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Black Sabbath is a 1963 horror film directed by Mario Bava, who also served as the director of photography. The screenplay was written by Marcello Fondato, Alberto Bevilacqua, and Bava. The cast includes Michèle Mercier, Lydia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, and Mark Damon. The movie is based on the story The Family of the Vourdalak and features supernatural themes. It was produced in Italy and France by Emmepi Cinematografica, Galatea Film, and Societé Cinématographique Lyre.
The film was originally titled I tre volti della paura and is presented in Italian. It runs for 95 to 97 minutes and was shot on 35 mm film. The narrative is set in London. Music was composed by Roberto Nicolosi, with editing by Mario Serandrei. The movie has been distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, and is available via video on demand through providers such as fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, Night Flight Plus, and ScreenPix Apple TV Channel.
Critical reception includes a review score of 6.8/10 and 89%, a TMDb vote average of 7.2, and an IMDb rating of 7.0 from 14,526 votes. The Metascore is 82, and the Rotten Tomatoes rating is 89%. The film received two wins and one nomination for awards. Its genres include horror, vampire, fantasy, and LGBTQ-related film.
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7.2Three tales of supernatural horror include a woman plagued by threatening phone calls, a family targeted by vampiric monsters, and a deceased medium who wreaks havoc upon the living.
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
- Mark Damon as Vladimire d'Urfe (segment "The Wurdalak")
- Michèle Mercier as Rosy (segment "The Telephone")
- Susy Andersen as Sdenka (segment "The Wurdalak")
- Lidia Alfonsi as Mary (segment "The Telephone")
- Jacqueline Pierreux as Helen Chester (segment "A Drop Of Water")
Themes
- nurse
- vampire
- telephone
- stalker
- anthology
- murder
- severed head
- ghost
- stabbed to death
- horror anthology
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
14,526 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
Metacritic
82/100
- Year
- 1963
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- Italian
- Based on
- The Family of the Vourdalak
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- Mario Bava
- Screenwriter
- Mario Bava
- Composer
- Roberto Nicolosi
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 372671
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- I tre volti della paura, il telefono.JPG
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- publication date
- 1963-01-01
- title
- I tre volti della paura
- film editor
- Mario Serandrei
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film format
- 35 mm film
- review score
- 89%
- Commons category
- I tre volti della paura (1963 film)
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