Black Sabbath (I Tre volti della paura) (The Three Faces of Fear) (The Three Faces of Terror) (1963)
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Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 2
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This anthology features three chilling horror stories. "Il Telefono" is credited to Guy de Maupassant, although he never wrote such a story, and concerns a woman (Michele Mercier) receiving telephone calls from beyond the grave. "Wurdulak", by Alexei Tolstoi, stars Boris Karloff as an aging vampire who can only feed on those he loves. Co-starring Mark Damon and Susy Andersen, it is clearly the best story of the three. The final tale, "La Goccia d'Acqua," is falsely credited to Anton Chekhov. It
May 6, 1963 Wide
Aug 1, 2000
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Cast
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Boris Karloff
Gorca -
Michele Mercier
Rosy -
Mark Damon
Vladimir d'Urfe -
Lidia Alfonsi
Mary [The Telephone] -
Jacqueline Pierreux
Helen Corey -
Susy Andersen
Sdenka [The Wurdalak... -
Rika Dialina
Wife -
Milli Monti
Maid -
Glauco Onorato
Giorgio -
Massimo Righi
Pietro
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Vintage Bava.
Top CriticBoris Karloff serves as the cheerful host for this anthology flick, which progresses in story terms from good to better to best.
Even with Boris Karloff providing a lighthearted introduction and sign-off, Black Sabbath is fraught with fatalism.
Only one episode [of this anthology] reaches the critical mass that explodes into the kind of absolute terror that will satisfy skeptic and fan alike, but that is more than enough to make this essential viewing.
An exemplar of expressionistic visual storytelling.
...a trilogy of sporadically chilling yet ultimately ineffective horror tales...
I'm not easily scared, but this one gave me chills.
... chilling horror story anthology.
A Drop of Water is definitely the most atmospheric and creepy of the three tales.
Later Karloff features him in name only
Uneven, but the 'Drop of Water' sequence is about the creepiest thing ever filmed
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Black Sabbath is a great film and one of the few genuinely gothic horror films in existence. If you like horror films, you need to see this one. And if you don't like horror films you need to see this one even more. 3 great stories designed for late nights.