Although Italian director Bava is somewhat overrated, this is his one undisputed masterpiece.
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10/19/09
Black Sunday (1960)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:12
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Buxom B-movie queen Barbara Steele stars in this beautiful, atmospheric film about the long dead evil Princess Asa and her brother who are accidentally brought back to life. Asa goes on a quest to... [More]
Starring: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani
Director: Mario Bava
Reviews for Black Sunday
1 - 15 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
...a melodramatic, thoroughly overwrought horror flick that's aged incredibly poorly in the years since its 1960 release.
02/06/08
One of the cinema's preeminent examples of gothic horror.
02/05/08
Though shot in black-and-white, it demonstrates Bava's extraordinary skill with light and motion and shadow, used to suggest unholy things.
04/12/07
The most influentual figure in Italian exploitation horror movies would never again match the success of this venture.
09/17/06
The visual style still impresses, but the story beneath it has become too formularised for the film to retain all its original power.
02/09/06
No review available.
08/08/05
It will leave its audiences yearning for that quiet, sunny little motel in Psycho.
05/10/05
Top CriticNo review available.
03/12/04
No review available.
01/29/04
Glorious to look at, but commonplace storyline.
09/04/03
Hypnotic and compelling.
07/30/03
Mario Bava's first film is gorgiously photographed and often eerie, but it fails to scare much by today's standards.
02/13/03
Visually stunning, black and white creeper.
09/02/02
No review available.
09/02/02
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