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Black Sunday

Black Sunday

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

19607.41h 26m

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.

Directed by Mario Bava
Written by Mario Serandrei, Nikolai Gogol, Ennio De Concini
Produced by Massimo De Rita
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Top Cast

Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda

John Richardson

John Richardson

Dr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas Gorobec

Andrea Checchi

Andrea Checchi

Dr. Choma Kruvajan / Dr. Thomas Kruvajan

Ivo Garrani

Ivo Garrani

Prince Vajda

Arturo Dominici

Arturo Dominici

Igor Javutich / Javuto

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Enrico Olivieri

Prince Constantine Vajda

Antonio Pierfederici

Antonio Pierfederici

Priest

Tino Bianchi

Tino Bianchi

Ivan - Manservant

Clara Bindi

Clara Bindi

Inn Keeper

Mario Passante

Mario Passante

Nikita - Coachman

Themes & Keywords

witchvampirecryptblack and whitegothic horroriron mask

About Black Sunday

Black Sunday is a horror film released in 1960 exploring themes of witch, vampire, crypt, black and white, gothic horror, iron mask. Directed by Mario Bava, it stars Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi. 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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