Trilogy of Terror (1975 TV Movie)
6/10
An ordinary terror movie formed by three segments nicely realized by Dan Curtis and well played by Karen Black
31 January 2022
Three stories interwoven together and starred by the great Karen Black. All of them are filled with mystery , suspense , terror , grisly killings , twisted events and horrible happenings. The first, : ¨Julie¨about a college student infatuated with his teacher , as she is blackmailed by one of her pupils for a past indiscretion in which she played an unwilling part, but then things go wrong , and she turns the tables on him the first chance she gets . The second, ¨Millicent and Therese" a paranoid tale of two sisters - one good girl , the other bad girl , only their doctor who visits from time to time knows the real thing behind the scenario . And the the final story : ¨Amelia¨, equally starred by Karen Black in a solo terror story monologue concerning a woman who buys an African Zuni fetish , it results to be actually a Native American voodoo doll that comes to life and pursues and attacks on her own flat . An electrifying experience - you won't believe your eyes !

A vintage , bizarre horror film financed from producer/director Dan Curtis and written by prestigious writer Richard Matheson , formed by three episodes ¨Julie¨, ¨Millicent and Therese" and ¨Amelia¨, with full of creepy events , chills , surprises , thrills and horrifying scens . These tense terror stories all of which stars Karen Black in four different roles playing tormented women : a sexually-repressed college teacher who is blackmailed by a pupil , a reclusive woman who lives with her amoral twin sister and a woman who's terrorized after buying a doll that chases and mistreats her . It deals with three entertaining and chilling segments ; all of them competently performed by Karen Black , accompanied by a familiar cast , such as : Gregory Harrison , John Karlen and George Gaynes of ¨Police Academy¨franchise .

These three horror anthology stories of tormented women being compellingly directed and in limited budget , as shooting was completed in a few weeks . Being financed by the notorious producer/directed by Dan Curtis at his best . Curtis created the series about Kolchak or Night Stalker (1972) , in fact in first segment the starring appears at a drive-in theater where can be seen showing the movie "The Night Stalker", this is an in-joke reference to filmmaker himself . Dan was a good writer, producer and director of TV series , working from the 60s . Curtis was a specialist in terror genre as proved in ¨Dark shadows¨, ¨Trilogy of terror¨, ¨Night Stalker¨, or ¨Scream of wolf , ¨Night Strangler¨¨ and successful wartime series filmmaker as ¨Winds of war¨ and ¨War and remembrance¨ , among others . Trilogy of Terror(1975) rating : 6.5/10 . Better than average horror movie. THe flick will appeal to terror enthusiasts and Karen Black fans .
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