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The Best Episodes of Thriller

Every episode of Thriller ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Thriller!

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Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Thriller Season 1 Episode 3 - Someone at the Top of the Stairs
    8.5/10(464 votes)

    #1 - Someone at the Top of the Stairs

    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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  2. Thriller Season 1 Episode 8 - File It Under Fear
    8.5/10(308 votes)

    #2 - File It Under Fear

    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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  3. Thriller Season 3 Episode 2 - I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill
    8.0/10(319 votes)

    #3 - I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill

    S3:E2

    A young secretary doing work after hours is terrorized by a murderer in a deserted office building.

    Director:Shaun O'Riordan
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  4. Thriller Season 4 Episode 2 - Nurse Will Make It Better
    8.0/10(228 votes)

    #4 - Nurse Will Make It Better

    S4:E2

    A woman who is hired to care for a paraplegic girl is a devil worshipper and promises the girl that she will be able to walk again in exchange for her soul.

    Director:Shaun O'Riordan
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  5. Thriller Season 1 Episode 2 - Possession
    7.5/10(371 votes)

    #5 - Possession

    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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  6. Thriller Season 1 Episode 1 - Lady Killer
    7.0/10(482 votes)

    #6 - Lady Killer

    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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  7. Thriller Season 1 Episode 4 - An Echo of Theresa
    7.0/10(290 votes)

    #7 - An Echo of Theresa

    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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  8. Thriller Season 1 Episode 7 - A Place to Die
    7.0/10(300 votes)

    #8 - A Place to Die

    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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  9. Thriller Season 1 Episode 9 - The Eyes Have It
    7.0/10(286 votes)

    #9 - The Eyes Have It

    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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  10. Thriller Season 1 Episode 10 - Spell of Evil
    7.0/10(262 votes)

    #10 - Spell of Evil

    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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  11. Thriller Season 2 Episode 4 - One Deadly Owner
    7.0/10(271 votes)

    #11 - One Deadly Owner

    S2:E4

    A fashion model buys a haunted Rolls-Royce. Donna Mills, Jeremy Brett, Robert Morris, Laurence Payne, Eric Lander, Michael Beint, Anthony Dawes, Bob Holness, Ray Marioni

    Director:Ian Fordyce
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  12. Thriller Season 4 Episode 1 - Screamer
    7.0/10(242 votes)

    #12 - Screamer

    S4:E1

    After a young woman is attacked on her way to visit friends in the country, she spends time in a mental institution. When she is released, she sees her attacker and exacts her revenge.

    Director:Shaun O'Riordan
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  13. Thriller Season 4 Episode 3 - Night Is the Time for Killing
    7.0/10(192 votes)

    #13 - Night Is the Time for Killing

    S4:E3

    A woman on a train finds a dead man, but later the body disappears and the man is seen alive.

    Director:John Cooper
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  14. Thriller Season 1 Episode 5 - The Colour of Blood
    0.0/10(320 votes)

    #14 - The Colour of Blood

    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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  15. Thriller Season 1 Episode 6 - Murder in Mind
    0.0/10(264 votes)

    #15 - Murder in Mind

    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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  16. Thriller Season 2 Episode 1 - Only a Scream Away
    0.0/10(252 votes)

    #16 - Only a Scream Away

    S2:E1

    The life of a newlywed couple is interrrupted by a strange neighbor. Hayley Mills, Gary Collins, Joyce Carey, David Warbeck, Jeremy Bulloch, Jonathan Elsom, Ronald Mayer, Barrie Fletcher, Richard Beaumont, Candida Brown

    Director:Peter Jefferies
    Writer:Terence Feely

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  17. Thriller Season 2 Episode 2 - Once the Killing Starts
    0.0/10(265 votes)

    #17 - Once the Killing Starts

    S2:E2

    A college professor has an affair with a student and kills his wife, but then he receives blackmail letters from someone who claims to know what he did. Patrick O'Neal, Angharad Rees, Michael Kitchen, Gerald Sim, Gary Watson, Patricia Donahue, Terry Wright

    Director:John Scholz-Conway
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  18. Thriller Season 2 Episode 3 - Kiss Me and Die
    0.0/10(226 votes)

    #18 - Kiss Me and Die

    S2:E3

    A man investigates the disappearance of his brother at a country house. Jenny Agutter, George Chakiris, Anton Diffring, Russell Hunter, John Sharpe, Stephen Greif, Peggy Sinclair, John Atkinson, Barry James, Raymond Mason, Sue Robinson, Peter Casillas, Peter Elliott

    Director:John Sichel
    Writer:Terence Feely

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  19. Thriller Season 2 Episode 5 - Ring Once for Death
    0.0/10(225 votes)

    #19 - Ring Once for Death

    S2:E5

    A con man posing as a butler, with the help of his girlfriend posing as a maid and a disreputable doctor, poisons his employer, a wealthy widow. Michael Jayston, Nyree Dawn Porter, Barry Nelson, Thorley Walters, Janet Key, Victor Winding, Clare Sutcliffe, Richard Oldfield

    Director:Robert D. Cardona
    Writer:Terence Feely

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  20. Thriller Season 2 Episode 6 - K Is for Killing
    0.0/10(212 votes)

    #20 - K Is for Killing

    S2:E6

    A young playboy hires an eccentric husband and wife team of private detectives to investigate the murder of his tycoon father. Gayle Hunnicutt, Stephen Rea, Jean Kent, Christopher Cazenove, Peter Dyneley, Derek Francis, Frances Bennett, Shirley Cain, Oliver Smith, Arthur White, James Appleby, Sally Miles, Francis Mortimer, Gilly Flower

    Director:Peter Moffatt
    Writers:Brian Clemens, Terry Nation

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  21. Thriller Season 2 Episode 7 - Sign It Death
    0.0/10(234 votes)

    #21 - Sign It Death

    S2:E7

    A young woman schemes to marry a wealthy businessman by becoming his secretary. Francesca Annis, Patrick Allen, Moira Redmond, Edward Judd, Gerald James, Barry Stanton, James Bate, Sheila Fearn, Jackie Tong, John Arnatt, Leon Eagles, Jeremy Pearce, Carmen Blanck, Alan Bennion, Sonia Graham, Lisa Young, Jimmy Gardner, Stuart Nichol

    Director:Shaun O'Riordan
    Writer:Terence Feely

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  22. Thriller Season 2 Episode 8 - Who Killed Lamb
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Who Killed Lamb

    S2:E8

    A popular member of the Oxford community is killed, and nobody can think why, so a police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard, and discovers they may be more to the victim than met anyone's eye. 'Who Killed Lamb?' is a one off play from Yorkshire TV which has no connection with Thriller but was transmitted immediately after 'Sign It Death' in the second series schedule and was billed and fully networked as an episode of the classic ATV series. An American actor is featured, along with scripted Americanisms like "janitor" While it bears a similar running time [65 minutes], it uses a standalone title scene and theme music. This was quite a prestigious and well-received production at the time.

    Director:John Sichel
    Writer:Anthony Skene

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  23. Thriller Season 3 Episode 1 - A Coffin for the Bride
    0.0/10(380 votes)

    #23 - A Coffin for the Bride

    S3:E1

    A serial killer who marries and then murders rich older women falls in love with a beautiful young woman he meets at a health resort, but he must have one more victim before he settles down with her.

    Director:John Sichel
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  24. Thriller Season 3 Episode 3 - Death to Sister Mary
    0.0/10(204 votes)

    #24 - Death to Sister Mary

    S3:E3

    After an actress who plays a nun in a TV series meets a strange fan, several cast members meet with fatal or near-fatal accidents.

    Director:Robert D. Cardona
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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  25. Thriller Season 3 Episode 4 - In the Steps of a Dead Man
    0.0/10(205 votes)

    #25 - In the Steps of a Dead Man

    S3:E4

    The grieving parents of a recently deceased soldier are visited by a man claiming to be their son's best friend, but he is not all that he claims to be.

    Director:Shaun O'Riordan
    Writer:Brian Clemens

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Best Episodes Summary

"Someone at the Top of the Stairs" is the best rated episode of "Thriller". It scored 8.5/10 based on 464 votes. Directed by John Sichel and written by Brian Clemens, it aired on 4/28/1973. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "File It Under Fear".