Black Sabbath

– Three short tales of supernatural horror. In “The Telephone,” a woman is plagued by threatening ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
1963
Original Name:
I tre volti della paura
Black Sabbath (1963) - Also known as I tre volti della paura

Three short tales of supernatural horror. In “The Telephone,” a woman is plagued by threatening phone calls. In "The Wurdalak,” a family is preyed upon by vampiric monsters. In “The Drop of Water,” a deceased medium wreaks havoc on the living.

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Black Sabbath (1963) - Trailer

Release Date:

06 May 1964

Language:

Italian, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Mario Bava

Writer:

Anton Chekhov (freely adapted from three stories by), Aleksei Tolstoy (freely adapted from three stories by), Guy de Maupassant (freely adapted from three stories by), Marcello Fondato (screenplay), Alberto Bevilacqua (screenplay with the collaboration of), Mario Bava (screenplay with the collaboration of)

Main Actors:

Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon

Plot:

A trio of atmospheric horror tales about: A woman terrorized in her apartment by phone calls from an escaped prisoner from her past; a Russian count in the early 1800s who stumbles upon a family in the countryside trying to destroy a particularly vicious line of vampires; and a 1900-era nurse who makes a fateful decision while preparing the corpse of one of her patients - an elderly medium who died during a seance.

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Production:

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%