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21 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings What to know. [25] There are two accounts describing how Steele came to be cast in the film: one suggests that Bava, while perusing through head shots of British actors under contract at Fox, selected Steele from these photos. [52] Arkoff deemed the ELDA version of the film to be "technically unacceptable", and had Lou Rusoff produce a new English version at Titra Studios in New York City, which was directed by Lee Kresel and edited by Salvatore Billitteri. So it was just a natural thing to see him in the director's chair at last. Be serious. Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Pinterest ; In 1956, two Italian filmmakers set out to accomplish what surely seemed like an impossible feat at the time: to create a horror film in a country that had banned such a concept several decades earlier. [26] Bava later commented that Steele "had the perfect face for my films". The witch hypnotizes Kruvajan and says she needs the rest of his blood. [60][61] Black Sunday grossed $14,750 in its first week at the Allen Theatre, which topped AIP's previous record holders by 35%. Mario Bava. Gorobec finds Asa and Katia. Episode 40 — Black Sunday (1960) “Viy,” a short story by Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, provides a loose foundation for the film’s screenplay, written by Ennio De Concini and Mario Serandrei. Arturo Dominici in Black Sunday (1960) [Click to enlarge] Bottom Line Though the A.I.P version of Black Sunday is cut down to 83 minutes from the film’s original length of 87 minutes, it’s worth watching in its own terms, as the soundtrack is different from the original, and creates a different effect. The two men leave her and drive to an inn. [22] Black Sunday focused on combining eroticism and horror, specifically the eroticism of a tortured body — a trend that other European horror filmmakers like Jean Rollin and Jesús Franco would follow. It's witchcraft, Italian-style, in this visually elegant thriller. More Buying Choices $2.76 (48 used & new offers) Kindle $19.22 $ 19. [2], Before its release in the United States, AIP considered renaming the film Witchcraft, The Curse or Vengeance, before settling on Black Sunday. Returning outside, Kruvajan and Gorobec meet Katia Vajda. Barbara Steele in Black Sunday (1960) [Click to enlarge] Video. This is usually referred to as the "European Version.". 'The mask of the demon') is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava in his official directorial debut, and starring Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici and Enrico Oliveri. Synopsis. We let you watch movies online without having to register or paying, with over 10000 movies and TV-Series. It was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1978. [2][3][5], From the late 1950s to the early 1960s, the Italy-based production company Galatea was among the most active producers of genre films. Princess Asa curses her brother, promising revenge to his descents. Asa then kisses him, turning him into her servant. Black Sunday (1960) Director: Mario Bava Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson Certificate: 15 Running time: 87 minutes Release date: 4 February 2012. The story concerns a group of students' encounter with an old witch capable of transforming into a beautiful woman, whose death summons the Viy, a gnome chieftain with a face made of iron and eyes that are capable of penetrating spiritual barriers, which are covered by heavy eyelids that droop to the ground. Welcome to Folk Horror Friday! A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch’s beautiful look-alike descendant, with only the girl’s brother and a handsome doctor standing in her way. A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant, … [22], Bava felt that Black Sunday needed a British cast to convince the audience that they would be watching a film as strong as Dracula. 79 $34.95 $34.95. Due to the small size of the sound stage being used, forests were suggested by filming with glass matte paintings painted with black streaks and augmented with pieces of dead wood, foregrounded bracken, and smoke was filtered through the studio to disguise a cyclorama. Javutich brings Kruvajan to the castle under the pretext that his services are needed. The film stars Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Arturo Dominici and Ivo Garrani. Images of Black Sunday. [82] In the late 1960s, producer Lawrence Woolner approached Bava to remake Black Sunday in color; the project never materialized. Mario Bava's gothic cult classic stars Barbara Steele as a woman executed as a witch, but not before pronouncing a curse on her executors. [17] Bava later noted that, "Such was the genius of the screenwriters, myself included, that absolutely nothing remained of Gogol's tale. Director Mario Bava's first feature, known originally as La Maschera del demonio (The Mask of the Demon), unleashed a flood of Italian Gothics and, a decade later, the slasher films, known as "gialli," that built the cult reputations of directors Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci. The priest then arrives with many torch-carrying villagers, and they burn Asa to death. Blu-ray Review: Black Sunday (1960) – Arrow Video Release. [22] Black Sunday, by contrast, depicted violence without suggestion. Mario Bava is the director and cinematographer of Black Sunday and a beautifully shot film it is. Horror. Arkoff and Nicholas felt Nicolosi's score was "too Italian" and that American audiences would not like it. . Black Sunday (1960) - Feature. version of Black Sunday with Arrow’s 2013 UK release shows them to have been transferred from the same HD master. However, Vajda is so terrified by the visit he becomes paralyzed with fear. Crew. [83] "Viy" would be adapted for screen again in 1967 with Konstantin Yershow and Georgi Kropachoyov's Viy and later in 1990 as Sveto mesto by Djordje Kadijevic. But he was unique, and we all knew it". The Illustrated History of Horror and Science-Fiction Films, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, "Black Sunday by Giuliano Nistri (American International, c.1996)", "La Maschera Del Demonio / Black Sunday • Preorders Are Open", "The Screen: Horrors! [22], Lord alone knows I was difficult enough. Original Language: Italian. These were then substituted with poached eggs, representing the eyes. [44] Mario Bava recalled that after the film's release he had received several offers for the mask. BLACK Sunday (Mario Bava - Italy 1960). These elements would be found in later Italian genres, such as the Spaghetti Western and the giallo. from here, Bava maintains the opening’s energy and tone through rich black and white atmosphere as stark as it is ripe with the looming eeriness that lies ahead and all about. A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome. Horror. "[85], The "inquisition"-themed imagery of Black Sunday's opening scene was referenced in multiple horror films throughout the 1960s and beyond, including The Brainiac (1962), Terror in the Crypt (1964), Bloody Pit of Horror (1964), The She Beast (1966), The Blood Demon (1967) and The Haunting of Morella (1990). [54] AIP's editing reduced the film's runtime to 83 minutes, compared to the 87 minute runtime of most Italian prints. The Mask of Satan Director: Mario Bava Two centuries after her death, a witch (Barbara Steele) returns to seek vengeance on the descendants of her executioner. [62] The Italian owners of the film released it in Japan through Toshiba Video and in the United Kingdom through Redemption Video on VHS. Black Sunday is a genre classic. [71] This version, copyrighted in 2000, was supervised by Bava associate Alfredo Leone of International Media Films as a means of preventing the film from falling into the public domain; it features new, red-colored credit titles in place of the original credits, a newly-recorded opening narration, and cues from Baxter's score for Baron Blood that play over scenes that originally lacked music. Get it as soon as Wed, Sep 9. A ruined chapel is prominently featured in both works, as is the transformation of a witch into a beautiful young woman; the bronze "Mask of Satan" hammered onto Asa and Javutich's faces is a possible reference to the Viy's iron face and eyelids. Black Sunday (Italian: La maschera del demonio; also known as The Mask of Satan and Revenge of the Vampire) is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava, from a screenplay by Ennio de Concini, Mario Serandrei and Marcello Coscia (who was uncredited). Italy, 1960. 1960. It appeared in a reader's choice poll conducted by Fangoria of the ten greatest horror films made before 1970, where it tied for number seven with Fisher's Dracula. Black Sunday (1960) a.k.a. My quick rating - 6,9/10. [56] Lucas considers the re-score to be a major factor in the success of the American version, noting, "Baxter's score is everything Nicolosi's score is not: boisterous, unsubtle, boldly orchestrated, incessantly busy — musically underlining every footfall, every droplet of dripping blood [...] every smoking undulation of dry ice". But Mario Bava’s monochrome masterpiece ‘Black Sunday’ fully deserves to b [47] Other examples of Bava's matte work in the film include an exterior shot of Castle Vajda as a window is illuminated by the moon, and a subjective shot of the pit of spikes over which Andrej and Javutich fight over. "[75] Variety proclaimed that "There is sufficient cinematography ingenuity and production flair [...] to keep an audience pleasantly unnerved. From Onibaba to The Exorcist, Black Sunday’s influence is as strong as its stomach-turning effects work, a must-see for any fanatic of Giallo or other horror sub-genres. It's witchcraft, Italian-style, in this visually elegant thriller. [75], In a retrospective review, Timothy Sullivan wrote in The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural (1986) that the film was, "A supremely atmospheric horror film" and was Bava's "first and best directorial job, and the first of the 1960s cycle of Italian Gothic cinema [...] [The film] remains [Bava's] greatest achievement, without a doubt one of the best horror films ever made. [62] Image Entertainment released it on VHS and DVD for the first time in the United States in 1999. [16], The film's credits list only de Concini and the film's editor, Mario Serandrei, as the screenwriters; official papers archived at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (CSC) library in Rome credit Bava, Serandrei, de Concini and Coscia, as well as Dino De Palma. From Onibaba to The Exorcist, Black Sunday’s ... {1960} oh to be pretty, faint all the time, live in a castle and have an evil witch twin like barbara steele in this. Stars: Barbara Steele, Andrea Checchi, Mario Passante, John Richardson, Tino Bianchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici, Enrico Olivieri, Antonio Pierfederici, Renato Terra, Clara Bindi, Nando Gazzolo, Germana Dominici 31 of 36 people found this review helpful. [21] As storyboarded, the hammering of the "Mask of Satan" was originally supposed to include a shot of the nails of the mask piercing through the wood of the stake Asa is tied to, amplifying the violence of the scene. The arrival of Katia Vajda with what appear to be the dogs of Hell, standing like a silhouette of damnation, reminds one of a Caspar David Friedrich painting from the German Romantic art movement of the Napoleonic era. After saving him from possible suffocation, Bava restaged the shot to ensure Dominici's safety by filming his hand scrabbling over a mound of earth at a low angle. [47], Because Serandrei rarely worked as a writer, Lucas has suggested that his screenplay credit indicates that his responsibilities went beyond cutting scenes together and that he helped Bava correct narrative flaws in post-production. Paperback $27.79 $ 27. Black Sunday (1960) 9 August 2000 16 January 2020. Everett. The film received generally negative reviews in Italy but garnered far more positive reviews abroad in France and the United States, where it received favorable notices in Cahiers du Cinéma, New York Daily News, Time, and Variety. 4.2 out of 5 stars 7. [71] In the 2010s, Time Out polled authors, directors, actors and critics who had worked in the horror genre to vote for their top horror films; Black Sunday was listed at number 84 on their top 100. Showing all 4 items Jump to: Summaries (3) Synopsis (1) Summaries . [59] AIP premiered the film at the Allen Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 3, 1961. Trailer. :' Black Sunday,' From Italy, Has Premiere", "Black Sunday (US Blu-Ray Review [A.I.P. Two hundred years later, they are accidentally resurrected and in revenge, Asa goes after her descendents, including her look-alike, Katia. This includes her claim that the film was shot in winter, and that everyone on set had worn black and white costumes, neither of which are true. Javutich throws Constantine into a death pit and takes Katia to Asa. A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch’s beautiful look-alike descendant, with only the girl’s brother and a handsome doctor standing in her way. "[77] Richard Gilliam of AllMovie gave the film a four and a half star rating out of five, opining that with it, Bava created "a visual feast of the strange and forbidden that unleashes an adolescent-like interest in the unreal world" that was "easily among the most influential films of the Italian Gothic horror era". Drama. The ghost of a sadistic nobleman attempts to rekindle his romance with his terrorized, masochistic former lover, who is unwillingly affianced to his brother. She contacts Javutich telepathically. [76] In his 1967 book The Illustrated History of Horror and Science-Fiction Films, Carlos Clarens declared Black Sunday was the "best of [Mario Bava's] work" while his later work "rejected chiaroscuro in favor of lush Technicolor and developed the directorial of Black Sunday into mannered tricks such as gratuitous abrupt cuts and an unrestrained use of the zoom lens". When they are leaving the place, Dr. Andre meets Princess Katia Vajda, descendant of Princess Asa, and falls in love with her. Black Sunday (1960) Posted on 10 Hours Ago by Bobby Carroll Mario Bava directs Barbara Steele, John Richardson and Andrea Checchi in this gothic horror where an executed witch is brought back to life and wants the nubile body of her ancestor. Bronze masks with sharp spikes on the inside are placed over Asa and Javutich's faces and hammered into their flesh, but a sudden storm prevents the villagers from burning them at the stake. Asa vows revenge and puts a curse on Griabi's descendants. ... For a period like 1960 when camera set-ups where still largely static, Bava’s camerawork is incredibly sinuous and fluid, always on the move. He cuts his hand on the broken glass and some of his blood drips onto Asa. Version])", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Sunday_(1960_film)&oldid=1013912095, Articles containing Italian-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Germana Dominici as Sonya, the Innkeeper's Daughter, This page was last edited on 24 March 2021, at 03:47. critics consensus . [73] On its release in the United Kingdom, Tom Milne of the Monthly Film Bulletin declared that Black Sunday was "One of Bava's best films, with a fluid visual style and a narrative grip that only weakens towards the end. It was a success that produced a deluge of continental (primarily Italian) horror. [17] Other papers also credit Fede Arnaud, Domenico Bernabei, Walter Bedogni, Lucia Torelli and Maria Nota. [8] Due to the recent success of Terence Fisher's version of Dracula for Hammer Film Productions, Bava decided to make a horror film. [c] An example of the latter was due to her belief in a rumor that Bava had invented a special film stock that made its subjects appear nude. The main title is video generated (in bright red) and superimposed over the black and white film. More Buying Choices $12.78 (7 used & new offers) Multi-Format $14.99 $ 14. [47] The explosion of Asa's tomb was a miniature effect; pieces of the lid were pulled away by fine wires to reveal a doll of Asa inside. Black Sunday Blu-ray Viavision [Imprint] 34 1977 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 143 min. Lucas concurs on this point, noting that while Bava would provide storyboards and occasionally adjust lights and lenses, Terzano was largely in control of which takes would be printed. An American expatriate in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and conducts his own investigation despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer. While waiting for their coachman to fix it, the two wander into a nearby ancient crypt and discover Asa's tomb. Director: Mario Bava. Directed by Mario Bava. The Mask of Satan Director: Mario Bava Two centuries after her death, a witch (Barbara Steele) returns to seek vengeance on the descendants of her executioner. These include Katia's irascible dismissal of Sonya's claim that Javutich might be alive, her flirtatious invitation to Andrej to stay in the castle, and her seeing Javutich's reflection while undressing. Black Sunday 1960 Full movie online MyFlixer MyFlixer is a Free Movies streaming site with zero ads. Black Sunday was released in 1960 and has generally received positive reviews. THE MASK OF SATAN (87 minutes): The complete version of the film featuring the original English language dubbing recorded in Italy and the original Italian score by Roberto Nicolosi. She identifies Kruvajan's escort with a painting of Javutich. When the witch goes to take her blood, the crucifix around Katia's neck thwarts her. [40] Steele admitted to her misbehavior during the film's shoot later in life and noted that towards the end of the shoot, she and Richardson were prone to nervous fits of laughter due to the stress they had accumulated over the course of filming. Bava also did a remake of Black Sunday for the European television series Sabbath titled La maschera del demonio which premiered in June 1990 at Rome's Fantafestival. Get it as soon as Wed, Sep 9. [58], After being passed uncut by the Board of Censors, Black Sunday was theatrically released in Italy as La maschera del demonio on August 11, 1960, where it was distributed by Unidis. While noting that Leone created this version in the best interests of preserving Bava's work, Lucas has lambasted it as a "cacophonous, tone-deaf mess". 'BLACK SUNDAY' - Horror Vein Podcast #42. The murder of a wealthy countess, which was erroneously deemed suicide, triggers a chain reaction of brutal killings in the surrounding bay area, as several unscrupulous characters try to take over her large estate. Black Sunday, 1960. Loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "Viy", the film takes place in Moldavia and tells the story of a witch who is put to death by her brother, only to return two centuries later to seek revenge upon his descendants. It is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava, from a screenplay by Ennio de Concini, Mario Serandrei and Marcello Coscia. Asa pretends to be Katia and tells Gorobec that Katia is the witch. For students of horror, 1960 is remembered as the year of ‘Peeping Tom’ and ‘Psycho’. Mario Bava's first feature as a director (although he did uncredited directorial work before), this classic and extremely influential piece of Gothic horror really showed his cinematographic talent in creating a haunting and stylishly shot film. La Maschera del demonio; a.k.a. [34][72][73] Jean-Paul Torok of Positif also praised the film; Steele was featured on the cover of the magazine's July 1961 issue. He rises from his grave and goes to Prince Vajda's castle, where Vajda holds up a crucifix to ward off the reanimated corpse. Black Sunday (1960) Posted on 10 Hours Ago by Bobby Carroll Mario Bava directs Barbara Steele, John Richardson and Andrea Checchi in this gothic horror where an executed witch is brought back to life and wants the nubile body of her ancestor. [49], Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson of American International Pictures (AIP) had been buying the American distribution rights to Italian films since 1959. Synopsis . Lucas notes that both versions used the score sparingly, leaving the creation of much of the soundscape to the sound editor, although key dramatic scenes, such as the climactic fight between Andrej and Javutich, play with no music at all, suggesting the difficulties of creating music for a film in a genre that was in its infancy in Italy. [16] The Ministerial Commission of Revision, through which all Italian film scripts were required to be submitted for review, remarked that Black Sunday's script "is so stuffed with witches, vampires, skeletons, ghosts, with its complement of murders and dead bodies, that [Fisher's Dracula] looks like a children's show when compared to it. By Asa's command, Kruvajan follows up on the request to tend to Vajda. [79] James Blackford of Sight & Sound reviewed the film in 2013, concluding that, "Italian horror cinema is known for its intense atmosphere, extravagant visual style and gory scenes, and Black Sunday is the film that first pioneered this approach." Black Sunday. [36] Most of the cast delivered their dialogue in English, with the exception of Checchi and the Dominicis;[37] Govoni recalled that while the translation of the original Italian text the cast was given to work with was crude, they mostly stuck to it. 'The mask of the demon') is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava in his official directorial debut, and starring Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici and Enrico Oliveri. Online reviewers have written 229 reviews, giving Black Sunday (1960) an average rating of 74%. BLACK SUNDAY La maschera del demonio. The Mask of Satan / Black Sunday (1960) • 60 Years Later A witch and her servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the witch’s beautiful descendant… Remy Dean Two hundred years later, Professor Thomas Kruvajan and his assistant, Dr. Andre Gorobec, are going to a congress in Russia and they accidentally find the tomb. / La maschera del demonio; The Mask of Satan / Street Date September 18, 2012 / 24.95 Starring Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo Garrani, Andrea Checchi Music Roberto Nicolosi Producers Massimo de Rita Screenplay Ennio de Concini and Mario Serandrei From a tale by Nikolai Gogol [10] The shooting budget of Black Sunday is unknown. [5] AIP removed or shortened the more violent and sexual scenes in the film, including the hammering of the "Mask of Satan" onto Asa's face, the scene in which she kisses Kruvajan to drain his blood, and the priest's staking of Kruvajan's eye. [12] Bava frequently read this story to his children before their bedtime. [24] Steele seldom worked in the United States: she was cast opposite Elvis Presley in the Western Flaming Star, but a falling-out with director Don Siegel led to her being replaced during the first week of shooting by Barbara Eden. "[82][85] Steele later said that Black Sunday "was probably the best of that genre of film I've made, but I don't feel it was the best for me as an actress. Be sure and watch the uncut version with the title "The Mask of Satan," not the censored "Black Sunday" copy, to get the full effect of this living dead masterpiece of Italian cinema. Wrinkles were drawn on Steele's face with red grease pencil, while rouge was applied around her eyes and on her cheeks to make them appear sullen. The difficult thing is that most directors demand excess in acting. Arkoff found the film to be a "picture of a first class horror and suspense director", and was introduced to Bava after the screening, congratulating him. This Week your hosts Robert and Don Review the Classic Italian horror film BLACK SUNDAY! Watch Black Sunday 1960 full Movie free, download black sunday 1960. "Black Sunday" also catapulted Barbara Steele to horror stardom and would make her into the undisputed horror queen of … Dr. Thomas breaks the cross, releasing the evil witch. [44] Eugenio also designed the "Mask of Satan" used in the film. When they are leaving the place, Dr. Andre meets Princess Katia Vajda, descendant of Princess Asa, and falls in love with her. Some chilling moments of both beauty and terror, he has never surpassed. Movie Info. 1960, Horror, 1h 23m. [48], The music for the Italian and ELDA versions of Black Sunday was composed by Roberto Nicolosi and conduced by Pier Luigi Urbini. 'BLACK SUNDAY' - Horror Vein Podcast #42. Black Sunday had limited financial success upon its initial Italian release. "[6], Bava drew extensive storyboards from the film, during which he developed the film's visual style based on his earlier works as cinematographer and co-director. [34][43] In a scene in which Javutich appears to float towards Prince Vajda, Dominici was shot in close-up as he was pulled along by another, makeshift dolly. [16] According to Sergio Leone, de Concini "was far better at improvising stories, live, in front of producers, then writing them down"; this, coupled with his highly prolific resume, has led Bava biographer Tim Lucas to believe that while de Concini contributed many ideas to what would become Black Sunday, he did little of the actual scripting, which Lucas attributes to Marcello Coscia, who co-wrote Bava's early science fiction film The Day the Sky Exploded (1958). Meanwhile, Katia is threatened by the witch, who wants to use her body to live again. Further edits to this version were used to create the 16mm U.S. television syndication version. [71], Black Sunday marked an increase in onscreen violence in film. Written by Gorobec enters the crypt to save Katia, but Javutich attacks him and pushes him to the edge of the death pit. With Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Definitely edgy for its time, that is for sure. This occurred during the shooting of the scene in which Javutich is willed to life by Asa and rises from his grave; the crew was not aware of Dominici's disposition until he failed to surface on cue. [15] Many of the film's themes bare similarity to de Concini's sword and sandal films, including the tarnishing of holy places, the collapse of a decadent sovereign entity, and the casting of one actress in dual roles symbolizing good and evil, as was the case for Silvana Mangano in Ulysses (1954). The undead witch then called upon the Viy to scare the philosopher's soul from his body. [27], John Richardson was cast as Katia's love interest Andrej. Over the summer I’ll be reviewing Folk Horror cinema every Friday! A quick comparison of Kino Lorber’s new release of the A.I.P. Two versions of each mask were made — one cast in bronze and another being a rubber substitute to be used when worn by the actors. Synopsis. [27] Arturo Dominici, who had previously appeared as Eurysteus in Hercules and as Nieto in Caltiki, played the role of Javutich; his daughter Germana also portrayed Sonya, the innkeeper's daughter. [20] Lucas notes that the film features a recurring motif related to eyes and sight, as well as the impairment of both, such as the subjective shot of Asa looking at the spikes of the "Mask of Satan" as it is brought towards her, Andrej falling for Katia at first sight, as well as Kruvajan being staked through the eye; it also features a circularity in its choice of first and last images, as both are of flames that are to be used to put Asa to death. [62] Both the Italian/ELDA and AIP versions were released on Blu-ray in the United States by Kino Lorber in 2012 and 2015, respectively. 29 $19.95 $19.95. [10], Govoni recalled the shoot to be a "very tiring" experience characterized by long work hours. [5][51] In contrast to the embellishments of the ELDA version, Titra's dubbing was largely faithful to the cast's onscreen dialogue, although some phrases were softened, such as Asa's line "You too can find the joy and happiness in Hades!" Black Sunday (1960) Updated: Mar 7. In 1630s Moldavia, Asa Vajda, a vampiric witch, and her paramour, Javutich,[a] are sentenced to death for sorcery by Asa's brother Griabi. [14], Santi deemed Bava's treatment unsatisfactory and hired Galatea's top screenwriter Ennio de Concini, who had co-written both of the Hercules films and The Giant of Marathon, to help the director turn the concept into a workable screenplay. 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