Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath (1963, Italy/USA/France) is a Gothic Horror film directed by Mario Bava. The US version differs strongly from the original European version (different order of stories, modifications to stories, etc.)

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• Featured in: Macabre Visions: The Films of Mario Bava | The Mario Bava Collection: Vol. 1 | Mario Bava Horror Collection

Main Details

• Released in 1963 | Color | Running Time: 92 Min.
• Production Co: Alta Vista Film Production (in association with) | Emmepi Cinematografica | Galatea Film | Societé Cinématographique Lyre
• Distribution Co: Rank Organisation Div. Belgium and Luxemburg, The (1963) (Belgium) (theatrical) | Rank Organisation Div. Belgium and Luxemburg (1963) (Luxembourg) (theatrical) | American International Pictures (AIP) (1964) (USA) (theatrical) (English dubbed) | Astral Films (1964) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Directed by Mario Bava/Salvatore Billitieri
• Written by Mario Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua, Ivan Chekhov, Marcello Fondato, F.G. Snyder, Aleksei Tolstoy
• Starring Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon, Susy Andersen
• Produced by Salvatore Billitteri, Paolo Mercuri
• Original Music by Les Baxter (US version), Roberto Nicolosi
• Cinematography by Ubaldo Terzano, Mario Bava (uncredited)
• Film Editing by Mario Serandrei

Plot Summary

• Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.

Also Known As

• Les Trois visages de la peur (Canada) (French title) / France | Die Drei Gesichter der Furcht (Germany) | I skräckens klor (Sweden) | Der Ring der Verdammten (Austria) | The Three Faces of Fear | The Three Faces of Terror | As Três Máscaras do Terror (Brazil) | Las Tres caras del miedo (Spain)

Taglines

• 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 Vengeance is only a voice and where vampires suck only the blood of those they love dearest.
• This is the night of the nightmare...The day of the Undead.
• This is the night of the nightmare...
• ...The most gruesome day in the calendar of the Undead!
• The most gruesome day in the calendar!
• Not Since 'FRANKENSTEIN' Have You Seen Such Horror!
• 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.