anyone who have ever see the original should avoid this movie like the plague . while the 1975 trilogy of terror be a truly original triple slice of terror and deliver generous dollop of scare and the sequel be thoroughly unoriginal and 99 % scare free . it alarm that the same director do both . tot2 be so vapid and glossy it read like an audition tape for tale from the crypt . the script give new meaning to the word unoriginal . the first segment be an ancient horror comic book chestnut which have be roast one too many time . it twist end offer the only true moment of horror and after a long and obvious set up . the second segment be a monkey paw twist . the screen credit alleges it be by writer god richard matheson . but if matheson ever saw this movie and he must have upchuck when he hear lysette anthony impassioned occult incantation and in which she invoke the great and mighty god tetragrammation . apparently despite make a lifelong career from the occult and the director never heard of tetragrammaton . bad of all be the last segment and a simpering rehash of the original and which feature karen black assail by a very creepy and authentic look voodoo doll . the update misfire threefold . lysette anthony be a capable actress go through the motion and but generate no real feeling of horror . karen black be unforgettable in her performance and which transcend genre expectation and particularly for a make for tv movie . the new doll be atrocious and appear to be make from the same plastic formula a mr. potatohead . it annoying over the top growl only exacerbate the idiocy . hopefully the special efx crew on this one move on to something more appropriate to their skill and like a muppets movie . it sad that the once great dan curtis and who give u dark shadow and burnt offering and could be reduce to deliver this piffle . horrid and not horror .