That’s a typo in the title, but I decided to keep it because the scenes make the film. One thing I had never noticed before about Black Sunday is that it is a Jolly Film production. As the movie’s hero says at one point, “It’s also a little gloomy.”
There are many scenes where we see tangled branches, webs or bars between us and the characters, like they’re trapped. Or is it the viewer who is trapped?
There are also scenes where the shadows are choking everything with enveloping darkness. I love the way the photography sets the mood.
This is the evil Dr. Kruvajan. You can tell he’s evil because he’s lit from underneath.
“Stare into these eyes” There’s a lot about eyes in this movie. I forgot all about the eyeball poking part for destroying evil spirits. It reminds me of the late 90s supernatural cop show comedy Brimstone. I think that it’s due to Black Sunday that I’ve lived my whole life in mortal fear of ocular trauma. I talked about this a while ago as part of a ds106 assignment.
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