Trilogy of Terror is a 1975 American made-for-television anthology horror film directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black.

Black initially turned down the project, but reconsidered when her then-husband, Robert Burton, was cast in the first segment "Julie".

A television film sequel titled Trilogy of Terror II, written and also directed by Dan Curtis, was released in 1996.

College student Chad Rogers suddenly begins lusting after his straitlaced English teacher, Julie Eldridge; he tells his friend Eddie Nells that the thought of what she is like naked just popped into his head.

During the date at a drive-in theater, Chad spikes Julie's drink, rendering her unconscious, and drives her to a motel.

Chad develops the photographs and uses them to blackmail Julie into submitting to his sexual demands, even coercing her into participating in orgies.

Julie adds the newspaper story to a scrapbook of articles depicting students who met similar fates.

Millicent, a prudish brunette, is consumed by hatred for her twin sister Therese, a seductive and mean-spirited blonde.

Millicent writes a letter to Dr. Ramsey, explaining that she has determined that Therese is evil and that she will stop her even if that means losing her own life, and plans to use a voodoo doll to kill her.

When Dr. Ramsey enters the house, he finds Therese dead on her bedroom floor with the doll next to her and no apparent cause of death.

When the howling stops, she opens the oven to ensure that the doll is dead, and emits a blood-curdling scream.

She then rips the bolt from her front door and crouches down in a primitive manner, carrying a large carving knife with which she repeatedly stabs at the floor.

She awaits her mother, grinning and revealing the teeth of the Zuni fetish doll, whose spirit now inhabits her body.

"Julie" "Millicent and Therese" "Amelia" All three of the segments in Trilogy of Terror are based on individual stories by horror writer Richard Matheson.

"Millicent and Therese" was based on "Needle in the Heart", first published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, October 1969 issue.

"[7] Writing for AXS, Octavio Ramos deemed "Julie" a "lackluster story," but added: "Let’s face it, there’s only one real reason to watch Trilogy of Terror: The third segment of this made-for-television anthology, which features the famous Zuni fetish doll that comes to life and torments Karen Black.

This segment alone makes Trilogy of Terror a must-own product for even the most casual horror fan.

[19] The "Amelia" segment was the inspiration for the 1997 parodical short film, "Karen Black Like Me," which featured a gay man being terrorized by a possessed sex toy.