Ep. 50: BLACK SUNDAY (1960) - The Mask We Wear

It's the last episode of season 5! It's Mario Bava's Black Sunday aka The Mask of Satan! Topics of discussion include but are not limited to the duality of women, monstrous love, blurred lines between good & evil, and The Spectral Mother. This episode contains a quote concerning date rape. Listener discretion is advised. _____________ Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com Buy some coffee from our sponsors: www.recesscoffee,com _____________ Resources: Black Sunday; (aka: La Maschera del Demonio) Bava, Mario 1960; France, Italy; 83 min; B&W; Horror P: Massimo de Rita; W: Mario Bava, Ennio de Concini, Mario Serandrei; C: Ubaldo Terzano, Mario Bava; E: Mario Serandrei; M: Robert Nicolosi Cast: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo Garrani Lucas, Tim Fangoria Magazine, #42, pgs. 20-24, "Terror Pioneer", article on Bava's career. McGee, Mark Thomas Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland & Company, Inc., 1996. ISBN 0-7864-0137-0 Lucas, Tim Mario Bava All the Colors of the Dark, Video Watchdog, 2007. ISBN 0-9633756-1-X Erickson, Glenn. "Censorship For A Celebrated Horror Film: BLACK SUNDAY". DVD Savant. Retrieved 2006-06-29. Online Articles: http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/430%7C0/Black-Sunday.html http://www.vaultofthoughts.com/2018/06/11/barbara-steele/ https://mannysbookofshadows.wordpress.com/2018/05/11/barbara-steele-queen-of-the-italian-gothic-film/ http://sensesofcinema.com/2003/cteq/black_sunday/ An Englishman’s Guide to Italian Gothic: Black Sunday (1960) by Rob Talbot https://diaboliquemagazine.com/an-englishmans-guide-to-italian-gothic-black-sunday-1960/ https://www.popmatters.com/164732-black-sunday-2495802585.html Bella Donna: Lilith, Gaia, and the Spectral Mother in Mario Bava’s Black Sunday by Steve Johnson https://brightlightsfilm.com/wp-content/cache/all/bella-donna-lilith-gaia-spectral-mother-mario-bavas-black-sunday/#.XJLE_hNKiqA The Power In Owning Our Duality: Give Yourself Permission to Be Both Soft & Strong BY CHELCEE JOHNS http://www.blackgirlinom.com/publication-articles/the-power-in-owning-our-duality-we-are-both-soft-strong-chelcee-johns The Duality of Women: Warrior and Goddess by Selena Madden https://selenamadden.com/2015/04/17/the-duality-of-women-warrior-and-goddess/ The "Duality" of Women By Erica Amdal https://www.hercampus.com/school/augustana/duality-women Shadow Self: Embracing Your Inner Darkness by MATEO SOL https://lonerwolf.com/shadow-self/ Monstrous Motherhood: Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Ideology of Domesticity (By Marilyn Francus) https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/feeling-our-way/201711/why-do-people-hate-smart-women Video Essays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOuAQXGT0VI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXG7f_PvSWE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQDUJaT-UQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPqMbtafYm0