Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

The first one is great, although more falls under the thriller genre, the second is an average vampire story, and the ghost story at the end is lousy. On average ... mediocre. The original title of the film is in Italian, director is also Italian, actors are Italian, French and English, it's written everywhere that the film is Italian, but either I'm crazy or this film was filmed in English and synchronized to Italian, which is so irritating that it can not be described in words. The Italian language does not fit the genre and synchronization makes it completely ridiculous and totally kills the tension of the original story. Why they did this I have no idea, and if someone knows what the matter is, I would be grateful to hear the explanation.6/10

The stories in this anthology, narrated by Boris Karloff, are wonderful. They are full of atmosphere and terror. It is a masterful use of classic stories, presented in a nice way. The acting is excellent and the selection of stories fits the theme of darkness. One of them involves the effects of something that causes a person to kill only those who are the most meaningful to them--their loved ones. Another involves the stealing of a jewel from a psychic which leads to serious circumstances. Often these multi-story films have a single good one and the others are wanting. Here, with the help of Boris Karloff, things move naturally from one to the other, with an implied theme.

I was only a year old when this movie came out and about seven years old when I saw it on the Late show.---Yeah! I was one of these sick lil kids that adored monster and horror movies.Black Sabbath is an Italian based movie that has been dubbed into English. I often wondered how the heck Boris Karloff got involved in such a project, but he and the movie don't disappoint with the chills.The movie is composed of three separate stories ala Tales of the Crypt like with the infamous voice of Boris Karloff as part narrator. The first story, A Drop of Water really gave me the coo-hoonies as a kid. It has a Gothic scary atmosphere with the old plot that "crime does not pay" after a nurse steals a dead woman's ring. The second, The Telephone is similar plot but more of revenge from the dead ploy. The third, I Vderlack written by Tolstoy (REALLY, he wrote a vampire story!) staring our own Boris K, is a campy, but creepy vampire tale.So if your up to just some plain chills and thrills or just a Karloof fan---try this, maybe with the lights out and enjoy!

Since this is a horror anthology consisting of 3 short stories I see it as my duty to rate them all separately.The Telephone: OK no masterpiece by any means and it looked a bit silly at times. But it was nice and surprising that the mysterious caller was actually not who Rosy and probably the viewer too expected to be. In the end one can wonder what exactly was the deal between the two ladies. Was there maybe some love triangle at play or even lesbian subtext? Very enjoyable. 7/10 The Wurdalak: Well I do think the whole legend of this vampire like creature feasting on the blood of his beloved ones was more interesting than the story itself. As this was the longest story it was the main attraction of the movie but unfortunately it was pretty predictable, the characters rather flat and some events didn't really make sense to me. Nice location and creepy but it pales compared to the other 2 stories. 5/10 The drop of water: Well they say keep the best as last and that's exactly what they did here in my opinion. Despite not having character development and the story being very simple it's incredibly effective in creating a great eerie atmosphere. The fact it might not have been a ghost but a ring that causes paranormal things driving the wearer insane was pretty brilliant idea. I don't think it would have worked as full movie but for a short it was really awesome and I did love that it makes you pondering a bit what actually caused the evil. 9/10