Black Sabbath (1963)
7/10
3 stories not all of them are winners
9 August 2015
Warning: Spoilers
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
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