Watching him play the loving grandfather to a small boy knowing full well his real intention is to kill the kid and drink his blood is freaky to say the least. My favorite of the three stories is easily The Wurdalek - there is just something classical about this short and having Karloff actually in the feature makes it all the more resonate and just damn creepy. The Telephone rings of a shorter version of 'The Evil Eye' but is still quite effective. Over all I think The Drop of Water is the most horrifying as it deals with someone slowly losing their mind. Mario Bava offers up a number of fun frights and thrills with a steadfast confidence that makes me wish more modern horror films took their time to let the story unfold rather than jumping into cheap scares and frights. In between each little short, Boris Karloff gives a goofy little introduction that makes one wonder if he wasn't the prototype for the Crypt Keeper for the 'Tales From The Crypt' TV series.Īs a whole, this movie is a blast from the first story on. For this one, I like how they're presented as each one gets a little bit creepier than the last and finishes with the strongest entry The Wurdalek. Also, this cut offers the individual stories in a slightly different order. In the case of this release of 'Black Sabbath,' we have the US "AIP cut" of the film which runs a tad shorter and is a little bit lighter on the graphic gore effects than the European Cut. Gorca then sets about scheming intricate ways to drink the blood of his loved ones.Īs with most Bava pictures there are multiple cuts and wildly different versions depending on release location. When Gorca returns, it's become all too apparent that the bandit's evil curse has stricken the head of this small family. Gorca had set off the night before to hunt down a thieving bandit that had been plaguing the area whom the locals believed may also be a wurdalek. He then learns that the ornate blade, in fact, belongs to the man of household named Gorca (Boris Karloff). He takes the dagger with him, and as night sets in, the Count stops at a farmhouse for some shelter. Upon further inspection he realizes the body doesn't have a head - making it a little tough to establish proper identification of the victim. When Count Vladimir d'Urfe (Mark Damon) is traveling along the countryside, he comes upon the body of a man stabbed in the back by a beautiful dagger. Panicked she asks her friend Mary (Lidia Alfonsi) to stay with her - only Mary has reasons of her own to not like Rosy. This creep seems to know everything she's doing inside her bedroom - even when all of the windows are covered! The voice also sound familiar - like that of a man Rosy knows to be dead. The man on the other end of the line demands she takes her clothes off. One night as Rosy is getting ready for bed she gets an obscene phone call. As a call girl she can wrap a man's heart and desires around her finger and twist them into doing anything she wishes. Rosy (Michele Mercer) is a beautiful lady of the night who earns a living bringing pleasure to men. When the ghost of the psychic returns from beyond the grave - Helen learns her night of madness and terror has just begun. After returning home, Helen is driven mad by the sound of dripping water throughout her home. As Helen is prepping the body for burial, she gives into temptation and steals one of the rings from the woman's deceased finger. It turns out that woman happened to be a famous psychic who made heaps of cash talking to the dead for her clients, and also had an affinity for large gaudy jewelry - rings in particular. Helen (Jacqueline Pierreux) is a nurse who has been called to a gigantic mansion to prepare the body of a dead rich woman. Mario Bava's 1963 flick 'Black Sabbath' aims to provide some good frights with three tales of terror. The shorts don't always have to be the best, they just need to do their job and provide a jump or two. Movies like ' Tales From The Crypt,' 'Vault of Horror,' 'Tales From The Dark Side,' ' Creepshow,' and ' Trick'r Treat' provide solid frights while keeping things short and sweet. It's for this very reason that I've had a long love for horror anthologies. When you've only got a little bit of material to work with that can last only so long, it's probably best to keep it short rather than stretch it out longer than necessary.
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