Black Sabbath Blu Ray – Boris Karloff , Michèle Mercier

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray and DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD Three terrifying tales of the supernatural “Wardalak” “The Drop Of Water” and “The Telephone” Actors Michèle Mercier Lidia Alfonsi Boris Karloff Directors Mario Bava Format PAL Language Italian Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Number of discs 3 Classification 18

Mario Bava directs this Italian horror comprising three individual narratives. In ‘The Telephone’ a woman (Michèle Mercier) is tormented by a former lover who has been released from prison. In ‘The Wurdalak’ a man (Boris Karloff) returns home having been turned into a vampire. As he infects members of the household his dauther (Susy Anderson) runs away with a visiting nobleman (Mark Damon) but finds herself drawn back to her family. In ‘The Drop of Water’ a nurse (Jacqueline Pierreux) is tormented by strange goings-on after she steals a ring from the corpse of an elderly woman.

Black Sunday was such a huge hit that a follow-up was swiftly demanded, and horror maestro Mario Bava duly devised this three-part horror anthology blending modern and period stories. In the giallo-style ‘The Telephone’, a woman is terrorized by her former pimp after his escape from prison, and tries to escape him with the help of her lesbian lover, who has a dark secret of her own. In the Victorian-era ‘The Drop of Water’, a nurse steals a ring from the corpse of a dead spiritualist, which naturally tries to get it back. But it’s the 19th-century Russian story ‘The Wurdalak’ that comes closest to Bava’s earlier classic, with the great Boris Karloff as a much-loved paterfamilias who might not be entirely what he seems. Bava’s direction is as stylish as ever, and Black Sabbath is almost a compendium of his favourite themes. Special Features: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of two versions of the film; ‘I tre volti della paura’ – the European version with score by Roberto Nicolosi and ‘Black Sabbath’ – the re-edited and re-dubbed AIP version with Les Baxter score, on home video for the first time English SDH subtitles for English Audio and a new English subtitle translation of the Italian audio Audio Commentary with Bava biographer and expert Tim Lucas Introduction to the film by author and critic Alan Jones A Life In Film – An Interview with star Mark Damon Three Faces of Black Sabbath – A comparison of the different versions of the film International Trailer US Trailer Italian Trailer TV and Radio Spots Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic David Cairns and a substantial interview with AIP Producer Samuel Z. Arkoff on his experiences of working with Bava, conducted by Tim Lucas, illustrated with original stills and posters