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Black Sabbath (1963)
Like Strtfghtr said this is a horror anthology film featuring three spooky stories. In existence there is an Italian version and a US version of the film. Boris Karloff makes different introductions/conclusions on each of the films, but he gets more screen time on the US version making a speech between each short. I'd recommend the US version solely for Karloff's amusing talks with us.
The first story is The Telephone where a woman is harassed by a former lover, spying on her in her apartment and calling her phone repeatedly, totally freaking her out and threatening her. The Italian version has a big twist in the story which I won't go into, but the US version completely removes this twist making the story somewhat thin in comparison. The lead actress is stunning, Bava has great taste in women that's for sure. It's a good little short with an intense atmosphere and mystery about it. I enjoy it.
Second is Wurdalak, starring Boris Karloff which is a vampire story set in the 1800's. A family awaits their father to return from his journey, when he returns he's a little strange. This is one of my favourites, Karloff is fantastic in this, and scary to watch as he murders and torments his own family. The whole film is spooky, especially the isolated location enveloped in an eery mist.
And the final film is called The Drop Of Water. In this film a woman dies of unknown causes in an apartment building, when a nurse is called to prepare the body she notices a ring on the dead womans finger, a ring with strange powers, drawing in anyone who sees it. The nurse steals the ring of course and is immediately haunted by the dead woman wishing to reclaim her treasured belonging. The corpse in this is freaky as hell, with a strange distorted grin and staring eyes which I found very effective. I found this one to be the funnest of the three.
So overall a very solid film and is an anthology film up there with the best, like the Creepshow films. This is one of Bava's best as well.