Trilogy of Terror
Added 1/31/2010
I have been looking for this movie and warrior doll for a long time. I finally found it at Amazon. The movies are classic and the warrior doll is really neat. But, you don't want to take it out of the box! Watch the movie and find out why.
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Hasn't lost it's "bite"...
Added 1/12/2010
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.
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trilogy of terror
Added 11/25/2009
i waited years to find this movie and leave it to amazon to have it!bravo!!! i love amazon and you can depend on my repeat business. thank you.....kathy javens
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Still scary since the 70's
Added 11/24/2009
I first saw this movie when I was in college. I could not sleep after watching the 3rd story thinking the creature was going to get me during the night. I find it still as scary after these years since I do still have fears that something is going to get my feet in the dark :)
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Mabey I'm Jaded
Added 11/7/2009
but I found most of this quite boring, of course the demon doll in the end is great, but I would've enjoyed the movie alot more if he had been running around terrorizing people the whole film. I would recommend the Ray Bradbury set over this one same feel, look and era but better stories and alot more for your money.
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Trilogy of Terror
Added 1/31/2010
I have been looking for this movie and warrior doll for a long time. I finally found it at Amazon. The movies are classic and the warrior doll is really neat. But, you don't want to take it out of the box! Watch the movie and find out why.
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Hasn't lost it's "bite"...
Added 1/12/2010
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.
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trilogy of terror
Added 11/25/2009
i waited years to find this movie and leave it to amazon to have it!bravo!!! i love amazon and you can depend on my repeat business. thank you.....kathy javens
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