- DIRECTOR:
Mario Bava
- ACTORS:
Jacqueline Pierreux, Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon, Susy Andersen, Massimo Righi, Rika Dialina, Glauco Onorato
- PLOT:
A trilogy of horror vignettes involving a woman haunted by a ring stolen from a corpse, a woman stalked over the telephone, and an expanding family of vampires.
- EVALUATION:
None of the tales are bad, but the haunted ring is probably the most memorable, although you have to hand it to the vampire story for killing both a dog and a child.
- WRITING:
Based on stories by Chekov and the second-most famous Tolstoy, apparently.
- FILMING:
Bava is a talented director, but the set design sells his films for me, especially in the strangely-lit vampire tale.
- BEST PART:
Karloff's narration
- TRIVIA:
Maybe it's not surprising that the band took its name from this film, but apparently they also shifted to scarier music as a result of seeing crowds line up for this film.
- STINGER:
Karloff saying "And now a few words about vampires..."
