Black Sunday

Black Sunday (1960) 
AIP Production #6015 

Jeff and Cheryl get their crucifixes ready for the expected influx of witches/vampires/satanists on Black Sunday. 

Directed by Mario Bava
Story by Mario Bava, based on “Viy”by Nikolai Gogol
Produced by Massimo De Rita 

Starring:
Barbara Steele as Asa Vajda/Katia Vajda
John Richardson as Dr. Andreas Gorobec
Andrea Checchi as Dr. Thomas Kruvajan
Ivo Garrani as Prince Vajda 
Arturo Dominici as Igor Javuto
Enrico Olivieri as Constantine Vajda
Tino Bianchi as Ivan, the Vajdas’ Manservant
Antonio Pierfederici as Priest
Clara Bindi as Innkeeper
Mario Passante as Nikita, the Coachman
Renato Terra as Boris, the Vajdas’ Stableman
Germana Dominici as Sonya, the Innkeeper’s Daughter 

Produced by Galatea-Jolly Film and released under American International Pictures. Find this movie streaming on Plex or Freevee or for rent on Amazon Prime. 

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)