Trilogy of Terror

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Trilogy of Terror

1975,

1h 18m,

Horror

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86%

28 Reviews

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56%

5,000+ Ratings

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86%

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28 Reviews

56%

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5,000+ Ratings

The same woman (Karen Black) appears in three tales as a blackmailed teacher, a tormented lover and opposite sisters.

Critics Consensus

Trilogy of Terror delivers a twisty anthology of macabre stories driven by Karen Black's captivating multi-character performance and whirlwind visuals.

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Dennis Braithwaite

Toronto Star

Mar 14, 2025

Karen Black carried all three segments and was tremendous in the final one.

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Percy Shain

Boston Globe

Mar 14, 2025

2/4

A trio of stories in the Alfred Hitchcock vein that are pretty dismal on the whole and lack his saving grace of sardonic humor.

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Kristen Lopez

Ticklish Business

Mar 13, 2025

Trilogy of Terror isn’t a classic on par with The Twilight Zone, but it’s a fun feature with a unique premise.

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David Cuthbert

Times-Picayune

Mar 30, 2026

"Trilogy of Terror" is a slick, very well-made trio of horror stories.

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

Aug 31, 2025

3/5

Karen Black shows her full Scream Queen range playing four different women in three horror stories - each with a surprise sting in the tale - taken from the work of veteran genre writer Richard Matheson.

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Howard Pearson

Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Mar 14, 2025

If anyone can come up with a valid reason television should present a program like "Trilogy of Terror," I'll eat the film.

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Han P

Nov 2, 2018

Primitive and silly.

Leia P

Jul 11, 2018

The third installment is a 9 but the first two together would not add up to Amelia so it's a 5 total score.

Kylo S

Jan 17, 2018

Karen Black was the shit! RIP

Albus S

Mar 18, 2017

Trilogy of Terror: I remember seeing this Karen Black terror anthology as a child. The other vignettes were ok, but it was the final one, Amelia, in which Black played a woman terrorized in her apartment by a Zuni fetish doll that has come to life, that stuck with me. Considered terrifying at the time, it has become a sort of cult classic, inspiring a myriad of possessed doll horror films. B

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Albus S

Jan 14, 2008

Between a 6/10 and 7/10, the third segment in this trilogy is arguably the scariest piece ever crafted under the made-for-TV label.

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Synopsis

The same woman (Karen Black) appears in three tales as a blackmailed teacher, a tormented lover and opposite sisters.

Director: Dan Curtis
Producer: Dan Curtis
Screenwriter: William F. Nolan
Production Co: ABC Circle Films, Dan Curtis Productions
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (TV): Mar 4, 1975
Runtime: 1h 18m

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