---
title: 'Black Sunday (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mario Bava'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-sunday-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054067/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Black Sunday (1960)

1960 · 87 min · Drama, Horror, Thriller · Italy

Original title: La maschera del demonio

## Synopsis

Black Sunday is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava in his official directorial debut, and starring Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici and Enrico Oliveri. Loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "Viy", the film takes place in Moldavia and tells the story of a witch who is put to death by her brother, only to return two centuries later to seek revenge upon his descendants.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mario Bava](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-bava)
- **Screenplay:** [Mario Bava](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-bava), [Mario Serandrei](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-serandrei), [Ennio de Concini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-de-concini)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mario Bava](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-bava)
- **Editor:** [Mario Serandrei](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-serandrei)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Les Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/les-baxter)
- **Producer:** [Massimo De Rita](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-de-rita)

## Cast

- [Arturo Dominici](https://cinepixo.com/people/arturo-dominici)
- [Andrea Checchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-checchi)
- [Antonio Pierfederici](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-pierfederici)
- [Germana Dominici](https://cinepixo.com/people/germana-dominici)
- [Barbara Steele](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-steele)
- [Ivo Garrani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-garrani)
- [Clara Bindi](https://cinepixo.com/people/clara-bindi)
- [Nando Gazzolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/nando-gazzolo)
- [Renato Terra](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-terra)
- [Mario Passante](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-passante)
- [John Richardson](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-richardson)
- [Tino Bianchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tino-bianchi)

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