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Dec 18, 2011 · Upstairs she finds an antique porcelain doll in an old leather case. Her mom thinks the doll might be valuable, but she thinks it is pretty enough to display in her room. Her friend Erin spends the night and thinks the doll is just creepy. Abby has a dream that she’s a little girl hiding in the hallway.
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"Julie"
Chad (Robert Burton) is a college student with a crush on his English teacher, Julie Eldridge (Karen Black). During one class, Chad is distracted by Julie's thigh as she sits on her desk, and he daydreams about her. Chad reveals his fantasies to his friend Eddie (James Storm), but Eddie describes Julie as "ugly" and discourages him from becoming romantically involved with teachers. Later that evening, when Julie is undressing in her room, Chad watches her through a window. The next day, he as...
"Millicent and Therese"
This tale of sibling rivalry focuses on sisters Millicent, a repressed and prudish brunette; and Therese, a worldly, seductive, and free-spirited blonde. Both roles are played by Karen Black. Millicent is determined that Therese is evil, and plants a voodoo talisman to kill her. When Millicent's friend Dr. Ramsey enters the house, he finds Therese dead on her bedroom floor with the doll next to her; Millicent is nowhere to be found. Dr. Ramsey reveals, as the family doctor, that "Therese" and...
"Amelia"
"Amelia" was filmed as a one-woman play, with Karen Black as the only actor. It was also the only film of the three to be adapted by its author, Richard Matheson, who based "Amelia" on his short story, "Prey". Amelia lives alone in a high-rise apartment building. She returns home after a fateful shopping spree carrying a package containing a wooden doll, crafted in the form of a misshapen aboriginal warrior equipped with razor sharp teeth and a spear. A scroll comes with the doll, claiming th...
Karen Black as Julie, Millicent, Therese, and AmeliaRobert Burton (Black's husband at the time) as Chad Foster in "Julie"John Karlen as Dr. Chester Ramsey in "Millicent and Therese"Jim Storm as as Eddie Nells in "Julie"Trilogy of Terrorfirst aired on ABC on March 4, 1975 to positive reviews and has since reached cult status. Jon Niccum, Lawence Journal-World wrote, "The third segment in this trilogy is arguably the scariest piece ever crafted under the made-for-TV label."Black felt the film led to genre trpecasting, forcing her to accept many roles in B-grade hor...
A Special Edition DVD was released on August 29, 2006 by MPI Home Video nd distributed by Dark Sky Films, containing the original film plus additional material. 1. Audio Commentary: Karen Black, William F. Nolan (Writer) 2. Featurette: 1. "Richard Matheson: Terror Scribe" 2. "Three Colors Black"
Trilogy of Terror (1975) at the Internet Movie DatabaseTrilogy of Terror (1975) at AllMovieTrilogy of Terror at WikipediaTrilogy of Terror is a 1975 American made-for-television anthology horror film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black. It features three segments, each based on unrelated short stories by Richard Matheson.
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Tales of Terror is a 1962 American International Pictures comedy horror film in colour and Panavision, produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson, and Roger Corman, who also directed. The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson, and the film stars Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone.
Dec 15, 2015 · In The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror, Joyce Carol Oates evokes the “fascination of the abomination” that is at the core of the most profound, the most unsettling, and the most memorable of dark mystery fiction.
Monolith Monsters apart, they may not be classic ‘tales of sci-fi terror’ but they’re all great fun and hugely entertaining and in an era of exhausting limb-numbing overlong blockbusters, a reminder of a time when Hollywood could knock out a decent adventure story in little more than an hour.
Mar 7, 2024 · The unsettling appeal of evil doll movies emerges from their ability to transform childhood symbols into harbingers of horror. These chilling tales tap into our deepest fears by merging the innocent facade of childhood toys with the sinister nature of malevolent spirits.
