Thriller
Thriller
TV ShowEnded

Thriller

6.6 / 10
1960
2 seasons
67 episodes
Crime

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.

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Seasons

  • The Twisted Image

    1.The Twisted Image

    9.0
    13-09-196050m

    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...

  • Child's Play

    2.Child's Play

    20-09-196050m

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

  • Worse Than Murder

    3.Worse Than Murder

    4.5
    27-09-196050m

    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.

  • The Mark of the Hand

    4.The Mark of the Hand

    04-10-196050m

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

  • Rose's Last Summer

    5.Rose's Last Summer

    11-10-196050m

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

  • The Guilty Men

    6.The Guilty Men

    18-10-196050m

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

  • The Purple Room

    7.The Purple Room

    7.0
    25-10-196050m

    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...

  • The Watcher

    8.The Watcher

    01-11-196050m

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

  • Girl With a Secret

    9.Girl With a Secret

    15-11-196050m

    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.

  • The Prediction

    10.The Prediction

    7.0
    22-11-196050m

    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?

  • The Fatal Impulse

    11.The Fatal Impulse

    29-11-196050m

    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.

  • The Big Blackout

    12.The Big Blackout

    06-12-196050m

    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?

  • Knock Three-One-Two

    13.Knock Three-One-Two

    13-12-196050m

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

  • Man in the Middle

    14.Man in the Middle

    20-12-196050m

    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.

  • The Cheaters

    15.The Cheaters

    5.0
    27-12-196050m

    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.

  • The Hungry Glass

    16.The Hungry Glass

    5.5
    03-01-196150m

    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 frigh...

  • The Poisoner

    17.The Poisoner

    10-01-196150m

    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.

  • Man in a Cage

    18.Man in a Cage

    17-01-196150m

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

  • Choose a Victim

    19.Choose a Victim

    24-01-196150m

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

  • Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook

    20.Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook

    7.0
    07-02-196150m

    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 i...

  • The Merriweather File

    21.The Merriweather File

    14-02-196150m

    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...

  • The Fingers of Fear

    22.The Fingers of Fear

    21-02-196150m

    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.

  • Ep 23

    23.Well of Doom

    7.0
    28-02-196150m

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

  • The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell

    24.The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell

    07-03-196150m

    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 murdero...

  • Trio for Terror

    25.Trio for Terror

    7.0
    14-03-196150m

    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 m...

  • Papa Benjamin

    26.Papa Benjamin

    7.0
    21-03-196150m

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

  • Late Date

    27.Late Date

    04-04-196150m

    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.

  • Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper

    28.Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper

    7.0
    11-04-196150m

    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 -...

  • The Devil's Ticket

    29.The Devil's Ticket

    7.0
    18-04-196150m

    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?

  • Parasite Mansion

    30.Parasite Mansion

    7.0
    25-04-196150m

    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.

  • A Good Imagination

    31.A Good Imagination

    6.0
    02-05-196150m

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

  • Mr. George

    32.Mr. George

    6.0
    09-05-196150m

    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 gu...

  • Terror in Teakwood

    33.Terror in Teakwood

    7.0
    16-05-196150m

    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 somethi...

  • The Prisoner in the Mirror

    34.The Prisoner in the Mirror

    7.0
    23-05-196150m

    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?

  • Dark Legacy

    35.Dark Legacy

    8.0
    30-05-196150m

    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.

  • Pigeons From Hell

    36.Pigeons From Hell

    8.0
    06-06-196150m

    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.

  • The Grim Reaper

    37.The Grim Reaper

    7.0
    13-06-196150m

    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...

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