
In the Seventeenth Century, in Maldavia, Princess Asa Vajda and her lover Javutich (Arturo Dominici) are killed by the local population, accused of witchcraft. A mask of Satan is attached to their faces. Princess Asa curses her brother, promising revenge to his descents. The body of Javutich is buried outside the cemetery, and the coffin of Princess Asa is placed in the family's tomb with a cross over it for protection. Two hundred years later, Professor Thomas Kruvajan and h... (Full plot summary below)
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In the Seventeenth Century, in Maldavia, Princess Asa Vajda and her lover Javutich (Arturo Dominici) are killed by the local population, accused of witchcraft. A mask of Satan is attached to their faces. Princess Asa curses her brother, promising revenge to his descents. The body of Javutich is buried outside the cemetery, and the coffin of Princess Asa is placed in the family's tomb with a cross over it for protection. Two hundred years later, Professor Thomas Kruvajan and his assistant, Dr. Andre Gorobec, are going to a congress in Russia and they accidentally find the tomb. Dr. Thomas breaks the cross, releasing the evil witch. When they are leaving the place, Dr. Andre meets Princess Katia Vajda, descendant of Princess Asa, and falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Katia is threatened by the witch, who wants to use her body to live again.
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| EspinofAlberto AbuínBava's cinematography and Serandrei's montage make this one of the best paced films ever. [Full review in Spanish] |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThough shot in black-and-white, it demonstrates Bava's extraordinary skill with light and motion and shadow, used to suggest unholy things. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeThe gorgeous black-and-white imagery is so remarkable that it overrides the bad acting, barely coherent story and the awful dialogue. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeBava's sumptuous visuals remain, with the director innovative in his employment of multiple side lights to give scenes a luminous quality and make playful use of shadows. |
| Lessons of DarknessNick SchagerOne of the cinema's preeminent examples of gothic horror. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...a melodramatic, thoroughly overwrought horror flick that's aged incredibly poorly in the years since its 1960 release. |
| Time OutDerek AdamsThe visual style still impresses, but the story beneath it has become too formularised for the film to retain all its original power. |
| User ReviewKjersti Galong with blood and black lace, one of the best horror films of all time. quite possibly THE best. barbara steele in her career making and defining role, the greatest and scariest eyes youll ever see. |
| User ReviewRC MBava's best!!! The crypt scene,with spiders and goo oozing out of Miss Steele's eye sockets, STILL jolts ! |
| User Reviewjames kthe first horror movie i ever saw and it terrified me and ever since I have been infactuated with horror. Bava is so awesome. Like father like son. |