# Help ID This Movie Please

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**Created:** [November 14, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie-please/641014 "2012-11-14T19:06:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie-please/641014/1 "2012-11-14T19:06:19Z")

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So hanging with the parents when some brainless reminiscing ensued and I mentioned as a wee lad my parents letting me watch a movie with them on 1970s New Years eve that scared the crap out of me for years.

Of course, they have zero knowledge of this. My childhood memory may be faulty but after 3 hours going year by year on Wikipedia and not finding it, I am turning to the teeming millions.

Here is what I remember:

I believe the year was 1976-77 but DEFINITELY late 70s

The premise of the movie was that some lady had been given a little “tribal” doll that now reminds of those [troll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_doll) dolls. Anyway, this lady was told to never remove the necklace on the doll but she did anyway and the little bugger tries to kill her (all 6 inches of him).

She ends up killing him in the oven.

Any help on year and name of the movie… or did I dream this?

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie-please/641014/2 "2012-11-14T19:10:28Z")

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It sure sounds like the Dan Curtis **Trilogy of Terror** movie with Karen Black, or else its sequel .

> **[Trilogy Of Terror Trilogy Of Terror 2 Karen Black Dan Curtis Zuni Doll Horror](http://trilogyofterror.com/)**
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> The Official Website for Trilogy Of Terror and Trilogy Of Terror 2 .Featuring the Original Zuni Doll, Pictures, Behind The Scenes, Original Movie Props and Interviews.

> **[Trilogy of Terror](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilogy_of_Terror)**
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> Trilogy 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. The first follows a college professor who seeks excitement with her students; the second is about twin sisters who have a bizarre relationship. These two segments were adapted by William F. Nolan. The third, adapted by Matheson himself, focuses on a woman terrorized by a Zuni fetish d...

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie-please/641014/3 "2012-11-14T19:15:29Z")

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Must be Trilogy of Terror. My parents had an evil tribal doll like that. The thing was carved from wood and barely balanced on end. They put it on a high shelf in the living room and invariably a slight vibration would tip it over onto someone’s head.

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**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie-please/641014/4 "2012-11-14T19:18:01Z")

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That’s it!

“Amelia” 1975. Should have known it was a made for TV movie 😃

Thank you! could have saved 3 hours posting first. :smack: