FilmSupernatural Ghosts & Haunting Vampire

Black Sabbath1963

Name: Black Sabbath
Genre: Supernatural, Ghosts & Haunting, Vampire, Classic Monsters
Released: 1963-08-17
Rating: 7.2

“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.”

Directed by Mario Bava

7.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 7.0Rotten Tomatoes 89%Metacritic 82TMDB 7.2

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Year

1963

Runtime

95 min

Box Office

🏆 2 wins & 1 nomination

The premise

Three 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.

Horror Vault's take

Mario Bava's beloved anthology weaves three distinct tales of dread, each escalating in unease and visual menace. A woman alone receives increasingly sinister phone calls; a rural family encounters something ancient and bloodthirsty in the night; and a spiritualist's final séance sets in motion a haunting that refuses to stay buried. Hosted by the legendary Boris Karloff, this Italian horror gem is as stylish as it is unsettling, drenching every frame in moody, expressionistic color. Few anthology horrors of any era match its cumulative chill.

Content: Supernatural Violence, Depictions Of A Severed Head, Stabbing, Vampire Horror Imagery, Mild Atmospheric Menace