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Black Sunday

STARE INTO THESE EYES...Discover deep within them the unspeakable, terrifying secret of BLACK SUNDAY...It will paralyze you with fright!

Aug 11, 1960 1h 26mHorror
7.4IMDb
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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.

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Mario Bava
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Craft · Tension · Drama
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Craft85
Tension85
Drama40
Wonder38
Action34
Humour30

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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.

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Release date
Aug 11, 1960
Runtime
1h 26m
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Language
Italian
Country
Italy

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