The Drama: A Marriage of Discomfort and Empathy
This is not a film, it’s a drop tower. A drop tower that you don’t get off of for the vast majority of its 106-minute runtime.
Black Sunday (1961)
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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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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Horror
Written By:Mario Serandrei, Ennio De Concini
In Theaters:2/15/1961
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Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:Galatea Film, Jolly Film
Cast
Mario Bava
Director
Barbara Steele
Princess Asa Vajda / Katia Vajda
John Richardson
Dr. Andrej Gorobec / Dr. Andreas Gorobec
Andrea Checchi
Dr. Choma Kruvajan / Dr. Thomas Kruvajan
Ivo Garrani
Prince Vajda
Arturo Dominici
Igor Javutich / Javuto
Enrico Olivieri
Prince Constantine Vajda
Antonio Pierfederici
Priest
Tino Bianchi
Ivan - Manservant
Clara Bindi
Inn Keeper
Mario Passante
Nikita - Coachman
Renato Terra
Boris - Stablehand
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