Black Sunday









Black Sunday (1960)
AIP Production #602
Jeff and Cheryl get their crucifixes ready for the expected influx of witches/vampires/satanists on Black Sunday.
Screenplay by Ennio De Concini and Mario Serandrei
from a tale by Nikolaj Gogol
Produced by Massimo De Rita
Directed by Mario Bava
American Version:
Produced by Lou Rusoff at Titra Sound Studios, NY
Directed by Lee Kressel
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
Additional Cast:
Enrico Olivieri as Constantine Vajda
Antonio Pierfeferici as Priest
Tino Bianchi as Ivan, the Vajdas’ Manservant
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
A Galatea-Jolly Film Production
An American International Picture
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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)

