Black Sabbath DVD

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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 terrorised 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.

DVD extras:

• High Definition transfer of the European version of the film; I tre volti della paura i with score by Roberto Nicolos film
• Optional English subtitles
• 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
• International Trailer
• US Trailer
• Italian Trailer
• TV and Radio Spots