
Body Bags
1993

A story that goes beyond the boundaries of the Supernatural to the half-world of the living dead...Where a woman's soul inhabits a fly's body...Where vampires suck only the blood of those they love dearest.
Three tales of supernatural horror include a woman plagued by threatening phone calls, a family targeted by vampiric monsters, and a deceased medium who wreaks havoc upon the living.

Three tales of supernatural horror include a woman plagued by threatening phone calls, a family targeted by vampiric monsters, and a deceased medium who wreaks havoc upon the living.
Boris KarloffGorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
Mark DamonVladimire d'Urfe (segment "The Wurdalak")
Michèle MercierRosy (segment "The Telephone")
Susy AndersenSdenka (segment "The Wurdalak")
Lidia AlfonsiMary (segment "The Telephone")
Jacqueline PierreuxHelen Chester (segment "A Drop Of Water")
Glauco OnoratoGiorgio (segment "The Wurdalak")
Rika DialynaMaria (segment "The Wurdalak")
Milo QuesadaFrank Rainer (segment "The Telephone")
MillyThe Maid (segment "A Drop Of Water")
Gustavo De NardoPolice Inspector (segment "A Drop Of Water")
Harriet MedinNeighbor (segment "A Drop Of Water")















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Boris Karloff introduces this triptych of short stories. I found the first, the shortest, to be the least interesting centring around a greedy nurse who robs a corpse of a valuable ring only to find that it's erstwhile owner isn't quite finished with it, or her, quite yet! The second sees a beautiful woman return to her apartment one evening only to find herself subjected to repeated telephone calls warning her that she shall not see the morning! Michèle Mercier is quite effective as the terrified "Rosy" in this story. Finally, Karloff himself takes to the stage in a rather lengthier, enjoyable, vampire story that sees a travelling count discover the body of a dreaded bandit and take it to a nearby farm. It's only once there, and with the return of the father "Gorca", that he begins to realise that this danger has already been "invited in"! The productions have a very Hammer look to them, the make up and visual effects (especially in the first story) don't hold up so well, but in the main, the three stories are quite solid with portentous messages of revenge for those who would steal or cheat or kill! You are unlikely to recall it a few days after watching, but Bava knew how to do budget/studio horror quite well and the last two stories make a decent fist of developing some sense of menace and threat. Good fun.

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