# Trilogy of Terror

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogy-of-terror/186510>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 6, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogy-of-terror/186510 "2003-07-06T04:32:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogy-of-terror/186510/21 "2003-07-06T21:40:08Z")

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I remember seeing the original when I was young and being scared shitless by that little doll. the other two stories weren’t as memorable, but that little doll was creepy as hell. Of course, I’d seen some similar little movies and the like beforehand, but the doll itself was terrifying (I remember Sci-Fi channel kept showing a little silent short film about a woman alone in an apartment with a killer vantriloquist dummy).

Last year, I read **Legend** , and discovered that Richard Matheson actually wrote the story. I was still creeped out by it. That doll was a hell of a lot more terrifying than Chucky or any other little friendly looking type doll-gone-bad, and the image still creeps me out.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogy-of-terror/186510/22 "2003-07-06T21:59:26Z")

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Well, of course, I _was_ 18 when _Trilogy of Terror_ was first on teevee, and when you’re 18, _everything_ is pretty much a hoot.

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**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogy-of-terror/186510/23 "2003-07-07T00:55:36Z")

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The director of “Troilogy of Terror” Dan Curtis, also directed another creepy movie w/Karen Black called “Burnt Offerings.”…Check it out.

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**Author:** ![Bugnorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bugnorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bugnorton)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogy-of-terror/186510/24 "2003-07-07T01:28:45Z")

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Dan Curtis also directed another little project you may recall, it was called Dark Shadows.

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**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trilogy-of-terror/186510/25 "2003-07-07T01:45:29Z")

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And…correct me if I’m wrong “Kolschac the Night stalker” movie…ya know, the one about the vampire not the short lived show,which by the way I believe Richard Matheson wrote.

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