It's the last episode of season 5! It's Mario Bava's Black Sunday aka The Mask of Satan! Topics of discussion include but are not limited to the duality of women, monstrous love, blurred lines between good & evil, and The Spectral Mother.

This episode contains a quote concerning date rape. Listener discretion is advised.

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Resources:

Black Sunday; (aka: La Maschera del Demonio)

Bava, Mario 1960; France, Italy; 83 min; B&W; Horror P: Massimo de Rita; W: Mario Bava, Ennio de Concini, Mario Serandrei; C: Ubaldo Terzano, Mario Bava; E: Mario Serandrei; M: Robert Nicolosi Cast: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Ivo Garrani

Lucas, Tim Fangoria Magazine, #42, pgs. 20-24, "Terror Pioneer", article on Bava's career.

McGee, Mark Thomas Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland & Company, Inc., 1996. ISBN 0-7864-0137-0

Lucas, Tim Mario Bava All the Colors of the Dark, Video Watchdog, 2007. ISBN 0-9633756-1-X

Erickson, Glenn. "Censorship For A Celebrated Horror Film: BLACK SUNDAY". DVD Savant. Retrieved 2006-06-29.

Online Articles:

http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/430%7C0/Black-Sunday.html

http://www.vaultofthoughts.com/2018/06/11/barbara-steele/

https://mannysbookofshadows.wordpress.com/2018/05/11/barbara-steele-queen-of-the-italian-gothic-film/

http://sensesofcinema.com/2003/cteq/black_sunday/

An Englishman’s Guide to Italian Gothic: Black Sunday (1960) by Rob Talbot

https://diaboliquemagazine.com/an-englishmans-guide-to-italian-gothic-black-sunday-1960/

https://www.popmatters.com/164732-black-sunday-2495802585.html

Bella Donna: Lilith, Gaia, and the Spectral Mother in Mario Bava’s Black Sunday by Steve Johnson

https://brightlightsfilm.com/wp-content/cache/all/bella-donna-lilith-gaia-spectral-mother-mario-bavas-black-sunday/#.XJLE_hNKiqA

The Power In Owning Our Duality: Give Yourself Permission to Be Both Soft & Strong BY CHELCEE JOHNS

http://www.blackgirlinom.com/publication-articles/the-power-in-owning-our-duality-we-are-both-soft-strong-chelcee-johns

The Duality of Women: Warrior and Goddess by Selena Madden

https://selenamadden.com/2015/04/17/the-duality-of-women-warrior-and-goddess/

The "Duality" of Women By Erica Amdal

https://www.hercampus.com/school/augustana/duality-women

Shadow Self: Embracing Your Inner Darkness by MATEO SOL

https://lonerwolf.com/shadow-self/

Monstrous Motherhood: Eighteenth-Century Culture and the Ideology of Domesticity (By Marilyn Francus)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/feeling-our-way/201711/why-do-people-hate-smart-women

Video Essays:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOuAQXGT0VI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXG7f_PvSWE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQDUJaT-UQI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPqMbtafYm0