Trilogy of Terror (Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Trilogy of Terror (Special Edition)
Movie Review: "Terrific trilogy..."
Summary: 5 Stars
As far as I know, "Trilogy of Terror" originally aired as a made for tv movie in 1974 or so. It featured three horror-suspense stories, each about 25 minutes in length, and all three starred Karen Black, who plays four different roles. Now the film is being released on this much-deserved special-edition so that everyone can finally see it. The film showcases a virtouso performance by Black, who left such an impression she was nominated for a much deserved emmy. The first story: "julie" is about a repressed and shy college proffesor who is seduced and seemingly blacmailed by one of her students. The second; "Millicent & Therese" about twin sisters who can't stand each other finally go head-to-head after their father's death. & the third story; "Amelia", the best and most memorable of the three tales; about a young woman who buys a zuni fetish doll for her boyfriend, only to find the doll come to life and stalk her inside her apartment. All 3 stories end with a twist. I thoroughly enjoyed all thee tales, but , like most viewers, "Amelia" stayed with me after the film was over. The creepy little doll, left a good imprint on me as it does most viewers. Black slips through all her roles with ease and believability. She never ceases to amaze whether she's acting in "Trilogy" or "House of 1000 corpses" or "Easy Rider". Now the dvd contains some great bonuses that are a must for trilogy fans. First, there's a great commentary by director Dan curtis & Black which is quite informative. There's also 2 new featurettes; "3 colors black" which is a interview with Black as she looks back on her career & talks about "trilogy", though there's slight repetition from the commentary, it's still worthwhile. The second featurette is an interview with author Richard Matheson, whose short stories were the inspiration for "Trilogy" . The 2 featurettes total about a half hour. Over all, "Trilogy of Terror" is a great, creepy little classic which has now recieved a great dvd special edition which is a must for fans. -Alex BaroneMovie Review: Look out for the Zuni!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Back in the heyday of Dark Shadows Dan Curtis did some telly movies. Frankenstein with Robert Foxworth, The Norliss Tapes with Roy Thinnes, The Night Stalker with Darren Mcgavin, Scream of the Wolf with Clint Walker and Peter Graves, then eventually went on to do bigger projects like The Winds of War and War and Remembrance with Robert Mitchum. During that salad days of the mid 1970s, he did a nifty "novella" style movie called Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black. He went on to use Black in Burnt Offerings the following year.
It's a three story showcase, displaying the varied talents of Black, but it's in the last one where Curtis breaks out and really does something memorable.
The first novella tale is "Julie". This tell was never fully fleshed out about a college professor who has dark secrets. Nice quirky ending keeps this one for being average.
The second is "Millicent and Therese". After the promise of "Julie", I really expected a bit more from this rather obvious tale. Is good fun, just nothing special. Still a fine showcase for Black to show what she can do. It was just so all totally out there, no twist of the screw to make it more.
"Amelia" The final one is based on Richard Matheson's Prey, and it outstanding. Once you see these story you will never forget the Zuni warrior that comes to life. Amelia is totally abused by her possessive and controlling mother. She tries to break these ties that bind, but she is no match. She buys a Zuni doll and it comes to life. No spoiler there. You can see that by the cover. It's the story that is amazing. Black's ending is original and memorable.
This was low budget telly movie remember, so accept the quality as not motion picture level.
Still a GREAT Halloween movie and tribute to Curtis who died March '' this year.
Movie Review: Unbelievable Funny: Karen Black Sinks a New High In Camp
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie dated 1975 was produced and directed by legendary Dan Curtis and like his earlier series "Dark Shadows" there are several unintentional funny moments. Richard Matheson was co-writer of the stories and wrote several great episodes of "Ghost Story," which is the first time I laughed at Karen Black in the episode "Bad Connection." Please read my review on this. There are 3 short stories, which starred Ms. Black. The first one "Julie" about a wallflower college professor who gets blackmailed by one of her students. It is funny to see Karen in a drab role. Then, she plays two sisters in "Millicent and Therese," one is again a drab sister and the other is a boxum blonde sister. The boxum blonde portrayal is what makes you laugh and how the drab sister sister complains about her is funny. When you think you have seen Karen Black at her campy best, you are in a really nice treat in "Amelia." This is about a woman controlled by her mother, who buys a Zuni fetish doll. Ha, ha, the doll comes to life and starts attacking Karen. Instead of being scared even with blood being seen, I couldn't stop laughing. This episode is so crazy and unintentionally funny. Famous line from Karen Black, "I can't believe this is happening to me." Please buy this dvd and invite some friends, who love to laugh. The last episode alone is worth buying. There is a surprise ending but watching Ms. Black interact with the doll is so funny, who cares about an ending. Ms. Black I love you and will be looking for more of your funny movies. A+ to your dvd collection.Movie Review: Still Fabulously Terrorizing! What A Great Blast from TV Past!
Summary: 5 Stars
One late night in 1977 my sister and I were watching the late night horror movie on Detroit's local ABC station WXYZ. As suspense/horror/mystery fans, we had seen almost all the classic and features from the kitchy "Wood" movies and Hammer horrors to the slasher films that were reaching a fever pitch about then. But of all the movies we had seen up to that date, nothing scared us two teenage fans to the point that we stood on our respective sofas, afraid to put our feet down. Before Ms. Black got to the sofa, we had run into my mother's room screaming "Ma! You gotta see this!!" pulling her out of bed. All three of us were standing on one couch, laughing and screaming. It was the best scare of our lives to that point. The two preceeding features were so wonderfully and intererestingly written, but the screenwriter was a master of so many favorites of ours at that time. I won't give more away.. you'll have to buy it to enjoy it.(reviews are not book reports and I feel they should give the writers impression of the work, not an autopsy, and pique the curiosity of the reader)
I purchased this version a few weeks ago and it is very clean and clear and has great sound. I never thought I'd ever see it on DVD. When it arrived, I shared it with my metalbabies and we all had a horrifyingly great time.
Metaldiva Sez: This is so much scary fun to watch. Fans of this richly creative time in "made-for-tv" movie history will love it.
Movie Review: Hasn't lost it's "bite"...
Summary: 5 Stars
I, like so many other reviewers, first saw this as a kid in the 70s on late night TV, and it likewise scared the living hell out of me.
The first two stories, admittedly, didn't stand out in my memory from that time...but upon rewatching, I find them both to be entertaining and creepy in their own way, but more of dark "Twilight Zone" stories than "terror" tales. They do show the versatility of Karen Black, and that versatility carries over to the last chapter.
The third installment, "Amelia", is what got me then and still gets me now. I'm not going into lurid detail (that's already been done on these pages), but suffice to say that while the visual effects from this little short are showing their age (although I still find them effective), it's the SOUND: both from my childhood memory and watching it now, that provokes the sleeplessness and the nightmares when sleep finally comes. It struck me as funny how that sound brought all that terror from my youth back to me.
My daughter enjoyed this DVD with me, and whereas she suffers from being jaded by modern entertainment and finds classic movies that chilled me like "The Entity" rather dull, THIS one actually had her fidgiting and visibly uncomfortable.
That to me said it all...across two generations of MY family at least, this one is a frightener.