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.
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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
