Black Sabbath (1963) [N/A]

Featuring:
Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff

Written by:
Anton Chekhov
Aleksei Tolstoy
Guy de Maupassant

Directed by:
Mario Bava


Release Date:
August 17, 1963

Original Title:
I tre volti della paura

Alternate Titles:
Der Ring der Verdammten
Die 3 Gesichter der Furcht
Drie Aangezichten van de Verschrikking
Las tres caras del miedo
Les trois visages de la peur
The Three Faces of Fear
The Three Faces of Terror
ブラック・サバス 恐怖! 三つの顔

Genres:
Horror

Production Companies:
Emmepi Cinematografica
Galatea Film
Societé Cinématographique Lyre

Production Countries:
France | Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  NL: 16 

Runtime: 95

A story that goes beyond the boundaries of the Supernatural to the half-world of the living dead...Where a woman's soul inhabits a fly's body...Where vampires suck only the blood of those they love dearest.

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.

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.

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Rankings and Honors

Black Sabbath (1963) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes 89%
Metacritic 82/100
Awards Won: 2 wins & 1 nomination

Administration:
Franco Grifeo

Assistant Camera:
Enrico Fontana

Assistant Editor:
Lina Caterini

Assistant Production Design:
Francesco Bronzi

Camera Operator:
Mario Mancini

Costume Design:
Tina Grani

Director:
Mario Bava

Director of Photography:
Ubaldo Terzano

Editor:
Mario Serandrei

Hairstylist:
Renata Magnanti

Makeup Artist:
Otello Fava

Novel:
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Anton Chekhov
Guy de Maupassant

Original Music Composer:
Roberto Nicolosi

Producer:
Lionello Santi

Production Design:
Giorgio Giovannini
Riccardo Domenici

Production Manager:
Paolo Mercuri

Screenplay:
Marcello Fondato
Alberto Bevilacqua
Mario Bava

Script Supervisor:
Priscilla Contardi

Sound:
Mario Messina

Sound Mixer:
Nino Renda
Fausto Ancillai

Unit Manager:
Armando Govoni

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