrei, Ennio De Concini

Cinematography

Mario Bava

Music

Roberto Nicolosi

Starring

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 · Antonio Pierfederici as Priest · Tino Bianchi as Ivan - Manservant

Production

Galatea Film, Jolly Film

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