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Black Sunday

1960 · 86 min · Director: Mario Bava ★ IMDb 7.1 · 20,527 ratings

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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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Emotional fingerprint

Black Sunday (1960) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Tension 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Fear
25%Tension
20%Disturbing
  1. Fear35%
  2. Tension25%
  3. Disturbing20%
  4. Surprise10%
  5. Curiosity10%

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Each viewer contributes one response, split equally across their selected emotions. When available, an automated estimate supplies a prior that is blended with those responses. Counts include distinct viewers, not automated estimates or archived anonymous votes. Fewer than 3 viewers is an early estimate; more responses do not guarantee certainty.

Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Tension, Disturbing. Genres: Horror. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Tension and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Fear
  • Disturbing

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Fear
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity peaks around 3 %, then dips around 43 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionFearDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 2′Disturbing68 %63 %51 %60 %
7.5 %≈ 6′Curiosity55 %50 %38 %40 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Curiosity49 %43 %31 %28 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity54 %50 %37 %32 %
22.5 %≈ 19′Tension61 %59 %48 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Tension61 %56 %47 %38 %
32.5 %≈ 28′Sadness58 %47 %37 %28 %
37.5 %≈ 32′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
42.5 %≈ 37′Tension62 %59 %41 %35 %
47.5 %≈ 41′Disturbing72 %67 %56 %58 %
52.5 %≈ 45′Tension70 %66 %53 %54 %
57.5 %≈ 49′Curiosity60 %56 %38 %34 %
62.5 %≈ 54′Curiosity62 %57 %39 %42 %
67.5 %≈ 58′Disturbing65 %61 %47 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 62′Sadness65 %61 %48 %43 %
77.5 %≈ 67′Curiosity69 %66 %49 %47 %
82.5 %≈ 71′Tension77 %75 %60 %62 %
87.5 %≈ 75′Tension83 %80 %71 %72 %
92.5 %≈ 80′Tension83 %77 %66 %74 %
97.5 %≈ 84′Sadness78 %66 %51 %68 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

BS
Barbara Steele

JR
John Richardson

AC
Andrea Checchi

IG
Ivo Garrani

AD
Arturo Dominici

EO
Enrico Olivieri

AP
Antonio Pierfederici

AP
Antonio Pierfederici

Priest

TB
Tino Bianchi

CB
Clara Bindi

MP
Mario Passante

MP
Mario Passante

Nikita - Coachman

RT
Renato Terra

Boris - Stablehand

GD
Germana Dominici

Sonya - Innkeeper's Daughter

NG
Nando Gazzolo

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Mario Bava
Written by
Ennio De Concini, Mario Serandrei
Type
Movies
Released
1960
Runtime
86 min
Country
Italy
Genres
Horror
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.1 · 20,527 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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