
Thriller
1960 · TV Series · TV-PG · 50 min
★ 7.2(20)unSUB Rating
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 (input)
- 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

Esther Dale
as Ellen the Maid

Yuki Shimoda
as Koto

Kenneth Haigh
as Detective Insp. Harry Roberts

Jester Hairston
as Papa Benjamin

Marlo Thomas
as Susan Baker

Dianne Foster
as Judy Patterson

Dan Tobin
as Ray

Sam Edwards
as Charles Larrimore

Frank Overton
as Bart Hattering
Directed by Richard Carlson, John Newland, Herschel Daugherty +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