Synopsis
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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Cast
- Boris KarloffGorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
- Mark DamonVladimire d'Urfe (segment "The Wurdalak")
- Michèle MercierRosy (segment "The Telephone")
- Susy AndersenSdenka (segment "The Wurdalak")
- Lidia AlfonsiMary (segment "The Telephone")
- Jacqueline PierreuxHelen Chester (segment "A Drop Of Water")
- Glauco OnoratoGiorgio (segment "The Wurdalak")
- Massimo RighiPietro (segment "The Wurdalak")
- Rika DialinaMaria (segment "The Wurdalak")
- Milo QuesadaFrank Rainer (segment "The Telephone")
Recommendations
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The A.V. Club
There's a little bit of everything in Bava's best-known film, the three-part anthology Black Sabbath. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
Three tales of expertly building suspense. [10 Jul 2013, Issue#1268] - 90
IGN
This is easily one of Bava's crowning achievements as a filmmaker and one of the greatest horror anthologies ever filmed. - 88
Slant Magazine
Black Sabbath speaks to the vastness of Bava’s abilities in the realms of the terrifying and the supernatural. - 80
Time Out
Pictorially it's amazing, and even the script and dubbing are way above average. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Three solid and scary tales of terror from the undisputed master of Italian horror, Mario Bava. - 75
USA Today
Back when anthology TV shows such as The Twilight Zone and Thriller were in their heyday, the movies, too, entertained a spate of horror/supernatural multistory features that fans still regard with affection. Director Mario Bava, whose earlier single-story satanic yarn Black Sunday picked up a wide following, turned Sabbath into one of the best. [11 Aug 2000, 8E] - 70
The Dissolve
Even with Boris Karloff providing a lighthearted introduction and sign-off, Black Sabbath is fraught with fatalism.
