In an interview with Metal Hammer , Ozzy Osbourne revealed which horror movie managed to scare Black Sabbath .
The interview was conducted by members of Tenacious D , and vocalist Jack Black asked Ozzy what his favorite horror movie was. The musician then recalled a moment he experienced in 1974 with his bandmates.
“Our manager came up to us one day and said, ‘You guys need to see this movie called The Exorcist ,’” Ozzy recounts. “We asked, ‘ The Exorcist? What the hell is that?’ He said, ‘Go and watch it.’ We were in a movie theater in Philadelphia and we were freaking out!”
“That was very real. We were terrified! There we were, Black Sabbath and the Prince of Darkness, and we had to watch another movie – The Sting – just to stop thinking about that one. It was incredible,” he concludes.
Ozzy Osbourne and his Black Sabbath bandmates had reason to be afraid. The Exorcist is still considered one of the greatest horror classics in film history. In 1988, the UK removed the film from shelves and banned it for 11 years. A sequel is in production and is expected to be released in 2023.
