Trilogy of Terror II

A wealthy man by the name of Ansford (Matt Clark) discovers his young wife Laura (Lysette Anthony) having an affair with her cousin. Having video proof, he orders Laura to be faithful and honest or he will turn the video over to the news stations and cut her out of his multimillion-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 does not go as planned. Before dying, Ansford transferred all of his millions into an account in Zürich 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 large flesh-eating rats with red eyes and Laura is forced to crawl in after him through a network of underground graveyard tunnels. Eventually, the advancing rats corner her in another buried coffin. Laura tries to keep the rats away by firing her gun at them, but the rats quickly pour into the coffin and devour her.

This first episode (screenplay by William F. Nolan and Dan Curtis) is based on Henry Kuttner's eponymous short story, albeit considerably altered. In Kuttner's tale, the thief is a male cemetery caretaker who habitually steals valuables from the corpses in a graveyard beset by a colony of abnormally large rats.

The second episode is a re-filming of a script by Richard Matheson. It was originally written by Matheson for the Dan Curtis omnibus movie Dead of Night and was there filmed with different actors.

It 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 up 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 does not 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 is not 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, after which the screen blacks out.

This segment, about the Zuni Fetish Doll "He Who Kills," is a sequel to the third segment of the original film Trilogy of Terror, "Amelia".

After finding the double homicide of Amelia and her mother from the first movie with the Zuni Fetish Doll at the scene, the local police drop off the 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 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 running towards her with a lab knife. After the doll attacks her, Simpson catches the doll in a briefcase, giving her time to try to reach her keys. As the doll cuts through the case, Simpson tries twice to grab the knife, only to get cut. The doll eventually breaks through, and Simpson stabs it with a screwdriver-like object. Making the same mistake as Amelia, Simpson opens the briefcase, only to be bitten ferociously by the doll. She eventually regains control and tosses the doll into a large container of sulfuric acid. As the doll breaks apart, Simpson grabs tongs in an attempt to remove the doll's remains, only to be possessed by the spirit inhabiting the doll. Later on, Simpson's date arrives at the museum, and she kills him with an ax.