Earlier this year I was lucky enough to meet the legendary actress Barbara Steele, and spent a few minutes talking with her about her performance in the Mario Bava masterpiece LA MASCHERA DEL DEMONIO (1960), better known in the United States as BLACK SUNDAY.
Over the years, several stunning posters have been created to promote this film. Given that today is Sunday (and a particularly dreary one… at least in my neck of the woods), I thought it would be fun to toss up four of my favorites (click on any of the posters for much larger versions):
LA MASCHERA DEL DEMONIO - Italian Artwork
BLACK SUNDAY - U.S. Artwork
LA MASCHERA DEL DEMONIO
LA MASCHERA DEL DEMONIO
The first version is my favorite of the four. Although I haven’t been able to track down an original one-sheet with that artwork (and doubt I’d be able to afford it even if I could), Ms. Steele graciously agreed to autograph a smaller high-quality reproduction for me:
Black Sunday - Autographed With Love By Barbara Steele
Youtube has a 20-second teaser for the film, as well as a longer trailer under the alternate title THE MASK OF SATAN.
Any fellow fans of Mario Bava and/or Barbara Steele? Let us know in the comments.
- Micah :: Reel Distraction
It seems like lots of people have been talking about Bava lately. All this talk got me to queue these up via netflix, time to see what all the fuss is about.
My favorite Mario Bava movies are DANGER: DIABOLIK (of course) and RABID DOGS (a super-sweaty crooks-on-the-run flick). FOUR TIMES THAT NIGHT (a Rashomon-style story) is another good one.
I’ve loved bava for years. I really like all the giallo movies he did. He has such a painterly approach to filming that stuff. Wish I had money to buy the giant book the put out about him.