It's rare that an actor gets to show off their chops and range so much in just one film, but Trilogy of Terror gave Karen Black the opportunity to do just that and she made such a strong impression that she was mostly typecast as a horror actresses for the rest of her career.
Trilogy of Terror tells three different stories. The first deals with a mild and meek teacher who gets taken advantage of by a male student, but he might have underestimated her. The 2nd has Black playing two different sisters - one is a prudish spinster and the other is a blonde floozy and the spinster thinks the floozy might be up to no good.
It's the 3rd and final story that most people will remember where Black plays a lonely woman with horrible mother issues who receives a Zuni fetish doll as a gift from a boyfriend and accidentally removes the necklace that keeps it asleep. The doll springs to life and terrorizes her throughout her apartment in what is, essentially, an extended chase sequence. The story wraps up with a twisted and haunting final image you won't be able to forget.
The first two stories might test the patience of some viewers, but it's worth sticking it out for the final story.
Trilogy of Terror tells three different stories. The first deals with a mild and meek teacher who gets taken advantage of by a male student, but he might have underestimated her. The 2nd has Black playing two different sisters - one is a prudish spinster and the other is a blonde floozy and the spinster thinks the floozy might be up to no good.
It's the 3rd and final story that most people will remember where Black plays a lonely woman with horrible mother issues who receives a Zuni fetish doll as a gift from a boyfriend and accidentally removes the necklace that keeps it asleep. The doll springs to life and terrorizes her throughout her apartment in what is, essentially, an extended chase sequence. The story wraps up with a twisted and haunting final image you won't be able to forget.
The first two stories might test the patience of some viewers, but it's worth sticking it out for the final story.