Black Sunday (1960): In the 17th Century Moldavia, the evil Princess Asa is condemned to death for witchcraft and vampirism, along with her brother Prince Igor Javutich. Two hundred years later, two doctors en route to a medical convention discover her crypt and accidentally set her resurrection in motion! With the help of Javutich and others whom she enthralls with her cold, dead kiss, Asa sets her sights on her ultimate victim-princess Katia, her own twin descendant!
In 1960, Mario Bava made his directorial feature debut with La Maschera del Demonio (The Mask of Satan), a film that achieved world-wide commercial and critical success under its better-known title of Black Sunday.
Black Sabbath (1963): A beautiful woman is terrorized by call from an ex-lover who has escaped from prison for the pleasure of killing her - a family becomes a feeding ground when their father returns home wounded after ridding the countryside of a hideous vampire - a nurse is haunted by reproaches from the Beyond after stealing a ring from the finger of a dead medium! Join Boris Karloff as he hosts (and stars in) this trilogy of terror tales.
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963): The first movie to show the influence of a distinctly Italian breed of thriller known as the "giallo" -- named after a series of mystery pulps with yellow ("giallo") jackets published in Italy by Mondadori, which were renowned for their lurid cover art and attention to violent detail.
Nora Davis (Leticia Roman) jets away to Rome to vacation with Edith, an old family friend. Unfortunately, her trip is anything but relaxing... On the first night, Edith dies - and as Nora runs into the night for help, she becomes an eyewitness to a murder as she sees a woman stabbed to death on the Piazza di Spagna! Being a young woman with an insatiable appetite for murder mysteries, Nora can't get anyone to believe her story, but with the help of the attentive Dr. Marcello Bassi (John Saxon), she learns that a murder did occur on that very spot - 10 years earlier - when Emily Craven fell victim to the "Alphabet Murderer"! What did Nora Davis really see, and who is stalking her through Rome? Could it be the Alphabet Killer, looking for victim D?
Kill Baby Kill (1966): The inhabitants of a modern day Carpathian village are terrified for their lives as a series of ghastly murders rock the village. The killer demon is the vengeful ghost of Baroness Graps' murdered daughter, Melissa, who wants to collect all the souls of the hapless villagers. Ruth (Fabienne Dali), a local sorceress, must use all her power to try and free the village from the evil curse and supernatural powers of the Graps...
Knives of the Avenger (1966): With husband King Harald missing at sea and presumed dead, Queen Karin goes into hiding with her young son Moki to escape being forced into marriage with Hagen, a general of Harald's army and now a bloodthirsty pretender to the throne. Wary of strangers, she turns a beggar away from her cottage, but upon hearing her cries for help, the stranger returns and saves her from being assaulted by two men - with two well--thrown knives! The blademaster Rurik (Cameron Mitchell) is allowed to stay, and he takes the boy under his wing, teaching him the arts of survival. In time, he recognizes Karin as the queen whom he raped years ago on her wedding night in merciless retaliation for Hagen's murder of his own wife and son. Realizing that Moki might be his own son, Rurik now has a family to defend - and another to avenge - as Hagen and his soldiers converge on their hiding place!
