Black Sabbath (film)
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| Black Sabbath | |
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| Directed by | Mario Bava |
| Produced by | Salvatore Billiterri Paolo Mercuri |
| Written by | Mario Bava Alberto Bevilacqua Ivan Chekhov Marcello Fondato F.G. Snyder Aleksei Tolstoy |
| Starring | Boris Karloff Michèle Mercier |
| Music by | Roberto Nicolosi |
| Cinematography | Ubaldo Terzano |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures (U.S.) |
| Release date(s) | 1963 |
| Running time | 92 min |
| Language | Italian |
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- This article is about the horror film directed by Mario Bava. For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation).
Black Sabbath (Italian title: I Tre volti della paura) is a 1963 Italian horror film directed by Mario Bava. Boris Karloff, in addition to starring in the wraparound segments, has a role in the third and final story. The film comprises three horror stories: "The Drop of Water", "The Telephone", and "The Wurdalak" (based on a story by Alexei Tolstoy). The Italian cut uses a different sequence of the episodes ("The Telephone," followed by "The Wurdalak," followed by "The Drop of Water"), and also has different introductory scenes involving Karloff as the narrator. In its original Italian version, "The Telephone" is also different from its American dub. It contains a lesbian sub-plot that is eliminated in the English-language version by removing a couple scenes, changing the dialogue in those that are left, and through reshooting a key insert shot involving a letter. In the American version this story has more of a supernatural veneer.
[edit] Connection to the band of the same name
In August 1969, a heavy blues-rock/metal band named Earth decided to change their name and agreed that the title of this movie would be a nice fit for their sound. This band, Black Sabbath, later rose to much acclaim.
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