Karen Black played four roles in Trilogy of Terror, becoming the queen of 70s horror.
With her recent unfortunate passing, we take a look back at one of her most memorable cinematic moments.
She is a screen presence that will be missed.
Not until Dan Curtis, anyway.
As far as early 70s TV horror was concerned, Curtis was king.
So in 1975 Curtis decided to make one of his own based on three Matheson stories.
At the time, casting Karen Black as the lead might have seemed an odd choice.
Its just the nature of the beast.
Thats certainly the case here, too.
Not being a very bright student, apparently, he has no idea what hes getting into.
Its fairly pedestrian material, but the bit does contain one great little in-joke.
While pestering her for a date, the student suggests they go to the drive-in.
The film, he tells her, is an arty French vampire film with subtitles.
Gotta say, it almost works.
Now, anyone who has seenTrilogy of Terrorremembers the film for one reason and one reason only.
No, its that damned doll.
Amelia more than makes up for those first two segments, for several reasons.
The camera work and music both were much livelier as well.
And then there were the sound effects.
The fact that its kept so subdued only makes it that much more effective.
AndGoogle+, if thats your thing!
Rating:
3 out of 5
