ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Sameir Ali Two centuries ago, two Satan worshipers (Princess Asa Vajda and her lover) are captured and crucified. But, the ritual fire was interrupted by an unexpected rain. She challenges to wipe out the entire family of her brother who did this. After two centuries, she wakes up and wanted to regain her life through her exact replica, Katia Vajda.Some of the effects in the film was really unbelievable. It's hard to think how they pulled out those effects in 1960.It's really a nice film for horror film lovers. #KiduMovie

elvircorhodzic BLACK Sunday is a fantasy horror which through a Gothic atmosphere and a fairy-tale story reminds on the famous horror films from the early thirties of the last century.Once upon a time in Moldavia, a beautiful witch and her lover are sentenced to death for sorcery by her brother. Before her death, she vows revenge and puts a curse on her brother's descendants. Several centuries later, two doctors are traveling through Moldavia to a medical conference. They accidentally discover a witch's grave in an ancient crypt. One of the doctors, by accident, breaks a plate on her grave. He removes "a death mask" from her face. On that occasion, he cuts his hand on a broken glass and some of his blood drips onto her dead face. The witch is brought back to life by doctor's blood. It's time for revenge...Almost all elements in this horror are too grotesque. The film, by his structure, irresistibly reminds on "Dracula" from 1931. A terrifying tale about a revenge of bloodthirsty creatures becomes boring in the second part of the film. A pretty cold and creepy scenery deserves compliments. Cobwebs, vampires, crypts and a spooky castle may do not look convincing, but they increase the horror atmosphere.The acting is pretty solid. Barbara Steele as Katia Vajda/Princess Asa Vajda is a kind of link between the living and the dead character. Her face leaves a very strong impression. She was a quite successful, considering the fact that one character is a primordial good and other is an extreme evil, in that dual role. John Richardson as Dr. Andre Gorobec is inconclusive as some sort of John Harker.This movie has definitely shaken fans of Gothic horror.

Red-Barracuda Black Sunday is a very significant film in several ways. For one thing, it is the key movie that got the Italian Gothic horror sub-genre underway. Secondly, it cemented actress Barbara Steele's reputation as one of the queens of the horror genre. Thirdly, and most importantly, it was the film that truly announced director Mario Bava to the world and was the first in a long line of extremely good directorial efforts which established him as an undisputed king of Italian genre cinema.In the 1600's a witch is executed brutally by having a mask of Satan nailed into her face, two hundred years later she is resurrected and vows revenge on the descendants of the family who killed her. It is in truth a very rudimentary plot of the kind that could be found in many other supernatural horror films. But what makes this one stand out from the crowd is the visual eloquence that Bava brings. He had been chiefly a cinematographer up to this point in his career and it certainly shows, with some beautiful fluid camera-work, great lighting and well composed framing. It does have to be said though that this was one of only a couple of films that he directed which were black-and-white; this doesn't prevent him from composing great imagery but because he went on to become such a master of colour, it does have to be said that it does lack this hugely important factor which defined his subsequent work so greatly. Aside from Bava's eye, this one does benefit considerably from having Steele at its disposal and this is certainly one of the films which utilises her best in that she gets to play a dual-role of the witch and an innocent heroine. She convinces fully in both modes and adds a lot of class in front of the lens.Unlike quite a few people, I wouldn't put this one in the upper bracket of Bava's output. I think the over-familiarity of the plot ensures it doesn't stand out as much as other bolder, more original films in his later filmography. But it is still very well done for this kind of thing and certainly is a key entry in the Gothic horror boom of the 50's / 60's.

Fella_shibby I saw this first in the early nineties. Revisited it few days back on a blu ray. This movie introduced the world to Mario Bava and Barbara Steele. This is Bava's first directorial effort after years working as a cinematographer. Mario Bava was an awesome cinematographer and his attention to atmosphere when placing the camera is something that sets him apart from many other directors. Bava captured the essence of Gothic horror including a graveyard, a crypt, a castle, and a spooky forest very well in this film. Bava made the film in a Hammeresque way ala stuffy performances and stuffier costumes, mist-filled cemeteries and dust-covered castles. The atmosphere is very heavy and the imagery very dense making the film a true classic Gothic horror. The direction is efficient, the performances are good, the plot is something like - a witch/vampire n her lover/warlock who is put to death by her own brother, only to return 200 years later to seek revenge on her descendants. This film was a ground-breaking and extremely bold step in the development of Italian horror and has had a great influence on almost everyone who first saw it, from Argento to Tim Burton.