Guillermo del Toro Praises This “Superb” Free-to-Stream Horror Classic As “Delightful and eternal”
Over the past few weeks, I have been sharing recommendations from Guillermo del Toro’s TCM watch guide. And I am back with another one today. This latest pick is helmed by one of my favorite Italian horror filmmakers, Mario Bava. I’m talking about none other than his chilling anthology horror picture, Black Sabbath.
The Crimson Peak director has nothing but praise for Black Sabbath, showing a particular affinity for the picture’s second and third segments.
If you are interested in checking Black Sabbath out, you can find the feature streaming for free (with ads) on Tubi, as of the publication of this post. Keep reading for del Toro’s take on the film.
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“Black Sabbath is a superb example of Mario Bava,” says del Toro. “He was a technician of the highest order but also a stylist of supreme intelligence. He could make a movie look grand and elegant and beautiful with a very tight budget and he could do that in black-and-white, as proven over and over again. Black Sunday remains his peak for that. But here in Black Sabbath, his gleeful fairy tale abandon with the use of color compositions is delightful and eternal. He uses three classic stories to illustrate increasing terror. The second one particularly, ‘The Wurdulak’, uses the Eastern European tradition that has the vampire coming back to his loved ones to vampirize them before he goes into the world propagating evil. Boris Karloff is absolutely terrifying in it. The final one, ‘The Ring’, contains one of the most shocking images you will ever see. So, be prepared.”
The anthology flick sees Boris Karloff host a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a vampire-like monster who preys on his family, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring’s rightful owner.
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