Boris Karloff hosts (and stars in) this trio of atmospheric horror tales. In The Telephone, a woman is terrorized in her apartment by phone calls from a man in her past. In The Wurdalak, a Russian count in the early stumbles upon a family in the countryside trying to destroy a vicious line of vampires. And finally, in A Drop of Water, a nurse makes a fateful decision while preparing the corpse of one of her patients – an elderly medium who died during a seance.

Welcome to our third and final anthology film of the season, another classic: Black Sabbath (1963). Finally, we’re back in the world of Italian cinema–well, a joint venture with AIP (American International Pictures)–and highly cinematic director, Mario Bava. Join us as we discuss the attributes that often separate and sometimes lift this film above the average genre piece, including the lighting, the cinematography, the cast, and weird edits. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys settles in by the fire, just in time for Uncle Boris to tell us a story, or two, or three…  

SHOW LINKS:

• Black Sabbath (1963)
• Original trailer
• Mario Bava
• Boris Karloff
• Mark Damon
• Thriller (1960)
• Dead of Night (1945)
• The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
• Creepshow (1982)
• The Changeling (1980)
• Night Gallery (1969)
• Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
• Tales of the Crypt (1972)
• The Vault of Horror (1973)
• Scream (1996)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Salem’s Lot (1979)
• The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969)
• I Saw What You Did (1965)
• The Wild, Wild, West (1965)
• Black Sabbath (the band)
• Blood and Black Lace (1964)
• The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970)
• The Whip and The Body (1963)
• Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966)
• Deep Red (1975)
• Demons (1985)
• The Dunwich Horror (1970)

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