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Trilogy of Terror (1975)
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In this made-for-TV horror showcase,
Karen Black
plays four separate roles in three successive tales written or based on the works of venerable genre writer
Richard Matheson
. In "Julie," Black portrays a prim college literature instructor who engages in a debauched affair with one of her students after he drugs, date-rapes, and blackmails her into submission; here and in the other stories, however, things aren't what they seem. "Millicent and Therese" features the actress in two roles as good sister/bad sister twins who use witchcraft to settle their sexual and moral differences. In the final and most famous segment, "Amelia," Black plays a spinster with an insufferable mother who sublets a high-rise apartment in the city in order to find romantic freedom. When she purchases a Zuni fetish warrior doll as a present for her anthropology-professor beau, it comes to life and chases her around the flat with considerable tenacity. A failed pilot for a horror anthology series, Trilogy of Terror first appeared on ABC in 1975 and subsequently gained a devoted cult following. Black originally didn't want to participate, but agreed after her husband,
Robert Burton
, was cast in the role of the date-raping blackmailer. Although the actress has appeared in numerous subsequent horror films, it was her indelible quadruple roles here that inspired cult New York rockers the Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. The film also allegedly inspired the 1984 horror-blaxploitation flick
Black Devil Doll From Hell
. A belated sequel, Trilogy of Terror 2, also from former
Dark Shadows
director Dan Curtis, followed in 1996. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
Production Crew
Jan Scott
Art Director
Robert Singer
Associate Producer
Richard Matheson
Book Author
Gail Melnick
Casting
Paul Lohmann
Cinematographer
Robert Cobert
Composer (Music Score)
Barbara Siebert-Boticoff
Costume Designer
John S. Perry
Costumes Supervisor
Dan Curtis
Director
Les Green
Editor
Art Levinson
First Assistant Director
Kathryn Blondell
Hair Styles
Michael Westmore
Makeup
Dan Curtis
Producer
Jan Scott
Production Designer
Robert J. Koster
Production Manager
James Pilcher
Production Sound Mixer
Richard Matheson
Screenwriter
William F. Nolan
Screenwriter
Leonard A. Mazzola
Set Decorator
Richard Albain
Special Effects
Year: 1975
Runtime: 78
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature
Genre
Horror
Thriller
Produced by
ABC Circle
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