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I tre volti della paura (1963) -- Boris Karloff is your host for Mario Bava’s 1963 classic triptych of terror, which set new standards in graphic violence and spellbinding horror.

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Release Date:
6 May 1964 (USA) more
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Tagline:
This is the night of the nightmare...The day of the Undead. more
Plot:
A trio of atmospheric horror tales about: A woman terrorized in her apartment by phone calls from an... more | full synopsis
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Michèle Mercier ... Rosy (segment "The Telephone")
Lidia Alfonsi ... Mary (segment "The Telephone") (as Lydia Alfonsi)

Boris Karloff ... Himself / Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
Mark Damon ... Vladimire d'Urfe (segment "The Wurdalak")
Susy Andersen ... Sdenka (segment "The Wurdalak")
Massimo Righi ... Pietro (segment "The Wurdalak")
Rika Dialina ... Maria (segment "The Wurdalak") (as Rica Dialina)
Glauco Onorato ... Giorgio (segment "The Wurdalak")
Jacqueline Pierreux ... Helen Chester (segment "The Drop of Water")
Milly ... The Maid (segment "The Drop of Water") (as Milly Monti)
Harriet Medin ... Neighbor (segment "The Drop of Water")
Gustavo De Nardo ... Police Inspector (segment "The Drop of Water")
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Milo Quesada ... Frank Rainer (segment "The Telephone") (uncredited)
Alessandro Tedeschi ... Coroner (segment "The Drop of Water") (uncredited)
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Directed by
Mario Bava 
Salvatore Billitteri 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Mario Bava  writer
Alberto Bevilacqua  writer
Ivan Chekhov  story "The Drop of Water"
Marcello Fondato  screenplay
F.G. Snyder  story "The Telephone"
Aleksei Tolstoy  novelette Sem'ya vurdalaka

Produced by
Salvatore Billitteri .... producer
Paolo Mercuri .... producer
 
Original Music by
Les Baxter (US version)
Roberto Nicolosi 
 
Cinematography by
Ubaldo Terzano 
Mario Bava (uncredited)
 
Film Editing by
Mario Serandrei 
 
Production Design by
Riccardo Domenici  (as Riccardo Dominici)
 
Art Direction by
Giorgio Giovannini 
 
Costume Design by
Tina Grani 
 
Makeup Department
Otello Fava .... makeup artist
Renata Magnanti .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Armando Govoni .... production supervisor
Paolo Mercuri .... production manager
 
Art Department
Francesco Bronzi .... assistant production designer
Riccardo Domenici .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
Fausto Ancillai .... sound mixer
Alfred R. Bird .... sound editor: US version
Mario Messina .... sound
Ernest Reichert .... sound editor: US version
Nino Renda .... sound mixer
Kay Rose .... sound editor: US version
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Enrico Fontana .... camera operator
Mario Mancini .... camera operator
 
Editorial Department
Lina Caterini .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Eve Newman .... music editor (US version)
Al Simms .... music coordinator (US version)
 
Other crew
Priscilla Contardi .... continuity
Franco Grifeo .... administrator
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Black Sabbath (USA)
Les trois visages de la peur (France)
The Three Faces of Fear
The Three Faces of Terror
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Runtime:
92 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
There were additional scenes filmed with Boris Karloff introducing the segments, however AIP decided they were unnecessary and cut them from the film. Karloff would later say these introductions were some of the most fun he'd ever had on a film set. more
Goofs:
Plot holes: In "The Wurdulak", Gorca shouldn't have been able to turn Giorgio into a vampire, because Giorgio had already been stabbed to death by Maria. more
Quotes:
Mary: [to Rosy] You have no reason to be afraid. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Le locataire (1976) more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Mario Bava should not be forgotten., 18 July 2004
Author: dbdumonteil

"Tre volti della paura " is a movie made up of three sketches,linked by Boris Karloff's comments -he plays the lead in the second segment - and all dealing with death following a logical progression:fear of death in the first sketch,some kind of "night of the living dead"cum vampires in the second one and terror around a dead woman in the third.Mario Bava did not need any special effects that mar so many horror films today:his baroque settings (Michele Mercier's flat in the first sketch,the countess's Gothic mansion in the third,and the lunar landscapes in the middle one),his knowing lighting effects,his color research,his incredibly effective use of the depth of field (visually stunning in the final segment)are as impressive today as they were forty years ago and were a strong influence on other Italian directors such as Dario Argento.Worth the price of admission.

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