The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Black Sabbath
When
Wed 2 Sep 2026
Allegedly the source of a certain well-known heavy metal band’s name, Bava’s first colour horror film is a vivid anthology of three distinct stories: “The Drop of Water”, “The Telephone” and “The Wurdulak”.
Boris Karloff appears intermittently as a kind of genial host introducing each supernatural shocker, one of which stars Jacqueline Pierreux (the mother of Jean-Pierre Leaud), while another features Karloff himself in a grisly lead role. More a mixed bag of Halloween candy than a holy trinity, these are nonetheless a delightful set of genre shorts that display the audacious design and playfulness of Bava’s best work.
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