Les trois visages de la peur

Titre original : I tre volti della paura

1963
12
1h 32min

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Boris Karloff anime trois histoires d'horreur dont une call-girl traquée, un monstre ressemblant à un vampire qui s'attaque à sa famille, et une infirmière hantée par la propriétaire légitim... Tout lireBoris Karloff anime trois histoires d'horreur dont une call-girl traquée, un monstre ressemblant à un vampire qui s'attaque à sa famille, et une infirmière hantée par la propriétaire légitime de sa bague.Boris Karloff anime trois histoires d'horreur dont une call-girl traquée, un monstre ressemblant à un vampire qui s'attaque à sa famille, et une infirmière hantée par la propriétaire légitime de sa bague.

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Récompenses
- 2 victoires et 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
This film served as inspiration for the naming of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. In 1968, the band (then called Earth) was playing a small club in Birmingham, England. Across the street was a movie theater showing the film Black Sabbath. The band noticed that more people were in line to see the movie than were to see the band. Realizing that "horror sells tickets" they decided to change the band's name to Black Sabbath.

Gaffes
The narration of this film's English-dubbed version claims that "The Wurdulak" was written by Tolstoy and that "The Drop of Water" was written by Chekhov. The first claim is misleading; "The Wurdulak" was not written by Leo Tolstoy, the famous author of "War and Peace", but by minor novelist Alexei Tolstoy. The second claim is completely untrue; Anton Chekhov never wrote a short story titled "The Drop of Water" or any story with a plot resembling that of the so-named segment of this film.

Citations
Gorca: What's the matter, woman? Can't I fondle my own grandson? Give him to me!

Versions alternatives
As documented by Tim Lucas (in Video Watchdog #5), the order of the segments was rearranged by AIP for the English-language release. The original ordering was: "The Telephone," "The Wurdalak," and "The Drop of Water." In addition, "The Telephone" was re-dubbed and slightly re-cut by Bava at AIP's request to create a supernatural angle and disguise the lesbian overtones of the story.

Connexions
Featured in Une hache pour la lune de miel (1970)

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Karloff is Wonderful!

This is an anthology film with three stories, totally unrelated introduced by a rather aged, dignified Boris Karloff. Karloff introduces each with great savvy and a generous dose of wit and humour. All three stories were directed by Italian horror specialist Mario Bava, whose use of the camera was legendary and unique. The first story was based on a story by Chekov called "The Drop of Water" and it is the best of the three. This little story about a nurse that steals a ring off the body of a witch, having been warned not to, is one of the scariest scenes ever to be filmed. The second story about a killer and a phone is adequate. The third story, starring Karloff as a Wurdelak...or vampire..is very good. It has plenty of atmosphere, and is the only film in which Boris ever played a vampire. All in all, Black Sabbath is a good film. It shows the talent that Bava had for taking fairly ordinary situations in life into horriffic ones.