Black Sunday 1960 123movies

Watch: La maschera del demonio 1960 123movies, Full Movie Online – In the Seventeenth Century, in Maldavia, Princess Asa Vajda and her lover Javutich (Arturo Dominici) are killed by the local population, accused of witchcraft. A mask of Satan is attached to their faces. Princess Asa curses her brother, promising revenge to his descents. The body of Javutich is buried outside the cemetery, and the coffin of Princess Asa is placed in the family’s tomb with a cross over it for protection. 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. Dr. Thomas breaks the cross, releasing the evil witch. When they are leaving the place, Dr. Andre meets Princess Katia Vajda, descendant of Princess Asa, and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Katia is threatened by the witch, who wants to use her body to live again..
Plot: 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. Only the girl’s brother and a handsome doctor stand in her way.
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Reviews:

This was just great. My first Bava experience–hopefully I’ll eventually take in his entire oeuvre.

Black Sunday is a black and white gothic horror film focused on the revenge plot of an executed plot and the people trying to stop her.

The plot itself is fine. It’s nothing extra special, but it facilitates the movie well enough. The characters and many of the other general building blocks of the film are also fine. So why is this movie worth watching?

Well, the director, Mario Bava, does a stellar job of setting the scene. The soundtrack to the movie is spectacular. The black and white really aides to the atmosphere, as does the cinematography. The cinematography, in particular, is outstanding. The film relies on a wonderful selection of long shots. There are many shots where the length doesn’t particularly add to the story, but it certainly adds to the atmosphere and overall creepiness of the movie. The film also includes some fairly gruesome scenes, nothing quite like a splatter film, though. The scenes are well placed and add to the experience rather than become the focus themselves.

All in all, if you’re after a great atmospheric horror film and don’t care much about a plot or characters, you may find yourself enjoying Black Sunday.

Living dead masterpiece of Italian cinema
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. More a movie of the undead than a vampire flick, it reminds the horror aficionado of a Val Lewton film from the 1940’s, especially “The Leopard Man,” not that “The Mask of Satan” is about leopards, but the mood and atmosphere are similar.

The film is about a woman of darkness and her mate who were executed for witchcraft two centuries before the Napoleonic period of European history. The most gruesome feature of the execution involved nailing a mask of Satan to their faces by means of a giant sledgehammer before they were entombed. By accident two hundred years later a doctor and his assistant while journeying through the region by coach on a dark stormy night filled with eerie devilish sounds, the doctor removes the mask from Princess Asa Vajda supposed corpse. Now Princess Vajda and her fiendish companion become free to seek their revenge. Their evil is released on the world and must be stopped.

This is undoubtedly director Mario Bava best film. The marvelous camera work draws the viewer into the maelstrom of darkness and evil through innovative movements and angles. The shadowy settings where the actors are posed in ominous fashion are unforgettable. One obvious inspiration for Bava was the contemporary British Hammer horror film popular in America, especially with the drive-in crowd. 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. One wonders if the director of “The Omen,” Richard Donner, patterned his creepy scene in the cemetery with the Rottweilers after this scene in “The Mask of Satan.”

This movie remains a must see for horror fans, somewhat of a lost treasure.

Scared the hell out of me as a kid…
but it doesn’t hold up as an adult. It looks fantastic and has many eerie scenes but I was never really scared. The dubbing is obvious (and hurts) and the story moves very slowly (even at 82 minutes). As for the acting–Steele varies. She’s very beautiful and is good at portraying evil. She seems uncomfortable and stiff portraying the good girl. John Richardson is tall, handsome and good as the hero…the other Italian actors are good also. Also the music score doesn’t work at all. Half the time the music doesn’t seem to match the images! For horror completists or Bava fans only.

Other Information:

Original Language it
Runtime 1 hr 27 min (87 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Horror
Director Mario Bava
Writer Ennio De Concini, Mario Serandrei, Nikolay Gogol
Actors Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi
Country Italy
Awards 1 win & 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Tecnostampa, Roma, Italy
Film Length 2,415 m
Negative Format 35 mm (Dupont)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm