One-Sheet Wonders! – BLACK SUNDAY (1960)

A few days back, I did a post on Mario Bava’s last film, SHOCK, and that got me thinking about his earlier films. Though he’d already been in the film business for over 20 years, BLACK SUNDAY marked Bava’s auspicious directorial debut. You can tell by how small his name is on the poster.

And what a poster it was! I remember when I was young and I first saw this seminal one-sheet. That woman’s eyes freaked me the fuck out (in a good way) and, if I’m remembering correctly, they may have actually been the catalyst for me to ultimately seek out Bava’s films. Personal inspiration notwithstanding, it’s a striking image that most certainly helped to launch Bava into the Euro-horror stratosphere.

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