Trilogy of Terror II

Plot synopsis:
Story I: The Graveyard RatsA wealthy man by the name of Ansford (Matt Clark), discovers that his young wife Laura (Lysette Anthony) having an affair with her cousin. Having video proof he threatens Laura to be faithful and honest or he will turn the video over to the news stations and cut her out of his multi-million dollar will. Meanwhile, her lover Ben (Geraint Wyn Davies) comes up with the idea to murder Ansford and collect all his money. After Ansford is pushed down the stairs and killed, Laura and Ben are more than happy to collect their winnings, however all doesn't go as planned. Before dying, Ansford transferred all of his millions into an account in Zürich, Switzerland and microfilmed the access codes, which were buried with him. Now, Laura and Ben have to dig up his grave, and Ben climbs into the opened coffin to retrieve the microfilm. Soon after, Laura shoots and kills Ben to claim all the money for herself. All of a sudden, the body of the dead millionaire is dragged through a hole in the side of the coffin by flesh-eating rats, and Laura is forced to crawl in after him through a network of underground graveyard tunnels. Eventually the advancing rats corner her into another buried coffin. Laura tries to keep the rats away by firing her gun at them but quickly the rats pour into the coffin and devour her, in the end the grave is revealed to be her own.Story II: BobbyIt has been some time since Bobby "accidentally" drowned, leaving his mother Alma (Lysette Anthony) depressed and guilty. However, while her husband is away on business, she determines to raise her son from the dead. Armed with a magic book and a "Key of Solomon" (in this case, a talisman rather than a book), she conjures dark forces to bring her son back. Before going to bed, a vicious thunderstorm approaches the luxurious beach mansion. Hearing a knock, she opens the door to discover her son. After cleaning him up, she begins to make him feel at home again. However, all doesn't work out when Bobby goes completely mad and begins to terrorize his mother in the dark house with a sledgehammer and a butcher knife. The mother soon realizes that it isn't Bobby who returned to her, but a demon that had taken his place, as he says "Bobby hates you, Mommy, so he sent me instead," revealing his demon-like face and the screen blacks out.Story III: He Who KillsThis segment, about the Zuni fetish doll "He Who Kills", is a sequel to the third segment of the original Trilogy of Terror, "Amelia".After finding the double homicide of Amelia and her mother from the first movie with the doll at the scene, the local police drop off the charred Zuni doll to local Dr. Simpson (Lysette Anthony). As she begins to examine the doll she learns that the doll comes to life when a gold chain is removed from his neck and that the doll has a desire for flesh. It also seems to regenerate (the idea itself initially laughable to both Dr. Simpson and her assistant) as when she chips away the charred wood, the doll seems to be brand new.After a quick pizza break, she discovers the doll missing. One of the officers investigates the surrounding museum, only to be shot down by an arrow from one of the exhibits, courtesy of the doll. After minutes of looking, she finds the doll attacking and running towards her with a lab knife as a weapon. Now, Dr. Simpson is all alone in a large museum with a tiny killer on the loose. Much like the first movie, Dr. Simpson catches the doll in a suitcase, giving her time to try to reach her keys. As the doll cuts through the case, Dr. Simpson tries twice to grab the knife, only to get cut as in the first film. The doll eventually breaks through, meeting the stabbing force of a screwdriver-like object from Dr. Simpson. Making the same mistake as the first movie's protagonist, Dr. Simpson opens the briefcase to be bitten ferociously by the doll. She eventually regains control, and tosses the doll into a large rectangular container of sulfuric acid. As the doll comes to a halt in its motion, Dr. Simpson goes to grab tongs in an attempt to remove the doll, only to be possessed by He Who Kills, the spirit inhabiting the doll.Later that night, the possessed Dr. Simpson kills her boyfriend with the same axe she tried to use against the doll.

Tags: murder

Review:
Anyone born before 1980 can't help but remember that video cover that stared up at them from the spooky horror section shelf at the "Video Library." It was the one all the little kids loved to rent...it was also the one all the little kids loved to fast-forward through 80% of to get to the Zuni-doll story.
And about 20 years later, the Trilogy of Terror is back, and the Zuni-Doll once again steals the show....but not entirely.
The third story (saving the best for last) marks the return of the infamous Zuni-Warrior doll.
She seemed at least somewhat enthusiastic about this gig, and filled Karen Black's shoes nicely.All in All, TRILOGY OF TERROR 2 is good, clean fun for the whole family.
That is of course, sarcasm...but, it IS good clean fun for that son of yours who makes a B-line for the Horror section whenever you visit Blockbuster Video....6.5 out of 10..
In the original movie, Karen Black starred in three separate stories.
The first story is "The Graveyard Rats." It's about a millionaire's young wife and her lover/cousin (Geraint Wyn Davies), who murder the old guy but find out all the money he had left was in Swiss bank accounts.
But it's got Geoffrey Lewis using an Irish accent so it's not all bad.The second story is "Bobby," about a mother who uses witchcraft to bring her son (Blake Heron) back from the dead.
Weakest story in the movie.The final story is "He Who Kills." This is a sequel to the most popular segment from the original film, the Zuni fetish doll story.
From here, in typical sequel fashion, we get a retread of the first film where the doll comes alive and tries to kill Anthony.
Lysette Anthony takes over for Karen Black in this trilogy of scary stories in which she is the star in each tale.
The second tale is about a mother who uses black magic to bring her dead son back to life.
The final and best tale is about the demonic African doll from the first film stalking Anthony.
Lysette Anthony is a good choice for taking over the Karen Black.Rated R; Violence and Profanity..
I really like this movie, Lysette Anthony does a super job in all three tales, like in the first trilogy movie the doll episode is the best and thanks to the technology of nowdays that freaking doll can now seriously run to stalk its victims.
I wish they used the same voice actor, Walker Edmiston, who did the Zuni screams for the original Trilogy Of Terror.
Of course Trilogy Of Terror is a 10, but for a sequel, this does the job.It was a blast to see the Zuni again.
It looks great and will have pictures of the original "Hero" or main cable controlled Zuni puppet used in the film.For some reason IMDb is NOT doing their job and is not posting trivia from people who actually WORKED on the film.
OK, I know that Dan Curtis directed the original Trilogy of Terror, but come on, this was just insulting the original story.
The third story was just a total rip off the the original Zooney hunting doll, the exact same stunts were used along with the exact same lines, the funny thing is, I don't think it was possible, but the woman was definitely more stupid and deserved to be...
you know.Well, the first story is about a woman where her husband dies and she discovers his grave is missing and encounters horrible things when she finds out there is more than what meets the eye.
Then the third story was about the Zooney Hunting Fetish Doll that has murdered two women, but the police think it's a cult type of murder and give the doll to a scientist in a museum, but little does she know the horror that comes with having this doll by her side.The only thing I enjoyed about the last story was that I did get more than a few laughs, especially where they did her grabbing the blade of the knife from the doll when he is trying to get out of the suitcase she locked him in, and she goes for the blade once, gets cut, she acts surprised, but does she learn anything?
Trilogy of Terror II is the obvious sequel to the 70's made for TV film which featured three scary stories.
This one has the same number of stories, and each have a satisfying ending to them like the original film.
The first story is "The Graveyard Rats" which tells the tale of a woman and her lover who plan to murder her old rich husband for his money.
And the final tale (the best one) continues the killer Zulu fetish doll story from the original, this time it attacks a woman alone in a museum who was brought in by police to look at it.I really enjoyed 'Trilogy of Terror II', I thought it was a very good sequel to a strong film made years prior.
The first two stories are scary and creepy, and are actually more creative ideas than the first two tales told in the original 'Trilogy of Terror'.
Continuing the Zuni fetish doll story from where we left off with Karen Black in the first film was a brilliant idea!
It's basically the day after Karen Black's character killed her mother while possessed by the doll.
Good stuff.Acting all around was brilliant, starting with Lysette Anthony who was the lead in all three tales.
There were also some really good stand out performances by the supporting cast particularly in the first story 'The Graveyard Rats' from Matt Clark and Geraint Wyn Davies.
I never got around to watching the original Trilogy Of Terror,but in some form or another I would either in passing hear from someone about the first entry and even in one situation find myself staring face to face with a model replica that my local comic book store had perched high above one of the shelves.
So One night I was scrolling through films to watch when I came across Trilogy Of Terror 2.
THE GRAVEYARD RATS:It starts off rather basic with a story of a cheating wives attempts to bump off her debilitated old husband with the help of her lover.
I really liked this one since it hearkens back to that sort of Tales from the crypt and house of Mystery vibeBOBBI: A mother Loses her son in an accidental drowning.
Twenty years after the original "Trilogy of Terror", starring the one and only horror queen Karen Black, Dan Curtis revives his concept of presenting three unrelated macabre stories with the same actress in the lead role each time.
It's actually a pretty decent movie and one major class above the majority of horror films released in the decade of the 1990's.
The 70's original became legendary thanks to Richard Matheson's segment about an uncontrollable and mega-hyperactive Zuni voodoo-doll going on a murderous rampage.
That segment had no real plot, but it offered non-stop excitement and thrills and its huge success is probably the main reason why the TV-movie got remembered and even spawned a (belated) sequel.
Of course the sequel's final segment also revolves on the Zuni doll; in fact it's a direct continuation of the events in the first film.
"Bobby", the second story, is the best one and arguably even one of the finest horror-moments of the 90's.
Lysette Anthony is obviously not as charismatic as Karen Black, but she does really good work and makes the most out of her one-dimensional characters.
Don't focus too much on the Zuni Doll gimmick exclusively, as this is a pretty good horror wholesome and definitely deserves a little more attention..
Lysette Anthony heads up the cast in Trilogy of Terror II.
The Graveyard Rats, Bobby, and He Who Kills are the three tales and they are all very good.
The film is a trilogy, a collection of three horror short stories.
The first time you see the film, it might be reasonably scary, but on repeated viewings it quickly falls apart, due to the low-budget cheap special effects and less than impressive acting.
I'd like to see the first Trilogy of Terror film, from '75, since it seems to be far better, judging from all of the reviews.
After twenty years, made-for-TV horror maestro, Dan Curtis finally made his sequel, TRILOGY OF TERROR 2.
STORY 1- THE GRAVEYARD RATS: Laura (Lysette Anthony), afraid of being cut out of her zillionaire husband's (Matt Clark) will for infidelity, decides to kill the old boy.
STORY 2: BOBBY- A distraught mother (Anthony) resorts to occult means, in order to resurrect her dead son, Bobby (Blake Heron).
This segment is a remake of the original BOBBY from Curtis' horror anthology, DEAD OF NIGHT.
STORY 3: HE WHO KILLS- Set immediately after the events of PART 3 of TRILOGY OF TERROR (1975), police are stumped by the bloody murders in the apartment.
They find the Zuni Fetish doll, and take it to Dr. Simpson (Anthony) for her insights.
A decent follow-up to the first Zuni story, its one weakness is in showing too much of the crazed doll.
She of course is not as great as Karen Black, though its fun to see her playing 3 totally different characters in each story.This is more an horror movie than its predecessor was.
Again, the last story of the movie features the Zuni doll, which also was the highlight of the first movie.
The movie is longer than "Trilogy of Terror" and every story this time is about 30 minutes long instead of 20-something minutes.
The parts that make it good are the stories about the doll.
The stories with the doll are very funny, and still good.
Apparently despite making a lifelong career from the occult, the director never heard of Tetragrammaton.Worst of all is the last segment, a simpering rehash of the original, which featured Karen Black assailed by a very creepy and authentic-looking voodoo doll.
The second story in my opinion was really dull and clichéd - all we have is a woman's dead son come back to life who terrorises her around the house.
I was glad when it ended.The last story of course concerns the famous Zuni fetish doll, and so by default is the best story of the three.
I do think he needed to kill a few more people though.Overall, this is an OK time waster, and of course recommended to fans of the first Trilogy of Terror.
Incidentally, if you're a fan of Trilogy of Terror you may want to seek out a film called "Attack Of The Beast Creatures", which is about a bunch of Zuni type dolls that live in trees on an island and attack people..
**SPOILERS** Trilogy of spooky stories starring Lysette Anthony that ends where the original "Trilogy of Terror" left off with the blood-thirsty and murderous Zuni Fedish Doll coming back to life, after being burned to a crisp, and going on a rampage in a closed and darkened city museum.
The rats not only got to Ashton, and his watch, before she did but also had Laura to dine on for a late night snack.Bobby's mother makes a deal with the Devil to bing her dead ten-year-old son back to life.
After finding two women, mother and daughter, savagely slashed to death in their house there's a burnt Zuni Fedish Doll found in the oven at the murder scene.
The Fedish Doll suddenly comes to life and attacks both the museum night watchmen, killing them both, and then goes after Dr. Simpson.
But sadly enough, like in the the previous "Trilogy of Terror" with Karen Black,The Zuni Fedish Doll survives in the person of Dr. Simpson herself; to kill and kill again for another day or in another movie..
If you like good horror stories you need to see this movie..
Trilogy of Terror II (TV 1996)I liked this a little better then first oneThe Graveyard Rats S1Not bad at all, Good start old nasty man who blackmail is younger wife, who sleeping her Cousin, after recoding them sleeping togetherShe want to leave him, he giving everything to her in her will (Who know how the story goes after)I felt some of the segment drag a little to long, i found some parts very slow and I wondering if if story as anything do with Rats,One point I thought it was a Title of the story but as movie went on, it made more sense, I am clad i stuck in theirI did enjoyed the ending of the story, Giant kill rats were a bit silly but they were kind of Cheesy in good way , which was a little funny.The last scene on that segment was decent, I really liked curve ending.Bobby S2This was great story (I heard it's a remake?
of what?) I found this segment best of the bunchThe mum who lost her son, who drowned, while her husband away, she tries to bring back with Vodoo book.Soon he come knocking back on the door, and acts like evilThis story did have some really good creepy moment and tense feeling at times, it dose seem a lot scary with human face on!The ending was just very funny, the Demon face was so bad .
He Who Kills S3it's about killer doll again, it come back to life and starts to attack people, the same thing happens just like first one.Maybe this was little be more bloody then first one and doll dose look a bit odd in this one.
An incredibly uninspired television anthology sequel that has little to do with the first fantastic film, except that the lead character in all three stories is played by one woman.
It goes something like this: Lysette Anthony goes all gravedigger and gets chased by giant rat puppets.
Lysette Anthony gets chased by the infamous zuni fetish doll from the first TV movie except the special effects are somehow worse two decades later.
~Spoiler~ Trilogy of Terror II is Dan Curtis' sequel to his wildly popular 1975 television movie.
Just like the first film starred Karen Black in all three tales, this time it's Lysette Anthony's turn.
Anthony this time plays a distraught mother who holds a seance to bring back her drowned son.
The last story is a direct sequel to the final story in the original Trilogy of Terror.
I think you all know which one I'm talking about: the Zuni Fetish Doll story.
Distributor: Paramount Pictures Plot: Unleashed in the original cult hit Trilogy of Terror, the demonic Zuni fetish doll carved it's way into movie history.
And the last story is "He who kills" which is about the crazed doll killing people.Audio/Video: Excellent from Paramount.Extras: None.Final thoughts: This movie is great.
Wasn't that great, especially the Third Story it was almost exactly the same as The first movie if you've ever seen it!
If you have not seen the first movie then give it a shot because you may like but being a fan of the first one, I thought there was nothing new added but The same story but not as well executed as the first film.
This sequel to the beloved Trilogy of Terror is a complete misfire, a lousy and even desperate attempt to recapture the elements that made the original film work.
This time we have a mediocre, occasionally inept actress named Lysette Anthony playing different roles in the three stories, instead of the brilliant Karen Black.
The second story involves a woman who tries to bring her son back from the dead and apparently succeeds.
This story is so poorly executed, from the laughably bad acting from the actor playing the son to the horrible final shot, it's just not worth commenting on.
In that one, Black played a young woman who is terrorized in her apartment by an African Zuni fetish doll.
Trilogy of Terror 1 and II are to me a A- of all movies.
The rat scene is so cool, their nasty looking they look so real and creepy and freaky looking so, to me it was really great.The boy one where he plays hide and seek and just is a little basic but still really good.
Makes you think a little bit.The last one where do start on this masterpiece, the whole doll scense are perfect i even claim these doll scenes the best of any doll movie i seen as in term of doll, its the most freakish, creepiest, the little fool is scary, he can kill a whole army, i never seen a creeper doll, and Chucky was, annabelle was and even through hated the ending Dead Silence dolls were freaky looking.
"Trilogy of Terror II" is one of the best Anthology entries around and a more-than-deserving sequel.**SPOILERS**One woman appears in three unrelated horror stories as different characters and persona's.The Good Story(ies): The Graveyard Rats-After murdering her husband, Laura Ansford, (Lysette Anthony) and her lover Ben, (Geraint Wyn Davies) travel to the countryside for the funeral.
This was a very entertaining and certainly worthwhile segment.He Who Kills-Taking in a Zuni fetish doll found at a crime scene, Dr. Simpson, (Lysette Anthony) begins to restore it and finds that it's perfect condition.
The stalking scenes in the film, near the end where the doll goes psychotic and really starts in with the realization when she's alone.
Considerably tame tales of terror with Lysette Anthony portraying the female victim in each story.
In the second tale, she's the grieving mother who calls son Bobby back from his watery grave, after using some sort of witchcraft, only to find that he's not the same boy he once was.
The third tale, the best and yet silliest, has Lysette portraying a museum scientist studying a Zuni fetish doll which was found burnt in an oven at a vicious crime scene.