Black Sabbath
This is a lower budget Italian
production (though in complete English) starring a bunch of people
I've never seen before save for Boris Karloff. It's an anthology of 3
short stories. According to Wiki, the US version was much more
sanitized than the international version, meaning references to
lesbianism were removed as well as a lot of gore. This being because
in the US, the target audience was young teens whereas the
international crowd was adult. So that being said, let's begin
The Drop Of Water
A greedy tart steals the ring off the
corpse of a elderly woman. For her immoral crime, she becomes haunted
by the sound of dripping water (scary!), an annoying fly (deadly!),
and visions of the elderly woman corpse chillin' in her rocking
chair, posthumously of course. In the end, her last vision is that of
the corpse choking her to death, while in truth she was choking
herself.
The Telephone
Ug...creepy phone torture. A high-end
call girl receives a series of disturbing phone calls from her
one-time pimp who's SUPPOSED to be dead. She naturally freaks and
calls in an old friend for help. The old 'friend' drugs her ass up
and puts her to bed while she makes plans to consult a shrink about
her hysteria. In the end, the 'long dead' pimp shows up for real and
creates one of the most awkward reunions I've seen in a while. People
get all stabby and chokey and the only one to survive (rightfully) is
the call-girl who had NOTHING to do with these shenanigans.
This...this is why I have so few friends.
The Wudalak
Boris Karloff, a big-daddy in the
classic horror biz, has his moment in the spotlight with the final
feature. I should note it's also the longest. And the most boring.
And the most talky. And the worst. Simply put, Boris is Gorka, a
newly minted Russian vampire terrorizing his family. Or something
like that. It was 40 minutes of dull, incomprehensible crap. I
watched it and still have no idea what the hell was going on. I
completely checked out. I guess I'm thankful it wasn't a full length
feature.
I can't say this was a bad film, and
usually I like anthologies. However, this film's biggest legacy is
being the inspiration for the band of the same name. Not for being an
amazing horror film.
Tuesday: I can't wait to meet her
pimp....
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