Overall Rating:  4.38 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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(The Mask of Satan)
In the 17th Century Moldavia, the evil Princess Asa is condemned to death for witchcraft and vampirism, along with her brother Prince Igor Javutich. Two hundred years later, two doctors en route to a medical convention discover her crypt and accidentally set her resurrection in motion! With the help of Javutich and others whom she enthralls with her cold, dead kiss, Asa sets her sights on her ultimate victim-princess Katia, her own twin descendant!
In 1960, Mario Bava made his directorial feature debut with La Maschera del Demonio (The Mask of Satan), a film that achieved world-wide commercial and critical success under its better-known title of Black Sunday.
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Features:
| Uncut European Version - First Time on Video in the United States
Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary and Liner Notes by Bava Scholar and Video Watchdog Publisher Tim Lucas
Director and Cast Filmographies
Extensive Mario Bava Biography by Tim Lucas
Photo & Poser Gallery | Video:
| | Widescreen 1.66:1 B&W (Anamorphic) | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
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| Studio: Image Ent.
Production Year: 1961
Release Date: 12/14/1999
Length: 87 mins
Rating: NR
Chapters: 15
| Includes: Audio Commentary
Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-SL
Item Code: ID5942AODVD
UPC Code: 014381594225
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Overall Rating: 4.38 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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BAVA - HAMMER : 1 - 0 - 4.25 out of 5 (3/14/2000)
At least, one scene of italian director Mario Bava's BLACK SUNDAY will haunt your memory for a long time : Javutich, played by a sepulchral Arturo Dominici, kidnaps a doctor and drives him to the castle's chapel in a diligence. The hellish trip is partly filmed in slow-motion without any sound. Astounding ! and a great homage to the german director F.-W. Murnau who shot the same scene in 1922 for his NOSFERATU but in a slightly different manner.
In 1961, the British Hammer Films reigned over
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Stare into these eyes - 4.5 out of 5 (1/15/2000)
At a time when Italian horror movies were not a recognised home grown commodity, Mario Bava's directorial debut with Black Sunday in 1960 launched not only his own international career but that of future Queen of Horror and J. Arthur Rank starlet, Barbara Steele. Shot in atmospheric B&W (Bava had a long apprenticeship in Italian cinema as a cinematographer) the movie harks back to the glories of classic Universal in the 1930's matched with the contemporary freedom brought to the genre by Hammer
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