Thriller
1960 · TV Series · TV-PG · 50 min · ★ 6.7
This classic anthology series presents standalone tales that shift between eerie horror and tense crime, each introduced by a famous host. Expect haunted houses, unsettling curses, and grim mysteries, with a mix of stronger and weaker episodes across its run.
Also known as Boris Karloff's Thriller
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Details
- Years
- 1960–1962
- Release date
- 1960-09-13
- Network
- NBC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 50 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (20 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want vintage, black-and-white chills with a rotating mix of supernatural scares and crime tales, especially if you like Alfred Hitchcock Presents or Night Gallery; Not for you if you need consistent pacing or modern intensity.
Pros: creepy classic atmosphere; strong standout episodes; memorable host intros | Cons: uneven episode quality; some dull crime stories; predictable plots at times
Themes
- swamp
- supernatural
- anthology
- possession
- revenge
- old dark house
- somber
- parapsychology
- magick
- ghostly hauntings
- weird tales
Cast & crew
Boris Karloff
as Self - Host
- CR
Carl Benton Reid
as Dr. Marcus Graham
- UA
Ursula Andress
as Luana
- SO
Susan Oliver
as Edith Landers
Rip Torn
as Duncan Corey
- RC
Richard Chamberlain
as Larry Carter
- PO
Philip Ober
as Elmer Hooper
- PM
Patricia Medina
as Victorine Lafourcade
- PB
Parley Baer
as Fisherman on Mountain
- OK
Otto Kruger
as Bert Farrington
Directed by Richard Carlson, John Newland, Ray Milland +15 more
Episodes2 seasons · 67 episodes
Season 137 episodes
- S1E1The Twisted Image50m
- S1E2Child's Play50m
- S1E3Worse Than Murder50m
- S1E4The Mark of the Hand50m
- S1E5Rose's Last Summer50m
- S1E6The Guilty Men50m
- S1E7The Purple Room50m
- S1E8The Watcher50m
- S1E9Girl With a Secret50m
- S1E10The Prediction50m
- S1E11The Fatal Impulse50m
- S1E12The Big Blackout50m
- S1E13Knock Three-One-Two50m
- S1E14Man in the Middle50m
- S1E15The Cheaters50m
- S1E16The Hungry Glass50m
- S1E17The Poisoner50m
- S1E18Man in a Cage50m
- S1E19Choose a Victim50m
- S1E20Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook50m
- S1E21The Merriweather File50m
- S1E22The Fingers of Fear50m
- S1E23Well of Doom50m
- S1E24The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell50m
- S1E25Trio for Terror50m
- S1E26Papa Benjamin50m
- S1E27Late Date50m
- S1E28Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper50m
- S1E29The Devil's Ticket50m
- S1E30Parasite Mansion50m
- S1E31A Good Imagination50m
- S1E32Mr. George50m
- S1E33Terror in Teakwood50m
- S1E34The Prisoner in the Mirror50m
- S1E35Dark Legacy50m
- S1E36Pigeons From Hell50m
- S1E37The Grim Reaper50m
Season 230 episodes
- S2E1What Beckoning Ghost?50m
- S2E2Guillotine50m
- S2E3The Premature Burial50m
- S2E4The Weird Tailor50m
- S2E5God Grante That She Lye Stille50m
- S2E6Masquerade50m
- S2E7The Last of the Sommervilles50m
- S2E8Letter to a Lover50m
- S2E9A Third For Pinochle50m
- S2E10The Closed Cabinet50m
- S2E11Dialogues With Death50m
- S2E12The Return of Andrew Bentley50m
- S2E13The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk50m
- S2E14Portrait Without a Face50m
- S2E15An Attractive Family50m
- S2E16Waxworks50m
- S2E17La Strega50m
- S2E18The Storm50m
- S2E19A Wig For Miss Devore50m
- S2E20The Hollow Watcher50m
- S2E21Cousin Tundifer50m
- S2E22The Incredible Doktor Markesan50m
- S2E23Flowers of Evil50m
- S2E24'Til Death Do Us Part50m
- S2E25The Bride Who Died Twice50m
- S2E26Kill My Love50m
- S2E27Man of Mystery50m
- S2E28The Innocent Bystanders50m
- S2E29The Lethal Ladies50m
- S2E30The Specialists50m