Thriller

2 Seasons 1960 - 1962 TV-PG 50m 8.2

Now available for the first time, experience the complete series hailed as the most frightening ever created for television.

Anthology series hosted by Boris Karloff that originally told ordinary tales of crime and mystery, but later became a showcase for gothic horror stories, many of which were based on works by authors such as Cornell Woolrich , Robert Bloch, and Charlotte Armstrong .

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Episodes:

Episode 1 The Twisted Image

1. The Twisted Image

Aired: Sep 13, 1960

Business executive Alan Patterson's life takes a surreal turn when two mental...

Episode 2 Child's Play

2. Child's Play

Aired: Sep 20, 1960

An 11-year-old boy neglected by his father gets so caught up in his fantasy w...

Episode 3 Worse Than Murder

3. Worse Than Murder

Aired: Sep 27, 1960

When her dead husband's late uncle fails to leave her any money, a scheming t...

Episode 4 The Mark of the Hand

4. The Mark of the Hand

Aired: Oct 4, 1960

A young girl is accused of murder and refuses to speak to anyone ever again.

Episode 5 Rose's Last Summer

5. Rose's Last Summer

Aired: Oct 11, 1960

An aging actress is mysteriously found dead in a family's garden, and they ma...

Episode 6 The Guilty Men

6. The Guilty Men

Aired: Oct 18, 1960

A mobster tries to get his syndicate out of the narcotics business, but his m...

Episode 7 The Purple Room

7. The Purple Room

Aired: Oct 25, 1960

A practical-minded skeptic must stay in the spooky Baton Rouge mansion his br...

Episode 8 The Watcher

8. The Watcher

Aired: Oct 31, 1960

A schoolteacher and religious hypocrite takes a creepy interest in a handsome...

Episode 9 Girl with a Secret

9. Girl with a Secret

Aired: Nov 14, 1960

A newlywed bride must hide a secret about her husband's whereabouts. She is b...

Episode 10 The Prediction

10. The Prediction

Aired: Nov 21, 1960

A fake mentalist suddenly has visions of people's violent deaths and attempts...

Episode 11 The Fatal Impulse

11. The Fatal Impulse

Aired: Nov 28, 1960

A man fleeing from an attempt to assassinate a political candidate puts a sma...

Episode 12 The Big Blackout

12. The Big Blackout

Aired: Dec 5, 1960

A recovering alcoholic who can not remember his past finds himself confronted...

Episode 13 Knock Three-One-Two

13. Knock Three-One-Two

Aired: Dec 12, 1960

A man in need of money enlists the help of a serial killer to get the money f...

Episode 14 Man in the Middle

14. Man in the Middle

Aired: Dec 19, 1960

A man overhears a plot for kidnapping and murder. At first, he doesn't want t...

Episode 15 The Cheaters

15. The Cheaters

Aired: Dec 26, 1960

A man invents a pair of glasses that can see the truth in others and oneself....

Episode 16 The Hungry Glass

16. The Hungry Glass

Aired: Jan 2, 1961

A married couple moves into a house that is haunted by images reflected in gl...

Episode 17 The Poisoner

17. The Poisoner

Aired: Jan 9, 1961

London critic and wit Thomas Edward Griffith finds himself in need of funds a...

Episode 18 Man in the Cage

18. Man in the Cage

Aired: Jan 16, 1961

An American comes to Tangier to search for his missing brother and becomes em...

Episode 19 Choose a Victim

19. Choose a Victim

Aired: Jan 23, 1961

A beach bum locks onto a wealthy young woman whose sadness is as obvious as h...

Episode 22 The Fingers of Fear

22. The Fingers of Fear

Aired: Feb 20, 1961

The police manhunt for a serial killer of children ends with the arrest of a ...

Episode 23 Well of Doom

23. Well of Doom

Aired: Feb 27, 1961

Fiendish Moloch and his huge creature Styx kill a chauffeur and kidnap his pa...

Episode 25 Trio for Terror

25. Trio for Terror

Aired: Mar 13, 1961

3 stories in this episode. First, a young man kills his uncle, not realizing ...

Episode 26 Papa Benjamin

26. Papa Benjamin

Aired: Mar 20, 1961

A composer in need of inspiration turns to Voodoo melodies, but finds himself...

Episode 27 Late Date

27. Late Date

Aired: Apr 3, 1961

A brother helps his brother cover up the murder of his philandering wife by f...

Episode 29 The Devil's Ticket

29. The Devil's Ticket

Aired: Apr 17, 1961

An artist "pawns" his soul to the devil and must retrieve it by painting a po...

Episode 30 Parasite Mansion

30. Parasite Mansion

Aired: Apr 24, 1961

A young woman is held captive in a mansion by a family of recluses hiding a s...

Episode 31 A Good Imagination

31. A Good Imagination

Aired: May 2, 1961

A bookworm uses his good imagination and some storylines from Poe to dispose ...

Episode 32 Mr. George

32. Mr. George

Aired: May 9, 1961

Priscilla, a young girl, lives with her scheming relatives who are trying to ...

Episode 35 Dark Legacy

35. Dark Legacy

Aired: May 30, 1961

A second-rate nightclub magician inherits a genuine book of sorcery from his ...

Episode 36 Pigeons from Hell

36. Pigeons from Hell

Aired: Jun 6, 1961

Two stranded motorists and a local sheriff battle evil forces that inhabit a ...

Episode 37 The Grim Reaper

37. The Grim Reaper

Aired: Jun 13, 1961

Celebrity author Beatrice Graves purchases a cursed painting of the Grim Reap...

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Info about Thriller

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery

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