Black Sabbath (1963) 7/10

Black Sabbath stands as a testament to the greatness of Mario Bava. The film stars Boris Karloff and features 3 separate stories to chill your bones! The stories are about a woman terrorized by constant death threats over her phone, a period piece set in eastern Europe where the myth of the wurdulak comes true and finally woman haunted by an old lady from whom she stole a ring.

Beautifully shot with a whole palette of wonderful colors the film oozes style in a way only the Italians can do it, eat your heart out Hammer! The film moves at a nice pace and features wonderful sets and of course beautiful women. All in all a great film from Bava worth checking out by anyone even casually interested in Italian horror.

So why did I give it a 7? Well because thus far there has not been a version on dvd with the English audio track. See the film was originally shot in English but later dubbed in Italian. So we have to sit through the whole film knowing that the actors are speaking English but having to read subtitles instead. Totally irritating and distracting for English speakers. I don't know why the film has never been released with its original version but hopefully anchor bay will find the original dialogue some day.

Gore - mild

Nudity - none

Overall - 7/10