So Halloween is a few days away, and I'm reminded of the scariest TV movie I've ever seen. Actually, it might be the scariest movie I've ever seen, period. Maybe it was because I was a little kid, and maybe it was because I watched it alone on Halloween one year, but the original Trilogy of Terror scared the hell out of me.The movie is split into three different segments. While the first two stories are interesting and well done, it's the third segment that scarred me for life.
Karen Black plays a woman who gets a Zuni Fetish Doll (which I've written about before) and the thing comes to life and chases her around her apartment. The thing is obviously a puppet, but it doesn't matter, it's intense. He stabs her with his little sword, tries to bite her, and just runs around the place making this weird sound with his voice that can best be described as "Yahrg yahrg yahrg...a gadda gadda...yahrg!!!!!" It's like one of Jim Henson's Muppets wanting to devour your soul. The ending is sick and a real downer.
I haven't seen the movie in a while, but this Halloween might be the year I introduce some of my nephews and nieces to it. Maybe a double feature with It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?
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10-28-2008 @ 6:40PM
Kristina said...
Oh boy, I loved that movie!
She just couldn't leave the oven door closed, could she?
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10-28-2008 @ 7:13PM
athena said...
I actually remember this movie lol.I t kind of scared me too,although I love horror movies etc.
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10-28-2008 @ 7:29PM
athena said...
There was another movie on tv that scared the bejesus out of me although I can't remember the name.It was about a couple who had just bought there house,and unbeknownst them there were these little creatures living in the house,in the walls.They looked very little like tiny humans.They were after the wife for some reason,and the husband ddn't believe her,and so on and so forth.
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10-28-2008 @ 8:06PM
Kristina said...
I remember that movie too. Saw it when I was about 9 or 10 years old at a sleep over. Scared the living daylights out of me. I can't remember the title either.
10-28-2008 @ 7:31PM
ATHENA said...
excuse my spelling mistake I'm usually very careful.It's THEIR house not there.
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10-28-2008 @ 8:01PM
carpathian said...
No shame here, Bob. It IS truly one of the scariest things ever put on television. Dan Curtis (of DARK SHADOWS & NIGHT STALKER fame) directed, and did a bloodthirsty good job of it.
Just a correction: he didn't stab her with his little spear; he'd picked up a butcher knife from the kitchen counter, which made it even worse...
I remember vividly her trying to lock him in a suitcase, and that knife sawing through the top...very intense...
And Athena? The movie you're thinking of was DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, with Kim Darby. Also a very creepy film...
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10-28-2008 @ 8:49PM
ATHENA said...
OH YES!!!That's the one carpathian,thank you!I wouldn't have slept all night trying to remember it lol.
10-28-2008 @ 8:02PM
sara said...
It's actually based on one of the short stories in I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (the title novella is the story that the Will Smith movie was based on).
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10-29-2008 @ 3:17PM
Melissa said...
Thank you! That was bugging me... I couldn't remember where I knew this plot from.
10-29-2008 @ 8:00AM
Auden Fan said...
"Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" terrified me too when I saw it when I was around eight or so!!!! There are actually e few clips from the movie on youtube.com.
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11-03-2008 @ 2:04PM
lizalu said...
anyone remember Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park? Think that deserves a Halloween viewing.
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10-29-2008 @ 1:04PM
Dan Chichian said...
This movie was pretty creepy and it is funny because I really don't remember the first two segments only the doll.
There used to be a show (one season I think that aired around 1970) called Circle of Fear that scared me silly.
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10-29-2008 @ 8:20PM
Wes said...
Great show! I remember begging mom to let me watch it. I had no idea it was on DVD. At that time I also remember watching "The Gargoyles" movie on TV with my brothers. Another campy classic.
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