Boris Karloff hosts a trio of horror stories concerning a stalked call girl, a patriarch who has become a vampire-like monster, and a nurse who is haunted by her ring's rightful owner.
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| Michèle Mercier | ... | Rosy (segment "Il telefono") | |
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Lidia Alfonsi | ... | Mary (segment "Il telefono") (as Lydia Alfonsi) |
| Boris Karloff | ... | Gorca (segment "I Wurdalak") | |
| Mark Damon | ... | Vladimir D'Urfe (segment "I Wurdalak") | |
| Susy Andersen | ... | Sdenka (segment "I Wurdalak") | |
| Massimo Righi | ... | Pietro (segment "I Wurdalak") | |
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Rika Dialyna | ... | Maria (segment "I Wurdalak") (as Rica Dialina) |
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Glauco Onorato | ... | Giorgio (segment "I Wurdalak") |
| Jacqueline Pierreux | ... | Helen Chester (segment "La goccia d'acqua") | |
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Milly | ... | The Maid (segment "La goccia d'acqua") (as Milly Monti) |
| Harriet Medin | ... | Neighbor (segment "La goccia d'acqua") | |
| Gustavo De Nardo | ... | Police Inspector (segment "La goccia d'acqua") | |
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A trio of atmospheric horror tales about: A woman terrorized in her apartment by phone calls from an escaped prisoner from her past; a Russian count in the early 1800s who stumbles upon a family in the countryside trying to destroy a particularly vicious line of vampires; and a 1900-era nurse who makes a fateful decision while preparing the corpse of one of her patients - an elderly medium who died during a seance. Written by scgary66
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As documented by Tim Lucas (in Video Watchdog #5), the order of the segments was rearranged by AIP for the English-language release. The original ordering was: "The Telephone," "The Wurdalak," and "The Drop of Water." In addition, "The Telephone" was re-dubbed and slightly re-cut by Bava at AIP's request to create a supernatural angle and disguise the lesbian overtones of the story. See more »Connections
Referenced in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Top 15 Silver Age Horror (2016) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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