87 mins |
Rated
M (Violence & horror)
Directed by Mario Bava
Starring Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici, Enrico Olivieri
Playing as part of Academy Cinemas' October retrospective festival, 'Season of the Witch'.
One screening only!
‘Legendary Scream Queen Barbara Steele stars in this classic slice of gothic terror from the father of fantastic Italian cinema Mario Bava.
A beautiful witch is sentenced to death for her evil deeds by her own brother, condemned to die by having a metal mask hammered onto her face before being burnt at the stake. But when two unwitting travellers discover her final resting place and worse, drip blood on her resting corpse, they unleash her once again in all her stunningly beautiful, terrifying glory...
Banned in the UK on its release, Black Sunday set a groundbreaking precedent for 60s and 70s Italian horror: highly stylised, lurid, violent and unforgettable…’
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Playing as part of Academy Cinemas' October retrospective festival, 'Season of the Witch'.
One screening only!
‘Legendary Scream Queen Barbara Steele stars in this classic slice of gothic terror from the father of fantastic Italian cinema Mario Bava.
A beautiful witch is sentenced to death for her evil deeds by her own brother, condemned to die by having a metal mask hammered onto her face before being burnt at the stake. But when two unwitting travellers discover her final resting place and worse, drip blood on her resting corpse, they unleash her once again in all her stunningly beautiful, terrifying glory...
Banned in the UK on its release, Black Sunday set a groundbreaking precedent for 60s and 70s Italian horror: highly stylised, lurid, violent and unforgettable…’