scariest ever

Hmm...I m not sure it was the scariest thing ever,but it certainly had a unique atmosphere of dread and anxiety.

I would have to agree. I remember this movie segmnet (Drop of Water) giving me nightmares for some time. Its still very creepy, even today. Its an image you remember LONG after you have seen the movie. Strange how something that basicly looks so fake, can create such a lastingly haunting image that you dont forget.
This is an example where very simple basic images and techniques are far more effective than most sophisticated special effects used today. Kind of a shame that older horror classics like this are basicly a "lost art" to newer writers using all sorts of cgi or those who simply rely on blood and guts to "gross out" the viewer rather than create genuine fright.
In my opinion, "Drop of Water" remains as effective today as it was over 30 years ago. It packs a lot into a short segment. In my opinion, its the best of the three segments.

Yes Yes Yes! This movie literally turned our house upside down once in the 1960's. Our entire family, minus my mother, was deeply engrossed in this movie one night. My brother Bruce, five years older that I, was known to be a big chicken when it came to scary movies. I was staring at him to see if he was covering his eyes, but his eyes were wide open. What I did'nt know is that he was staring at our older brothers back and not the screen. Just then, the dead ladys' face popped on the screen and our older brother jumped, which left Bruce staring the dead woman in the face. He screamed so loud that my mother fainted in the next room. She had no idea what happened til later.

That was the visual that intrigued me the most. I can't remember who ran it, AMC or TCM. But I was scrambling to find out what movie it was from. I found it completely by accident when I ordered this from Amazon.

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Black Sunday was my introduction to Italian horror films, and Black Sabbath wasn't far behind. I worked at a local theater where this ran for a week with a British sci-fier Unearthly Stranger.
I don't see any comments on the special DVD edition which restores the lesbian subplot to the The Phone and gives a different interpretation of its ending. The order of the 3 films is different with "Phone" being the last. Also, Karloff's introductions are different and dubbed into Italian.
What somewhat ruins the restored film is a humorous studio sequence with Karloff and the crew.
Still one of my favorite horror films and one that doesn't depend upon blood, guts et al to scare you. Today's Japanese, Thai and Korean horror films are a different story.

I just got finished watching this movie. I rented it from the library, VHS copy in Italian with English sub-titles. This is brilliant classic horror movie. I didn’t realized the history of the movie, it being were the music group Black Sabbath got their name.

Sadly I didn’t get scared. I actually laugh at the ring, fly, water dripping, zombie, episode. I am impressed with the lesbian under tone in the call. For 1963 I was shocked. The vampire one was slow but a good story overall.

The first time I saw it, I was 10 and it scared the sh!t out of me! I kept thinking I saw that woman's face all night long in the dark upstairs. Especially, when the woman moved to different sides of the bed and she looked like she was watching her the whole time. Man, that was scary!

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