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Black Sunday (1960)

Directed by Mario Bava · Cinematography by Mario Bava

Approved87 min51 frames

Horror

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

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Black Sunday (1960) movie still: medium — A dark manor interior with stone columns and heavy drapes features a man seated in a high-backed chair. In…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: medium — A group of figures in hooded robes stands among bare, leafless trees at night. Several individuals hold…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: medium — A dark bedroom with two women in a low-key lighting arrangement. One woman looms over the other while the…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: closeup — A close-up view of a dark metal shackle resting against a textured surface. The object is rendered in…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: fullbody — A spacious castle stone interior features gothic arches and a central staircase background. A man in a…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: fullbody — A dense, foggy woodland area with a small pool of water in the foreground. A man stands alone in the…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: closeup — A dark, indistinguishable space surrounds a person lying among shards of broken glass. The individual…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: closeup — A dark, nondescript environment with no background details visible. A man leans in to kiss a woman whose…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: medium — A dark, dimly lit room contains an ornate, textured wooden frame mirror. A man gazes into the reflective…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: closeup — A dark, featureless environment surrounds a man's face in high contrast lighting. The man gazes toward…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: medium — A group of cloaked figures in a dark, foggy woodland area at night. Each figure stands among barren,…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: wide — A dark, arched stone gateway frames a fog-filled road at night. A horse-drawn carriage and a solitary figure…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: establishing — A dark stone crypt features arched ceilings supported by thick, ancient circular pillars. A raised…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: closeup — A dark, smoke-filled space contains a highly detailed wooden sculpture of a face. The carved mask shows a…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: medium — A stone interior with dark shadows and heavy masonry in a formal setting. The man stands in the…Black Sunday (1960) movie still: closeup — A dark, textured stone wall serves as the backdrop in a dim space. A young woman with dark hair leans…
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Black Sunday — official trailer

What is Black Sunday about?

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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What does the cinematography of Black Sunday look like?

Sampled across 51 frames, the coverage of Black Sunday leans on medium shots (33% of the sample) and close-ups (33%). Cinematographer Mario Bava keeps 49% of it in hard-edged, chiaroscuro light. Night and dusk account for 88% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 63% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Black Sunday?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Black Sunday (1960) are #020202, #303030, #939393, #6a6a6a, #cbcbcb, #ffffff — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #303030
  • #939393
  • #6a6a6a
  • #cbcbcb
  • #ffffff

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