Rish Outfield's reviews
It took twenty one years, but the makers of Trilogy of Terror got to do another bad TV movie. Maybe it took that long to get someone to pony up funds for another one, since the first was so bad, cult following or not. I was just as annoyed by the obvious "Insert Commercial Here" fade-outs as I was in the first one, but the storytelling was vastly improved in this go-round. This had a couple of things going for it that the other did not: special effects are much cheaper in the 90's, and easier to do; higher production values; better stories and pacing; an honest scare or tw--one; and in the Karen Black role, Dracula:Dead & Loving It's Lysette Anthony. While Anthony isn't a great talent, she is quite lovely and can do a convincing American accent. The first story was well-told, though predictable. The second story was creepy, if overlong, and boasts an honest gasp-inducing scare at the end. The third segment is a remake/retelling-in-sequel-form of the Zuni Fetish Doll segment from the first Trilogy. Sadly, though the woman besieged by the possessed doll is now a scientist (hurray Feminism!), she is just as stupid as the woman twenty years ago was (hurray Misogynism!). And she makes all the same (what the hell?) mistakes. In the end, though unsatisfying, both tyranist and I knew it could have been worse. After all, the first one was.
Best Scare: The aforementioned revelation of the antagonist in the second story. Good one.
I'd Recommend It To: It wasn't awful, so check it out if you'd like. Be wary, though, it's a sequel to something you don't want to check out.

The tyranist's thoughts
What does it tell you when they make a sequel for a movie 21 years later? It was either a huge cult hit and they decided that they could make more money, or they forgot how terrible the first one was and decided that it had been fun. I can't decide which of the two these guys were operating on. This isn't that good of a sequel either way. This time they didn't do exclusively Richard Matheson stories. They still did two, but the third was written by someone I had never heard of. One of the biggest disappointments that I found in this movie is that one of the three is a shot for shot remake of one of the first three. Okay, not quite shot for shot, but it was sure close. Still the worst of this set is better than the best of the first set. There is still a disappointing lack of nudity and gore. The stories not only invite it, but they insist it be there and it is still ignored. If you must see either of these two movies see this one, but really you can skip it without missing anything.