Black Sunday

In one of the most auspicious directorial debuts in movie history, Mario Bava bridged the gap between the gothic horror picture and the European art film. Made in 1960 and now considered a cult classic, it continues to reverberate through the cinema, inspiring and influencing new generations of filmmakers.

In an absolutely mesmerizing performance, Barbara Steele is Asa Vajda, a beautiful woman tortured and executed as a witch—but not before pronouncing a curse upon those who have condemned her, a curse that is fulfilled some 200 years later.