Movie #265 Black Sabbath *1963*

I currently have about 300 movies in my Netflix queue.  Roughly 150 streaming and 150 mail only.  This is not an article about the Netflix pirce hike, but you might look for one soon to come.  This is post about how I hear about a movie and quickly add it to my queue.  Then by the time I get around to seeing it I have forgotten what interested me so much about this movie.

This is not the case with Black Sabbath.  I added this to my list because I read that Q. Tarintino loved this movie.  I love his movies and I usually enjoy watching the films that inspire him.  I have to say thought that I thought this was a bit of a miss.  I did enjoy it overall, but compared to the other films QT has recommended, (like Django) this has to be my least favorite.

It is presented like a Twilight Zone episode.  The kind that used to have 2 or three short stories that were linked together by Rod Sterling leading into each.  Instead of Mr. Sterling here we get Boris Karloff of Frankenstein fame.  He is the narrator and introduces each of 3 short films. 

The first short is about a possessed ring.  A nurse steals the ring off a dead woman's finger.  The nurse is then haunted and eventually the dead woman herself shows up and makes the woman kill herself.  The second short is about a dead man calling his mistress and threatening her.  The woman then calls the man's wife.  The wive comes over to comfort her and the "dead" man tries to kill them both.  The third film is a vampire short where a family is plagued by a father that is undead. 

All of these shorts are pretty cheesy by today's standards.  The first film has the ability to be creepy.  The second one centers more around sex and the third is a classic story and a period piece.  As one piece of work the film is uneven, cheaply made and kind of boring.

I was expecting more of a traditional Italian horror flick from Mario Bava and just a flat out better movie recommendation from QT.  I give Black Sabbath ★★1/2.