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Black Sunday

Black Sunday

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Black Sunday

"STARE INTO THESE EYES...Discover deep within them the unspeakable, terrifying secret of BLACK SUNDAY...It will paralyze you with fright!"

1960

1h 26m

7.4(598 votes)

Horror

Overview

A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand in her way.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda

John Richardson

John Richardson

Dr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas Gorobec

Andrea Checchi

Andrea Checchi

Dr. Choma Kruvajan / Dr. Thomas Kruvajan

Ivo Garrani

Ivo Garrani

Prince Vajda

Arturo Dominici

Arturo Dominici

Igor Javutich / Javuto

Enrico Olivieri

Prince Constantine Vajda

Antonio Pierfederici

Antonio Pierfederici

Priest

Tino Bianchi

Tino Bianchi

Ivan - Manservant

Clara Bindi

Clara Bindi

Inn Keeper

Mario Passante

Mario Passante

Nikita - Coachman

Creative team

Directed by: Mario Bava
Written by: Mario Serandrei
Ennio De Concini
Produced by: Massimo De Rita

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