Black Sunday (1960)
Directed by Mario Bava
this film stars Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo Garrani and
Arturo Dominici. In 1630 a woman is put to death by her brother for
Satanic crimes and two hundred years later she rises again to curse
her brother's descendent.
This film has been
hugely influential on the horror genre and it brings a level of gore
not really seen up to the point it was made but the story itself is
not that different from many efforts in the genre. The plot ticks
along nicely and does what it is designed to do but is not what you
would call tension filled. Most of the acting is passable if
unremarkable and similarly I would not say the direction stands out
either.
3/5
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