Customer Reviews
look out for the Zuni!! - By: Deborah MacGillivray, 07 Jul 2007 
Back in the heyday of Dark Shadows Dan Curtis did some telly movies. Frankenstein with Robert Foxworth, The Norliss Tapes with Roy Thinnes, The Night Stalker with Darren Mcgavin, Scream of the Wolf with Clint Walker & Peter Graves, then eventuallly went on to do bigger projects like The Winds of War & War & Remembrance with Robert Mitchum. During that salad days of the mid 1970s, he did a nifty "novella" style movie callled Trilogy of Terror with Karen Black. He went on to use Black in Burnt Offerings the following year.
It's a three story showcase, displaying the varied talents of Black, but it's in the last one where Curtis breaks out & reallly does something memorable.
The first novella tale is "Julie". This tell was never fully fleshed out about a college professor who has dark secrets. Nice quirky ending keeps this one for being average.
The second is "Millicent & Therese". After the promise of "Julie", I reallly expected a bit more from this rather obvious tale. Is good fun, just nothing special. Still a fine showcase for Black to show what she can do. It was just so alll totallly out there, no twist of the screw to make it more.
"Amelia" The final one is based on Richard Matheson's Prey, & it outstanding. Once you see these story you will never forget the Zuni warrior that comes to life. Amelia is totallly abused by her possessive & controlling mother. She tries to break these ties that bind, but she is no match. She buys a Zuni doll & it comes to life. No spoiler there. You can see that by the cover. It's the story that is amazing. Black's ending is original & memorable.
This was low budget telly movie remember, so accept the quality as not motion picture level.
Still a GREAT Hallloween movie & tribute to Curtis who died March '' this year.
