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Ep 115 - Mario Bava's BLACK SUNDAY (1960) Unmasked – The Italian Gothic Horror Boom Begins!
BLACK SUNDAY (1960) d. Mario Bava (Italy)
Tonight we're discussing Mario Bava's Black Sunday (aka The Mask of Satan) (1960), one of the most atmosphere-drenched cinematic forays into the supernatural. Marrying the feel of the Universal classics with the darkness of a Grimm fairy tale, and adding in the gorier and sexier feel of the rising Hammer color Gothics, this tour-de-force directorial debut introduced the world to Italian DP Mario Bava and scream queen in the making Barbara Steele, both becoming genre superstars overnight.
The breathtaking opening sequence, featuring a spike-studded…
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