La maschera del demonio - The Mask of Satan/Black Sunday (1960)
LA MASCHERA DEL DEMONIO - THE MASK OF SATAN/BLACK SUNDAY (1960)
A Film by Mario Bava
DVD5 | 1.66:1 | BW | English and French Version | Optional French subtitles | 87 min.
DVD5 Image (.ISO) | PAL | 3.6GB | 200MB RARs | RS
A Film by Mario Bava
DVD5 | 1.66:1 | BW | English and French Version | Optional French subtitles | 87 min.
DVD5 Image (.ISO) | PAL | 3.6GB | 200MB RARs | RS
Secluded castles, musty hallways, tree branches that reach like hands, mist-shrouded forests, stranded travelers, duplicitous lovers who conspire to murder, secret passageways that descend to deteriorating crypts–this is the stuff of Italian gothic horror, one of the most exciting and atmospheric sub-genres of film, and Mario Bava was one of its greatest practitioners.
Bava's career as a director got started only with the assistance of director Riccardo Freda. After Freda left the set of I VAMPIRI (American title: The Devil's Commandment) due to a disagreement with the producers, Bava completed the final days of filming. Until I VAMPIRI (1957) presented the opportunity for him to take the director's seat, Bava was content as a cinematographer and special effects artist. He may have lacked the ambition to become a director on his own, but Freda suspected Bava needed a little extra push. When Freda signed on to direct CALTIKI: THE IMMORTAL MONSTER (1959), he insisted upon Bava as his cinematographer. Midway into the production, Freda left again, turning over the direction to Bava. The resulting movie [LA MASCHERA DEL DEMONIO] looks much more like Bava's movie than Freda's. –Gary Johnson
BLACK SUNDAY is not merely equal to the best of Murnau, Whale, Freund and the Universal Pictures canon but surpasses all contenders with M.C. Escheresque visuals informed with the dark poetry of stylish sadism. Barbara Steele imbues her portrayal of the vampire/witch with a demonic majesty never before brought to the screen. Indeed, her visage a landscape of puncture wounds bearing forth wild, burning eyes and thick, cruel lips (promising the joys of eternal Hell) evokes the very standard of Italian fantascienza of the Sixties. The genius of Mario Bava is celebrated in highest form in this flagship effort, his directorial debut. This film enshrines Italian horror at its best, and Arturo Dominici's performance as vampire/sorcerer is nothing less than stellar. A chiaroscuro Black Mass. –csdietrich@hotmail.com on imdb.com
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- Mario Bava biography and filmography (In French)
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