Thriller

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Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.

Production

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Seasons

37 Episodes • Premiered 1960

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1. The Twisted Image

When the paths of a disturbed young man (consumed with the idea of taking over the life of his boss) and a disturbed young woman (obsessed with the same man) cross, the results are disatrous.

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2. Child's Play

A young boy with an unhappy homelife gets dangerously absorbed in his imagination.

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3. Worse Than Murder

4.5

A man dies and leaves a diary describing how he and his sister murdered a woman. The sister's unscrupulous daughter-in-law uses the diary for blackmail.

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4. The Mark of the Hand

An eight-year-old girl is accused of murdering a man and then trying to kill again.

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5. Rose's Last Summer

When an aging film actress dies under mysterious circumstances a friend and her former husband try to find out what happened to her.

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6. The Guilty Men

The inner workings of a crime syndicate are examined as their mouthpiece lawyer wrestles with his conscience over the future of the organization.

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7. The Purple Room

7.0

A man who inherits a house from his brother has one night to decide whether or not to stay - if he leaves, his cousins will inherit the house instead. He expects his cousins to try and frighten him into leaving, but could the strange happenings be more than pranks?

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8. The Watcher

A twisted zealot seeks to kill all those he feels are sinners.

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9. Girl With a Secret

When the wife of a government agent inadvertently discovers the details of one of his missions she becomes a girl with a secret that must be kept at all costs.

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10. The Prediction

7.0

A phony clairvoyant suddenly starts having genuine premonitions. Will he be able to save those closest to him when he sees death in their future?

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11. The Fatal Impulse

A canidate for Mayor is told he won't live through the next day. The police are sent to protect him and we follow their actions as well as those of the potential killer.

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12. The Big Blackout

A former alcoholic is haunted by a past he can't remember. Will he be able to stay alive long enough to unravel the mystery?

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13. Knock Three-One-Two

A man desparate for money decides to enlist the help of a serial killer in getting the cash he needs from his wife.

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14. Man in the Middle

A man overhears the kidnapping and murder plot of two unsavory characters and tries to prevent it from being carried out despite the fact that his own life is in danger.

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15. The Cheaters

5.0

A pair of very unusual glasses allow the wearer to see the absolute truth about whatever they look upon. We see what happens as they pass from one owner to another.

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16. The Hungry Glass

5.5

A young couple buy a run-down, old mansion surrounded with legends about the lack of mirrors and the deaths of many former tenants. On their first night in the house they are frightened by strage visions, inexplicably intertwined with mirrors and glass.

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17. The Poisoner

A man in nineteenth century England disposes of his family members one by one - his weapon of choice? - an undetectable poison concealed within his ring.

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18. Man in a Cage

A man arrives in Tangier looking for his missing brother who seems to have been involved in some shady dealings.

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19. Choose a Victim

A wealthy girl takes up with a mercenary beachbum. Together they plot to kill her uncle for his money

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20. Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook

7.0

A young detective is sent to the English countryside to investigate a strange murder. His wife, who has accompanied him, soon finds herself a target of the locals who believe she is a witch.

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21. The Merriweather File

When a man discovers a body in the trunk of his car the harder he tries to prove his innocence the more guilty he looks. Do the attempts on his wife's life have anything to do with this strange case?

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22. The Fingers of Fear

A child murderer is on the loose. A mentally disturbed man is arrested for the crimes, but a determined police lieutenant isn't sure they have the right man.

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23. Well of Doom

7.0

A man is kidnapped on the eve of his wedding and held prisoner by a ghoulish creature claiming to be the devil himself.

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24. The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell

A research scientist accidentally discovers a strange gas that penetrates his gas mask and the effects are most bizarre - now every time he hears a bell it sends him into a murderous rage.

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25. Trio for Terror

7.0

Three separate tales: a man murders his uncle for the inheritance, but the uncle is no oridinary man; a man wins a fortune gambling, but may not live to enjoy it; a serial killer meets an odd fate.

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26. Papa Benjamin

7.0

A musician tells a strange tale of involvement in a voodoo cult.

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27. Late Date

When a man murders his adulterous wife his brother attempts to conceal the crime by disposing of the body - but it won't be easy.

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28. Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper

7.0

A series of brutal murders in the modern-day U.S. mirror those of Jack the Ripper. Sir Guy informs the police of his theory that it is in fact the Ripper himself, alive and well - and not a year older.

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29. The Devil's Ticket

7.0

A starving artist goes to a pawn shop with one of his paintings and ends up pawning his soul to the devil. Will he be able to redeem it when the time comes?

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30. Parasite Mansion

7.0

A young teacher is lost during a storm and wakes up to find herself held prisoner in a run-down mansion inhabited by a strange and terrifying family.

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31. A Good Imagination

6.0

A book dealer turns to murder over his adulterous wife - taking his methods for killing from classic literature.

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32. Mr. George

6.0

A little girl is the sole heir to her mother's fortune and her greedy relatives are out to kill her for her money. What they don't realize is this little girl has a supernatural guardian.

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33. Terror in Teakwood

7.0

A young man's former girlfriend comes to him for help; her husband, a famous pianist, is being terrorized by an unknown being - is it a dead rival, secretly alive, or is it something much more grotesque.

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34. The Prisoner in the Mirror

7.0

A professor researching an eighteenth century murderous magician purchases a mirror in Paris only to find the magician's victims imprisoned within - or is it only a trick?

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35. Dark Legacy

8.0

The patriarch of a family of magicians dies and leaves his nephew his book of secrets - and it is indeed a dark legacy involving satanic spirits and black magic.

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36. Pigeons From Hell

8.0

Two young brothers attempt to spend the night in an abandoned southern plantation and encounter some birds that seem to have a strong dislike for intruders.

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37. The Grim Reaper

7.0

An eccentric mystery writer purchases a ghoulish painting of the grim reaper which happens to have a curse on it - almost all of its former owners have died. When the owner's life is in danger the painting sends a gruesome warning - it begins to bleed.

Cast

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Boris Karloff

Self - Host

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