撒旦的面具 La maschera del demonio (1960)

现在已经可以肯定，这是今年我看过的气氛最好的恐怖片：神秘森林里处处是盘根错节的诡异，仿佛下一根枝条就要扼住你的喉咙；黑色的巨犬在午夜绝望的吠叫呜咽，与身边站立着的苍白少女形成鲜明对比；浓雾每每在恶魔出现时渐迷人眼，每走一步腾起的烟雾都像是行走在云端的危险；结满蜘蛛网的半塌城堡承受着诅咒，在人们的恐惧中失去了存在的意义；光影亦正亦邪在人脸上跳跃，在火焰半明半暗间舞出救赎与复仇的姿态；充满了正义感却执行着血腥屠杀的人们绘注了全片的经典，这才知道原来恐怖片《神殿》完全是对本片的...

Italian horror maestro Mario Bava’s directorial debut, BLACK SUNDAY - also known as THE MASK OF SATAN, a more literal translation from its original Italian titleremains a gothic mood-enhancer par excellence, much obliged to Bava’s own cinematographic experiences and aptitude, its spooky, gnarly, chiaroscuro-heavy, imposingly ornate scenography substantively trumps up the well-worn story template drawn from Nikolai Gogol’s short story “Viy”.
Set in the 19th century Mo...

The dark holes on the witch’s face is like a nightmare, and her big eyes and dark circles are unforgettable images. I can clearly remember the opening scene when she were forced to put on a mask with sharp spikes inside and when the empty socket slowly refill to reveal the whites of eyes after the doctor left. This film illustrates Mario Bava’s distinct directorial style — his strong ability to control light and shadow, and to build a haunting atmosphere. Bava’s unique style and “consistency of viewpoint” , makes him so different from other European directors. Although Black Sunday is a black and white film, it is second to none in artistic style, and some of its special effects are considered to be quite good to this day. I think it is even better than some color horror movies.
I can strongly feel the bloody Italian-styled gothic romance in Black Sunday. Some of the dialo…

作为一部在恐怖电影历史中颇具里程碑意义的影片，“撒旦的面具” 融合的恐怖元素。

资料显示这部电影是基于果戈里的小说VIY创作的。科普viy了解，这是过去英国一个名叫 Little Russia 的地方对侏儒精灵老大的称号，传说这位精灵老大的眼睫毛可以拖到地面（是因为矮还是睫毛长就没有兴趣研究了）。然而果戈里的故事精简概括就是一个学生与女巫、魔鬼在教堂的终极战斗。学生因为对魔鬼的恐惧最终死亡，而邪恶力量因为战斗过瘾没有发现天亮了还待在教堂里（太无脑了吧。。。）被永久封印在教堂里，最终教堂被废弃。

本部电影借鉴的就是小说中女巫借体复活，以及女巫召唤魔鬼这两个元素。

电影从极刑开篇就使用各种元素，进行对比。导演不愧是摄影师出身，光影对比掌握太好，以至于这部黑白电影在营造恐怖氛围上并不输给任意一帧彩片。

电影手法就不去深入讨论了，随便网上搜搜有大量对这部的分析与膜拜。随手记录几句喜欢的台词侧面膜拜下意大利人充斥着骨血的哥特式浪漫情怀吧。

背景是Katia公主在经历父亲恐怖死亡以及诸多恐怖事件后独自漫步在城堡凄凉的花园遇…