Trilogy of Terror

Mar 4, 1975

1h 12m

★ 6.2

An electrifying experience - you won't believe your eyes!

Overview

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college professor is aggressively pursued by one of her students; a prudish brunette determines that her free-spirited blonde sister is evil; and a woman's night turns upside down after she purchases an ancient Zuni fetish doll.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

Dan Curtis Productions

ABC Circle Films

Trilogy of Terror Trailers

Cast

Julie / Millicent Larimore / Therese Larimore / Amelia

Karen Black

Chad Foster

Robert Burton

Thomas Amman

John Karlen

Dr. Chester Ramsey

George Gaynes

Eddie Nells

Jim Storm

Anne Richards

Kathryn Reynolds

Motel Clerk

Orin Cannon

Arthur Moore

Gregory Harrison

Tracy

Tracy Curtis

Zuni Fetish Doll (voice) (uncredited)

Walker Edmiston

3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is innoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.

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5.1

Trilogy of Terror II

Oct 30, 1996

Three tales of terror: in "The Graveyard Rats" lovers murder the woman's older husband and encounter horror when they attempt to rob his grave; "Bobby" is the story of a woman who summons her son back from the dead; and in "He Who Kills" an African doll goes on a murderous rampage.

5.0

The Leading Man

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4.1

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1.3

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6.0

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4.1

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5.7

Death Sentence

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5.5

Devil in the Flesh

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5.2

Wicked

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5.3

Stone

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6.8

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0.0

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0.0

Merchants of Death

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A creepy audition turns into a horror anthology featuring two stories: a snuff film ring and a disgraced killer priest, and little does the actress knows, but she is also auditioning for a snuff film!

4.3

Shake, Rattle & Roll 13

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5.0

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5.2

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6.2

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