and from which she emits a blood-curdling scream. At some point after that, the audience sees Amelia (from behind) place another call to her mother. In a calm, controlled voice, she apologizes for her behavior during the previous call, and invites her mother to come over. She then rips the bolt from her front door and crouches down low in an animalistic manner, carrying a large carving knife. She is now seen frontally, stabbing at the floor with the weapon, grinning ferally and revealing the horrific teeth of the Zuni fetish doll, whose spirit now inhabits her body. Cast "Julie" Karen Black as Julie Robert Burton as Chad Rogers Jim Storm as Eddie Nells Gregory Harrison as the New Student Kathryn Reynolds as Anne Richards Orin Cannon as Motel Clerk Tracy Curtis as Tracy "Millicent and Therese" Karen Black as Millicent / Therese John Karlen as Thomas Amman George Gaynes as Dr. Chester Ramsey "Amelia" Karen Black as Amelia Walker Edmiston (uncredited) as the voice of the Zuni doll Production Concept All three of the segments in Trilogy of Terror are based on individual stories by horror writer Richard Matheson. The segments "Julie" and "Millicent and Therese" were adapted by William F. Nolan, while Matheson adapted "Amelia" into a teleplay himself. On January 4, 1975, it was reported that Karen Black had signed on to appear in the film, portraying the three central characters. Filming Filming for Trilogy of Terror took place on location in Hollywood, Los Angeles in the winter of 1974–1975. Release Trilogy of Terror first aired on ABC in the 8:30 p.m. time slot on March 4, 1975. Critical response The Boston Globe praised Karen Black's "tour-de-force performance" in the film upon its original airing. Black felt the film led to genre typecasting, forcing her to accept many roles in B-grade horror films following the film's release. She stated, "I think this little movie took my life and put it on a path that it didn't even belong in." On the internet review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on , with a weighted average rating of 8.1/10. Jeremiah Kipp from Slant Magazine awarded the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, praising the film's direction, script, and Black's performance. On Black's performance, Kipp wrote, "Black plays the female protagonist in each story, and she’s the kind of extreme actress who not