Black Sabbath (film)

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Black Sabbath
Italian release poster
Directed by	Mario Bava
Produced by	Salvatore Billiterri Paolo Mercuri
Written by	Mario Bava Alberto Bevilacqua Ivan Chekhov Marcello Fondato F.G. Snyder Aleksei Tolstoy
Starring	Boris Karloff Michèle Mercier
Music by	Roberto Nicolosi
Cinematography	Mario Bava Ubaldo Terzano
Distributed by	American International Pictures (U.S.)
Release date(s)	1963
Running time	92 min
Language	Italian
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This article is about the horror film directed by Mario Bava. For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation).

I Tre volti della paura or Black Sabbath (1963) was an Italian gothic horror movie directed by Mario Bava. Boris Karloff, in addition to starring in the wraparound segments, has a role in the third and final story. The film comprises three horror stories: "The Drop of Water", "The Telephone", and "The Wurdalak" (based on a story by Alexei Tolstoy).

In 1969, a heavy blues-rock band named Earth decided to change their name and agreed that the title of this movie would be a nice fit for their sound. This band, Black Sabbath, later rose to much acclaim.