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Black Sunday, 1960
Director: Mario Bava
Availability: Medium (on DVD from Image Entertainment)

I wanted to avoid offering up two Bava movies in one week, but I had to reconsider once I saw that Turner Classic Movies is airing the horror classic tonight (tomorrow morning, really) at 2am. Now you have no excuse not to set your TiVo/VCR and tape it for yourself.

A female Satanist is burned at the stake while forced to wear a large metal mask with spikes inside. She vows to return from the grave to get revenge, and guess what... she does!

This stylish black and white masterpiece is truly one of the best horror movies ever made. Barbara Steele does a great job here, as with most of her films from that time period. She pulls double duty in this film as Asa, the Satanist, and her look-alike, Katia. There's a lot written about Black Sunday that describes the film's history better than I ever could, so I will gracefully bow out and point you to those pages before you check out the movie on TCM tonight.

It's been too long since I've watched this movie and can't wait to fire up the DVD this Halloween season.

12:57 PM

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