Black Sunday film posters
US One Sheet poster
From Wikipedia:
Black Sunday (Italian: La maschera del demonio, lit. ‘The mask of the demon’) is a 1960 Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Bava in his official directorial debut, and starring Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici and Enrico Oliveri. Loosely based on Nikolai Gogol’s short story “Viy”, the film takes place in Moldavia and tells the story of a witch who is put to death by her brother, only to return two centuries later to seek revenge upon his descendants.
These posters are from the film’s 1961 US release by American International Pictures. The film’s taglines are set in Safari. The credit block is set in News Gothic Extra Condensed with lesser portions in a condensed News Gothic. Additional type is set in Alternate Gothic and Franklin Gothic. The US Window Card also features what looks to be Venus Extended or similar. The film’s title appears to be hand-lettered and is rendered differently for certain poster formats. It’s possible that Safari influenced the look of the hand-lettered title seen on the US One Sheet, as the interlocking ligatures (LA, AY) align with how the title is typeset in the tagline of the US Half Sheet.
Designer/s unknown.
US Half Sheet poster, with title also set in Safari as part of the tagline
US Insert poster, featuring an extended tagline set in Safari
US Window Card, featuring what could be the outline style of Safari. The producers text above the title appears to be set in Venus Extended or similar.
1 Comment on “Black Sunday film posters”
Florian, I haven’t seen the full glyph set of the Safari (Headliners) font.