The film has a good, nail biter music score by john williams. A powerful short film that depicts the tragic day for the nyfd, where 3 firefighters lost their lives in two separate incidents in new york city, with another 4 being critically injured. I would never tout myself as an expert on the italian gorehounds work, but after watching black sunday everything i presumed to know was shattered. Black sunday is a 1977 american thriller film directed by john frankenheimer, based on thomas harris novel of the same name. Overview of black sunday, 1961, directed by mario bava, with barbara steele, john richardson, ivo garrani, at turner classic movies. Anyone who has not seen this film will be taken aback by its stunning black and white visual beauty, represented here in a pristine transfer where the blacks hold firm and the. The film was based on a novel by thomas harristhe creator of hannibal lecter. Baxters complete score to black sunday was released in 2011 by kritzerland, whose cd contains the music in chronological order. Stunning canvas worthy horror film is the equivalent of a celebrated portrait of evil by a noted artist. October 27 film saturday night and sunday morning released, first of the british socialrealist wave. Black sunday1977 is a suspensethriller released in the summer of 1977. The initial video release by stablecane in 1986 as black sunday featured the shorter reedited u. It was an adaptation of the short story viy by nikolai gogol. Coming on the heels of a stormy season, the april 14 storm hit as many.
Mario bavas black sunday aka the mask of satan senses. Thomas kruvajan directed by mario bava the short version. If youre a longtime journeys in classic film follower you know ive watched many a mario bava film courtesy of kino classics mario bava collection. Black sunday 1960 aka the mask of satan aka il maschera del demonio barbara steele katia vajdaasa vajda, john richardson dr. Find art you love and shop highquality art prints, photographs, framed artworks and posters at. Black sunday american experience official site pbs. Black sunday 1960 stream and watch online moviefone. Enter challenges, watch videos, and take part in our annual vote to decide the best film, tv show and game of the year. In black sunday, she played both princess asa and katia. In 1961 it was distributed in the us, france, japan, mexico, and west germany.
Staring barbara steele, andrea checchi, ivo garrani and john richardson. A film that was 25 years ahead of its time, john frankenheimers black sunday is an intelligently written, complex and constantly intense thriller that builds to an extremely exciting climax. Black sunday, ivo garrani, barbara steele, 1960 us. Steele is superb as both a vampire witch and her heiress victim. Mario bavas feature length debut black sunday is a stunning gothic horror film that still manages to terrify decades after its release. Starring the british comedian tony hancock, it was written by ray galton and alan simpson. Black sunday was produced in the wake of the arabisraeli conflicts of 1967 and 1973. As you might have heard, the first ever black sunday film festival event takes over the hen and chickens theatre on sunday 4th february, and what a brilliant line up of films they have to kick things off this includes a collection of incredible short films from all over the world, with two amazing feature films closing out block 1 and 2 of the event. Black sunday is the powerful story of a black september terrorist group attempting to blow up a goodyear blimp hovering over the super bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the president of the united states in attendance. The storm on black sunday was the last major dust storm of the year, and the damage it caused was not calculated for months. Beautifully shot, bavas film possesses atmosphere that. Black sunday soundtrack cd details and availability.
Black sunday 1961 leave a reply technically, the movie ill be talking about here is the mask of satan, and the difference between the mask of satan and black sunday british and american release titles respectively is slightly more than a mere matter of alternate titles. Without barbara steele, italian horror might have been very different. Savant wrote another article about cuts made to black sunday when it was imported to england and america, censorship for a. S print which was missing around 3 mins of violence including cuts to the burning of vajda, the eye gouging, and the. Black sundayserved as our introduction to one of the crucial icons of italian horror. Available for the first time ever on vinyl, we are pleased to present john williams tremendous score for black sunday while the film ultimately failed to garner much financial success at the box office, it is still regarded as a critical success, and williams score is among the finest of his career. On such a tight budget bava made a film that will stay in the memory long after its watched. We feel a moral obligation to warn you that the picture you are about to see will shock you as no other film ever has black sunday music composed and conducted by les baxter the moral obligation warning came at the head of the american international pictures us version of 1960s black sunday, which was actually released in the us in 1961. Media in category 1961 in film the following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total. The mask of satan or black sunday is mario bavas first film and its an amazing debut. The screenplay was written by ernest lehman, kenneth ross, and ivan moffat. Rather than creating a singleminded exercise in terror, bava shows all the delicate visual sensibilities.
Released by kritzerland in 2011 kr 200187 containing music from black sunday 1960. A 1960 italian horror classic directed by mario bava. The film was produced by robert evans, and stars robert shaw, bruce dern, and marthe keller. A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witchs beautiful lookalike descendant. It was nominated for the edgar allan poe award for best motion picture in 1978. This is gothic horror at its best, it just looks stunning. The film was initially rejected for cinema in 1961 by the bbfc and passed 7 years later with cuts as revenge of the vampire. Andre gorobec, arturo dominici igor javutich, andrea checchi dr. Within the conventional limits of hollywood storytelling, the film treats intelligently the relationship between political turmoil in the middle east and the advent of international terrorism on a broad scale, one of the most significant developments of the era. Black sunday itself would go on to influence later films such as tim burtons sleepy hollow 1999 and bram. Check out our patreon page and join our horror family. The best thing about black sunday is its pulsating rhythm of suspense and the glittering texture of details it assembles as it drives its way toward its climax. Black sunday soundtrack from 1961, composed by les baxter. The movies style, cinematography and story harkens back to older gothic horror films of the 1930s.
Released 1960, black sunday stars barbara steele, john richardson, ivo garrani, andrea checchi the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 23 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Only the girls brother and a handsome doctor stand in her way. It was his first film where he received actual credit for his work. Its a great example of black and white as well, showcasing the mixture of light and dark to eerie effect. Baftas destination for youngsters to come and discover the magical worlds of film, television and games. Black sunday is one of the best gothic horror films ever made, because the atmosphere is so damn impeccable. As mentioned above, the look of black sunday is simply perfect. Mario bavas gothic cult classic stars barbara steele as a woman executed as a witch, but not before pronouncing a curse on her executors. Call me genius is a 1961 satirical comedy film about the clash between bourgeois and bohemian cultures. Special edition on dvd 014381594225 from image ent directed by mario bava.
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