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The Best Episodes of Thriller Season 1

Every episode of Thriller Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Thriller Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Thriller Season 1 Episode 8 - File It Under Fear
    7.4/10(319 votes)

    S1:E8

    When several young women have been strangled in her neighborhood, a neurotic librarian tries to catch the killer. Maureen Lipman, Richard O'Callaghan, Jan Francis, James Grout, John Le Mesurier, Colin Fisher, Rose Hill, Richard Pendrey, John Nightingale, Jenny Quayle, Georgina Melville, Sue Bond

    Director:Bill Hays
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  2. Thriller Season 1 Episode 5 - The Colour of Blood
    7.3/10(336 votes)

    S1:E5

    A serial killer escapes from an asylum and picks a seemingly innocent woman as his next victim, but she is not as innocent as she seems. a.k.a "The Carnation Killer" (US title)

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  3. Thriller Season 1 Episode 3 - Someone at the Top of the Stairs
    7.2/10(487 votes)

    S1:E3

    When two young women rent a room in a dark house filled with strange inhabitants, one of them is killed and the other is haunted by a mysterious man who appears at the top of the stairs. Donna Mills, Judy Carne, David de Keyser, Francis Wallis, Alethea Charlton, Brian McGrath, Peter Cellier, Clifford Parrish, Scott Forbes, Rhoda Lewis, Alan Roberto, Laura Collins, Richard Corbet, Charles Hill

    Director:John Sichel
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  4. Thriller Season 1 Episode 9 - The Eyes Have It
    7.1/10(299 votes)

    S1:E9

    When a group of assassins takes over a school for the blind, they are overcome by the resourceful students. Peter Vaughan, Dennis Waterman, William Marlowe, Sinéad Cusack, Leslie Schofield, David Jackson, Michael Lees, Alun Armstrong, Colin McCormack, Angela Walker, Catherine Chase, David Sands

    Director:Shaun O'Riordan
    Writer:Terence Feely

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  5. Thriller Season 1 Episode 1 - Lady Killer
    7.0/10(504 votes)

    S1:E1

    A shy librarian falls in love with and marries a smooth-talker, who is secretly already married and plots the death of his new wife. Barbara Feldon, Robert Powell, Linda Thorson, T. P. McKenna, Mary Wimbush, John Boswall, Ivor Roberts, Howard Rawlinson, Ronald Mayer, David Billa

    Director:Bill Hays
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  6. Thriller Season 1 Episode 7 - A Place to Die
    6.9/10(315 votes)

    S1:E7

    A newlywed couple moves to a village, where the husband takes over the medical practice, and finds that the villagers are devil worshippers. Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Hay, John Turner, Glynn Edwards, Sally Stephens, Juan Moreno, Georgine Anderson, Lila Kaye, Sydney Bromley, Jenny Laird, Peggy Ann Wood, Graham Weston, Bill Ward, John Flint, Arnold Ridley, Harold Bennett, Elsie Wagstaff, John Gabriel, Lewis Wilson

    Director:Peter Jefferies
    Writer:Terence Feely

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  7. Thriller Season 1 Episode 2 - Possession
    6.7/10(388 votes)

    S1:E2

    A couple moves into a sinister old country house, and the husband is taken over by strange forces. John Carson, Joanna Dunham, Hilary Hardiman, Athol Coats, James Cossins, Richard Aylen, Jack Galloway, Mary Ann Severne

    Director:John Cooper
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  8. Thriller Season 1 Episode 10 - Spell of Evil
    6.7/10(274 votes)

    S1:E10

    A businessman consults a marriage bureau after his wife dies, but his beautiful new wife turns out to be a witch. Diane Cilento, Edward de Souza, Jeremy Longhurst, Jennifer Daniel, William Dexter, Iris Russell, Martin Wyldeck, Philip Anthony, Linda Cunningham, David Belcher, Reg Lye, Patricia Kneale

    Director:John Sichel
    Writer:Terence Feely

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  9. Thriller Season 1 Episode 6 - Murder in Mind
    6.6/10(279 votes)

    S1:E6

    A woman who has been in a car accident and has amnesia believes that she has committed murder and turns herself into the police. Richard Johnson, Zena Walker, Donald Gee, Ronald Radd, Robert Dorning, Christina Greatrex, Anthony Boden, David Lampson

    Director:Alan Gibson
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  10. Thriller Season 1 Episode 4 - An Echo of Theresa
    6.5/10(307 votes)

    S1:E4

    While a couple vacations in London, the husband begins to act strangely, calling his wife "Theresa," and they become involved in espionage. Paul Burke, Polly Bergen, Dinsdale Landen, Basil Henson, Vernon Dobtcheff, Meriel Brooke, William Job, Roger Hume, Larry Taylor, Betty Woolfe, Neville Phillips, Ted Richards, John Caesar

    Director:Peter Jefferies
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"File It Under Fear" is the best rated episode of Thriller season 1. It scored 7.4/10 from 319 votes. Directed by Bill Hays and written by Brian Clemens, it aired on June 2, 1973. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Colour of Blood".