Horror Flick of the Week: Trilogy of Terror (1975)

I'm going to preface this by saying this is not the greatest anthology film of all time, but it is one of the most iconic. Obligatory pretentious 'every true horror fan' (or at least the ones old enough to have grown up with video store memories) remembers the image of the vicious little tribal doll with his sharp teeth and endless torment of poor innocent Karen Black - - which, incidentally is one reason I'm featuring this movie for the week. Karen Black.

She was memorable. A character actress who may not be absolutely infamous in the mainstream, but still left her mark in 70s tv movies and independent film. Directed by Dan Curtis, based on stories by Richard Matheson, trilogy of terror is a fun and cheesy exploration of Karen Black's character acting skills. It's junk food. It's relatively tame by today's horror standards. Yet some elements of the movie are still a little disturbing. They stick with you, and if you watch it once, chances are you'll come back again for several re-watches of Trilogy of Terror.