The Best Episodes of Thriller

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8.4/10(388 votes)
#1 - The Cheaters
S1:E1512/27/1960
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.
Director:John Brahm
Writer:Unknown
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Director:John Brahm
Writer:Unknown
8.4/10(305 votes)
#2 - The Devil's Ticket
S1:E294/18/1961
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?
Director:Jules Munshin
Writer:Robert Bloch
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Director:Jules Munshin
Writer:Robert Bloch
8.3/10(459 votes)
#3 - The Grim Reaper
S1:E376/13/1961
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.
Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Unknown
8.3/10(290 votes)
#4 - The Incredible Doktor Markesan
S2:E222/26/1962
A young couple go to stay with an uncle while they look for work in a new town. They find the house run-down and their visit unexpected. Locked in their room at night they become curious about the goings-on in the house, but they could never imagine the true horror of their uncle's nocturnal activities.
Director:Robert Florey
Writer:Donald S. Sanford
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Director:Robert Florey
Writer:Donald S. Sanford
8.3/10(282 votes)
#5 - A Good Imagination
S1:E315/2/1961
A book dealer turns to murder over his adulterous wife - taking his methods for killing from classic literature.
Director:John Brahm
Writer:Robert Bloch
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Director:John Brahm
Writer:Robert Bloch
8.1/10(273 votes)
#6 - A Wig For Miss Devore
S2:E191/29/1962
A washed-up actress selects for her comeback vehicle the story of a real woman who was accused of being a witch and susequently hanged. When she purchases the actual wig owned by the real woman an odd change occurs in the actress. It seems the wig holds a strange and hideous power.
Director:John Brahm
Writer:Donald S. Sanford
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Director:John Brahm
Writer:Donald S. Sanford

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8.0/10(411 votes)
#7 - The Hungry Glass
S1:E161/3/1961
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.
Director:Douglas Heyes
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Douglas Heyes
Writer:Unknown
8.0/10(284 votes)
#8 - Mr. George
S1:E325/9/1961
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.
Director:Ida Lupino
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Ida Lupino
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(240 votes)
#9 - The Weird Tailor
S2:E410/16/1961
A man attempts to bring his dead son back to life with the use of black magic and an unusual suit of clothes.
Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Robert Bloch
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Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Robert Bloch
7.9/10(225 votes)
#10 - The Premature Burial
S2:E310/2/1961
When a man is accidentally buried alive and then saved he becomes paranoid that it might happen again - and he has good reason to be scared - his new wife is anxious to become a widow.
Director:Douglas Heyes
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Douglas Heyes
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(223 votes)
#11 - The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
S2:E1312/18/1961
Mrs. Hawk has a talent for raising prize hogs - but the secret of her success is more sinister than anyone could imagine.
Director:John Brahm
Writer:Donald S. Sanford
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Director:John Brahm
Writer:Donald S. Sanford
7.8/10(407 votes)
#12 - Pigeons From Hell
S1:E366/6/1961
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.
Director:John Newland
Writer:Unknown
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Director:John Newland
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(291 votes)
#13 - Masquerade
S2:E610/30/1961
A young couple take refuge in a spooky house on a stormy night and are terrorized by the strange family who occupy it. But do the young honeymooners have a secret of their own?
Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Donald S. Sanford
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Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Donald S. Sanford
7.7/10(279 votes)
#14 - Parasite Mansion
S1:E304/25/1961
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.
Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(231 votes)
#15 - The Prisoner in the Mirror
S1:E345/23/1961
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?
Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(202 votes)
#16 - Waxworks
S2:E161/8/1962
A traveling exhibit of wax figures of murderers seems to be the cause of some more recent deaths - are the wax figures real or is their creator a madman?
Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Robert Bloch
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Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Robert Bloch
7.6/10(263 votes)
#17 - Well of Doom
S1:E232/28/1961
A man is kidnapped on the eve of his wedding and held prisoner by a ghoulish creature claiming to be the devil himself.
Director:John Brahm
Writer:Unknown
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Director:John Brahm
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(223 votes)
#18 - Guillotine
S2:E29/26/1961
To save the life of her husband who is to be executed, a young woman attempts to murder the executioner.
Director:Ida Lupino
Writer:Charles Beaumont
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Director:Ida Lupino
Writer:Charles Beaumont
7.6/10(218 votes)
#19 - The Storm
S2:E181/22/1962
A woman returns home after two weeks and must spend the evening by herself during a raging storm. She is terrorized by strange sounds and the feeling she is not alone.
Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(213 votes)
#20 - The Merriweather File
S1:E212/14/1961
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?
Director:John Brahm
Writer:Unknown
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Director:John Brahm
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(187 votes)
#21 - The Lethal Ladies
S2:E294/16/1962
Two separate tales: a woman deals with her unfaithful husband; a mousy librarian takes revenge on her tyrannical boss.
Director:Ida Lupino
Writer:Boris Sobelman
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Director:Ida Lupino
Writer:Boris Sobelman
7.5/10(338 votes)
#22 - The Purple Room
S1:E710/25/1960
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?
Director:Douglas Heyes
Writer:Douglas Heyes
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Director:Douglas Heyes
Writer:Douglas Heyes
7.5/10(196 votes)
#23 - The Hollow Watcher
S2:E202/12/1962
A scheming wife who murders her father-in-law is tormented by a strange being, a scarecrow.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.5/10(188 votes)
#24 - Dialogues With Death
S2:E1112/4/1961
Two separate tales: a morgue attendent seems to be able to talk to the corpses, and get an answer; a young couple arrive at the home of their aunt and uncle who seem to believe the pair are dead no matter how much they protest.
Director:Herschel Daugherty
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(283 votes)
#25 - The Return of Andrew Bentley
S2:E1212/11/1961
A man inherits his uncle's estate on the condition that he spend twenty-four hours a day in the house and guard his uncle's grave against a supernatural intruder.
Director:John Newland
Writer:Richard Matheson
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Director:John Newland
Writer:Richard Matheson