A TRILOGY IN TERROR

A TRILOGY IN TERROR-

Is a classic made-for-tv movie, once again the wonderful people of ABC's movie of the week has brought us another gem in entertainment. This time it's a 90 minute trip in terror and laughter starring Karen Black!

This Trilogy is made up of 3 wonderful stories about 4 different women: "Julie", "Millicent and Therese" and "Amelia". We can skip the first two, basically one is about an old maid, the second is your typical evil twin story but "Amelia" is the desert to this three course meal!

Karen Black plays Amelia, she buys an old voodoo doll for her boyfriend. Nothing weird about that, lots of goth girls do that. The doll is a Zuni Warrior, it came with a warning label: the necklace around its neck should not be removed. Kind of like those warning labels that come with your pillows...Well somehow the necklace came off, that's when the fun begins!

You get to see Black getting into a big brawl with this tiny animated thing! She tries drowning it, strangling it, stuffing it in a suitcase! The best scene you see the little monster going after Black with a knife! She locks the little rascal behind closed doors, first he goes silent and then underneath the door you see the knife trying to slide through! It's hilarious!

This scene was once describe to me by a friend as the most terrifying thing she'd ever seen. However another friend used this scene to illustrate one of her cat sitting experience. The crazy cat tried to attack her with her paws coming through the bottom of the door, just like "A trilogy in terror" as she put it!

All 3 stories had a wonderful suprise ending and the cross-eyed Karen Black delivered a wonderful performance that should've won her an Emmy. This classic became so popular now that it even launched a sequel in 1995, also you can actually buy the Zuni Warrior doll online somewhere, with the warning label I'm sure, so whatever you do, don't let the necklace come loose!