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7.1/10
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A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.A vengeful witch and her fiendish servant return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Barbara Steele
- Princess Asa Vajda
- (as Barbara Steel)
- …
Giuseppe Addobbati
- Priest
- (uncredited)
Fernando Cajati
- Crucifixion Torturer
- (uncredited)
Valentina Cortese
- Tavern Girl
- (uncredited)
Angelo Galassi
- Tavern Keeper
- (uncredited)
Nando Gazzolo
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Renato Montalbano
- Spectator
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMario Bava and Barbara Steele had a difficult working relationship. She sometimes refused to come to set because she did not like her wig or the fact that her cleavage would be shown. One time she refused because she believed Bava would force her to appear nude. She admits that she was difficult due to her inexperience and inability to understand Italian.
- GoofsIn the opening credits, Barbara Steele's name is misspelled as Barbara Steel.
- Quotes
Princess Asa Vajda: You, too, can feel the joy and happiness of hating.
- Crazy creditsFor "The Mask of Satan," the English language version prepared in Italy, Barbara Steele's name is listed as "Barbara Steel" on the trailer and on the credits of the film itself.
- Alternate versionsThe full list of differences between the 83-minute original cut and the 80-minute AIP cut:
- A different English-language dub, and a new score by Les Baxter.
- An added pre-text crawl warning the audience about the film's content: "The producers of the picture you are about to see feel a moral obligation to warn you that it will shock you as no other film ever has. Because it could be very harmful to young and impressionable minds, it is restricted to only those over fourteen years of age."
- Alternate opening credits.
- A brief exchange between Katja and Constantine where he tells her their father has died is cut.
- A scene where Katja and Andrej talk in the garden is cut.
- An exchange between Katja and Andrej outside her room is cut.
- Kruvajan's death scene is cut down significantly to remove shots of his eye spurting blood.
- The scene were Prince Vajda reanimates and menaces Katja is trimmed.
- Vajda's death scene, particularly the close-ups of his head melting, is trimmed.
- Asa taunting Andrej before being burned at the stake is cut.
- Added closing credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in I motorizzati (1962)
Featured review
Gothic brilliance
The screenplay is hackneyed ,the story has been told told and told again...
And however,Bava's film is a sparkling diamond.How come?The direction of course,the cinematography absolutely incredibly breath-taking,and Barbara Steele ,the par excellence Gothic heroine:her fans will rejoice for she plays two parts here! Bava has no match when it comes to use the light the settings and the soundtrack.It's a black and white work and had it been filmed in color it would not have been better.From the gloomy family vaults to the forest where danger awaits on the young peasant girl to the doomed castle where a family tries to fight against a mysterious curse.
The carriage which takes the doctor to the mansion and its coachman reminds me of Murnau's "Nosferatu" .No less.
And however,Bava's film is a sparkling diamond.How come?The direction of course,the cinematography absolutely incredibly breath-taking,and Barbara Steele ,the par excellence Gothic heroine:her fans will rejoice for she plays two parts here! Bava has no match when it comes to use the light the settings and the soundtrack.It's a black and white work and had it been filmed in color it would not have been better.From the gloomy family vaults to the forest where danger awaits on the young peasant girl to the doomed castle where a family tries to fight against a mysterious curse.
The carriage which takes the doctor to the mansion and its coachman reminds me of Murnau's "Nosferatu" .No less.
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- dbdumonteil
- Mar 17, 2006
Details
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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