Cinematic background from Black Sabbath 1963 - Three short tales of supernatural horror. In “The Telephone,” a woman is plagued by threatening phone calls. In "The Wurdalak,” a family is preyed upon by vampiric monsters. In “The Drop of Water,” a deceased medium wreaks havoc on the living.

Black Sabbath

1963

Horror

Directors:
Mario Bava
Writers:
Anton Chekhov, Alberto Bevilacqua, Marcello Fondato, Mario Bava, Aleksei Tolstoy, Guy de Maupassant
Official poster of Black Sabbath 1963 directed by [object Object]
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman and a child are sitting on a table; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – Two men standing next to each other in front of a wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – An old man and a young boy in a cave; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – Two beautiful women standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man with a beard and long hair is laying on the ground; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – Two men are standing in front of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person wearing a neck scarf; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person with a beard; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman's face in the dark; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person wearing a necklace; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A group of people gathered around a fire; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman are looking at one another; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman are looking at each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person smoking a cigarette in a room; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman standing next to each other in the dark; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman sitting in front of a table with a candle; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman laying on the ground with her eyes closed; Medium shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman sitting on a window sill in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – An older man and a young boy in a cave; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman sitting in a chair with her hand on her chin; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – An old man with a very dark look on his face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – Two people are standing in front of a house at night; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A beautiful woman with long blonde hair wearing a pink top; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person wearing a costume; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A beautiful woman sitting in front of a fireplace; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of trees; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – An old house in the middle of the night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman are drinking tea together; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman is cooking something in a pot; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman looking at one another; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman sitting at a table talking on a phone; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – Two women are standing next to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman are kissing in a dark room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – An old man with a very long hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman sitting next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman standing in a dimly - lit living room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman writing on top of a wooden desk; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – Two men sitting at a dinner table eating food; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of a window; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman in a white dress in front of another woman in a white dress; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman is talking on the phone and looking at the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – Two people in a dark forest at night with fog; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man walking through a forest holding a bag; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – An old man kissing a little girl on the cheek; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman sitting at a table drinking a glass of wine; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman's face is blurry in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person talking on a phone; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person wearing a costume; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – Two men standing next to each other in front of a blue background; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man in a suit and tie holding onto a curtain; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man wearing a coat and a bow tie standing in front of a tree; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man standing in the dark in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman in white dress laying on a bed; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A beautiful woman holding a cigarette in her mouth; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman sitting on a bed holding a wine glass; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman in a white robe standing in front of a bed; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A group of people standing around a fire; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman with long blonde hair looking to her left; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman sitting in a chair in front of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man standing in a dark room holding a knife; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman wearing a green coat and black gloves; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – An older woman is talking to someone in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man standing in front of a door in a dark room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A beautiful woman with blonde hair wearing a white dress; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man , woman , and a child standing next to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man in a brown vest is standing in front of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A man walking through a dark forest at night; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman sitting on a chair in a dark room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Sabbath” (1963), directed by Mario Bava – A woman standing in front of a mirror in a dark room; Medium shot, Low angle