Movies Like Trilogy of Terror (1975)

Trilogy of Terror is a 1975 horror, tv movie, thriller film from Dan Curtis with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Trilogy of Terror II and Dead of Night.

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Trilogy of Terror II

1996

Three tales of terror: in "The Graveyard Rats" lovers murder the woman's older husband and encounter horror when they attempt to rob his grave; "Bobby" is the story of a woman who summons her son back from the dead; and in "He Who Kills" an African doll goes on a murderous rampage.

5.0

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Dead of Night

1945

While seeking some architectural work at a country farmhouse, Walter Craig soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. He’s forced to listen to the bizarre tales of each guest while dreading the terrible end he knows is coming.

7.2

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Tales from the Hood

1995

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.

6.2

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V/H/S/Beyond

2024

The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/H/S ever.

6.6

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V/H/S/Halloween

2025

A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.

6.3

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V/H/S/2

2013

Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.

6.2

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Phobia 2

2009

An anthology of five macabre short stories about hungry ghosts, comatose brain dead, a group of bright-eyed actors, an unscrupulous car salesman, and careless backpack tourists.

6.2

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4bia

2008

Four horror tales revolve around an accident victim, a bullied youth, ghost stories and a deceased princess.

6.2

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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

1990

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

6.2

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#10

V/H/S/94

2021

After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.

6.1

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#11

V/H/S

2012

When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.

6.1

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#12

Southbound

2015

The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales.

5.9

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#13

V/H/S/99

2022

A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.

5.9

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#14

V/H/S/85

2023

Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a gore-filled journey through the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.

5.7

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#15

Patient Seven

2016

Dr. Marcus, a renowned psychiatrist, has selected 6 severe mentally ill and dangerous patients from the Spring Valley Mental Hospital to interview as part of research for his new book. As Dr. Marcus interviews each patient, one by one the horrors they have committed begin to unfold. However, Dr. Marcus soon learns that there is one patient who ties them all together - Patient Seven.

5.2

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#16

V/H/S: Viral

2014

As the streets of Los Angeles overflow with camera-wielding gawkers seeking to capture images of a bizarre police pursuit, the same people who sought to exploit the suffering of others for amusement on the Internet become the stars of a gruesome viral video from which no one gets out alive.

4.8

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#17

Black Sabbath

1963

Three tales of supernatural horror include a woman plagued by threatening phone calls, a family targeted by vampiric monsters, and a deceased medium who wreaks havoc upon the living.

7.2

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#18

Trick 'r Treat

2007

Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank, and a bitter old recluse receives an uninvited guest.

7.0

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#19

Creepshow

1982

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.

6.9

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#20

The Mortuary Collection

2020

In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last, but the young girl's world is unhinged when she discovers that the final story... is her own.

6.7

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Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Trilogy of Terror?

The top films similar to Trilogy of Terror by MovieMagicScore are Trilogy of Terror II (5.0), Dead of Night (7.2), Tales from the Hood (6.2). Each shares horror/tv movie/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Trilogy of Terror worth watching?

Trilogy of Terror holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 178 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Trilogy of Terror?

Trilogy of Terror (1975) is a horror, tv movie, thriller film directed by Dan Curtis, starring Karen Black, Robert Burton, John Karlen.

Where can I find more recommendations like Trilogy of Terror?

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About movies like Trilogy of Terror

This ranked list pairs Trilogy of Terror (1975), a horror and tv movie and thriller film from Dan Curtis, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Karen Black take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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