Black Sunday

Name: Black Sunday
Genre: Documentary

Documentary

🍅88%

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88%

Tomatometer

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77%

Popcornmeter

Storyline

Explores the true story of a courageous group of New York City firemen who experienced the worst disaster to happen to the FDNY since 9/11 and a fallout that resulted in the biggest civil trial in New York history.

Details

DirectorLuke Wheatley

StatusIn Production

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studios

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

6 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“Mario Bava's official narrative debut is a witchy nightmare steeped in gothic splendor, shot in chiaroscuro black and white and punctuated with startling gore.”

88% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Nick Schager

RTLessons of DarknessFeb 5, 2008

One of the cinema's preeminent examples of gothic horror.

Derek Adams

RTTime OutFeb 9, 2006

The visual style still impresses, but the story beneath it has become too formularised for the film to retain all its original power.

Eugene Archer

RTNew York TimesMay 10, 2005

It will leave its audiences yearning for that quiet, sunny little motel in Psycho.

Matt Brunson

RTFilm FrenzyDec 30, 2025

Bava's employment of unique camera angles, heavily atmospheric sets, and startling moments of violence combine to create a trendsetting picture that has influenced generations of filmmakers.

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