Now I didn't find this picture to be as well done as the excellent Trilogy of Terror, but thanks to one of its stories it did measure up. I thought the first two stories in Trilogy were more engaging interesting and satisfying than the ones of this movie. Couldn't it just have been "Bobby" and nothing else? Just kidding, it's rather worth slogging through the first two tales just to get to it. The whole film kind of serves as a buildup to its third story, with the first being a soft fantasy yarn with a sappy sentimental tone and a super-happy ending, the second being a somewhat harder-edged offering with a Gothic suspenseful vibe, and then there's the third which was clearly meant to be a full-blown good old-fashioned frightfest. The first two chapters did nothing for me, I found them both totally flat and boring. The time travel one had me wondering if I'd put on the right movie and if I was watching a horror anthology at all, and the vampire story which I liked even less didn't even actually have a vampire in it! So unlike a lot of Bobby's/this movie's big fans I never saw Bobby as a child, so I could never have that kind of memory of it, but as far as the chilling atmosphere, rising terror and sheer hectic creepy buildup to the great final scare as the movie drew to a close impressed me, I can sure see what you folks are talking about! Needless to say it was the story that made this movie worthwhile for me and I thought it blew the other ones clear out of the water in terms of quality and entertainment. I found it a real fun scary ride as a grieving mother turns to the dark arts to bring her beloved son back to life, which she does but as it turns out neither are quite who they appear to be... Young Lee Montgomery was a pretty cute kid but he was good at becoming a little scary when the mood starts to become tense as he asks his mother weird questions, and then a lot scary when he gets angry and demented and forces her to engage in a killer game of hide and seek. I love how well and natural the 70s aesthetics go with the shadows and the brilliant spooky atmospherics that are helped along with such classic touches like the power going out and the crashing thunder and lightning, and what a marvellous big old dark house to use as the setting. It's childish yet eerie and sinister when he's toying with her and calling out "You can't find me!" from the darkness. And before she gets scared as it dawns on her that there's something supernatural going on, she's just confused and annoyed with his game and shows a quick hint that she may in fact not have been a very nice mother to him in life, so much so that he hates her even in death... A moment that I loved and that really sent a tingle up my back was when she's on the phone and you get that it isn't her husband she's talking to a little before she does! Good movie, it's fun and worth seeing for fans of obscure retro anthologies, and for me that's all due to the spooktacular brilliance of the final story. Thank you, and please never resurrect the dead, nothing good ever comes of it! x

Dead of Night (1977)Another horror anthology movie, I did get confused with the 1945 version with the same title (which is also an anthology), (I was hoping to see that one), I should read the first review first.First story, I was watching on my Phone, While I was on the Bus, as the movie is on you tube.Second Chance" I not sure think of this story, it did make me think for few hours after wards ,I liked how the story flowed.This man buys classic car and fix up and then takes for Drive only find out that he as somehow went back in time.While back time, The Car he was driving is taken by someone, who he tries stop, soon walks back and then wake up , Knowing he back in really time.He falls love with Girl he never noticed before (That was first hint) Which I didn't get at the time but as the story went, it made more sense.I thought this was very decent story, it wasn't scary at all but It' did make we think and the acting was really good.Next story No Such Thing as a Vampire"(I hope I don't sound like broken record, As you know i am not big fan vamps movie)Patrick Macnee as a doctor whose wife is suffering from the symptoms of vampire attacks.I found this story decent, there were some cool decent and creepy moment in this short that made really well.The music in this segment was okay as it added bit more creepy feel to the story and I really enjoyed how the story came to a end Bobby - (This is where Trilogy of terror 2 got this from) This is was lot more slowly paced then ^ Movie named there and it did have bit more creepy feel to it.I liked how they try not show the face of kids though out the segment, it makes it feel a lot more darker,I loved end of this short, now that is what you call decent Demon face, as that looks at more scary, then end of Trilogy of terror 2 Bobby segment.7 out of 10

By the way, no narrator is listed by IMDb. It sure sounds like John Dehner.Segment One stars Ed Begley Jr. and begins in the present time. After buying an old car from the 1920s, he suddenly finds himself transported in time--back about 40 years. But why? Well, when he returns to the present, he's able to figure it all out for himself. Overall, interesting but not especially memorable.Segment Two stars Patrick Macnee, Anjanette Comer and Horst Buchholz. A woman insists she's being preyed upon by a vampire and her husband seeks out professional help. I won't say more--the twist is REALLY, REALLY good. It's probably the best of the three segments.Segment Three stars Joan Hackett as a grieving mother. She can't get over the death of her son and has sought the occult to try to return him. Unfortunately, she gets that--the boy returns. Unfortunately, it's NOT all it's cracked up to be! Almost as good as segment three--very creepy and memorable.Overall, you've got two great episodes and one good one--not a bad outing for Dan Curtis--the man who also brought us "Dark Shadows" and many wonderful monster films in the 60s and 70s. Well worth your time and perhaps the pilot for a failed series.

I wondered why I had no memory of this whatsoever, despite being a big fan of Dan Curtis in his pre-WINDS OF WAR, gone-Hollywood days. I retained vivid memories of TRILOGY OF TERROR, NIGHTSTALKER, etc long before their resurrection on home video and DVD. I even remember Patty Duke turning into a really big spider in front of poor Tony Franciosa in the ridiculous CURSE OF THE BLACK WIDOW. Now I know why. Two of the three stories are very weak tea indeed. Odd considering this was made 2 years after TRILOGY. Worth a mention only for the 3rd and longest segment, 'Bobbie'. I never knew the same Richard Matheson segment in TRILOGY OF TERROR 2 was a remake and DEAD is the original. Joan Hackett, looking like a cross between Karen Black and Barbara Parkins, is older here than Lysette Anthony in TT2, and frankly does a better job with the part, introducing a subtle ick factor in her interactions with 'Bobbie' thats nowhere to be found in Lysette's version, and suggests just why the kid despises her so much.Also included on the disk is a failed pilot for a Dan Curtis TV series about psychic investigators. It plays exactly like a visit to Collinwood on an extremely slow nite. The feeling of deja vu is only enhanced by the DS music, very familiar camera set-ups, the presence of Thayer David (always welcome), and for all I know the sets from the Old House re-dressed with fresh trappings from the thrift shop.