One More Thing by B.J. Novak

Black Sunday.

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STREAMING VIDEO KANOPY

In one of the most auspicious directorial debuts in movie history, Mario Bava bridged the gap between the gothic horror picture and the European art film with Black Sunday (aka La maschera del demonio or The Mask of Satan). Made in 1960 and now considered a cult classic, it continues to reverberate through the cinema, inspiring and influencing new generations of filmmakers. In an absolutely mesmerizing performance, Black Sunday stars Barbara Steele as Asa Vajda, a beautiful woman tortured and executed as a witch, but not before pronouncing a curse upon those who have condemned her, a curse that is fulfilled some 200 years later. This newly mastered HD edition is the original Italian cut of the film, complete with Roberto Nicolosi's expressive score and three minutes of footage deleted from the U.S. release version.

I was stoked to see this movie on Kanopy because it isn't free on the other streaming services on my Roku. This is my personal first choice for date night because I love '60s horror illustrations. Black Sunday includes all my favorite things: witches, curses, and ancient crypts. It was apparently banned in the UK for the level of violence and gore and has remained a super scary cult classic. I can handle 1960s gore, can't I? -Melody