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La Maschera del Demonio (1960)
Director: Mario Bava
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
A classic horror film (from a story by Gogol) involving Barbara Steele as a resurrected witch who was burned to death in a small medieval town and seeks revenge on her persecutors. The exquisitely realised expressionist images of cruelty and sexual suggestion shocked audiences in the early '60s, and occasioned a long-standing ban by the British censor. The visual style still impresses, but the story beneath it has become too formularised for the film to retain all its original power.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: Mario Bava
Producer: Massimo De Rita, Lou Rusoff
Cast: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo Garrani, Andrea Cecchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici, Enrico Olivieri full cast
Duration: 88 mins
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