The Best Episodes of Thriller
Every episode of Thriller ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Thriller!
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 story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Thriller" is "A Coffin for the Bride", rated 8.3/10 from 311 user votes. It was directed by John Sichel and written by Brian Clemens. "A Coffin for the Bride" aired on 6/1/1974 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Double Kill".
8.3/10 311 votes#1 - A Coffin for the Bride
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/1974
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
- 7.6/10 180 votes
#2 - The Double Kill
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/1975
A man married to a rich woman hires a burglar to kill her but ends up being framed for the murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
7.4/10 272 votes#3 - I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/1974
A young secretary doing work after hours is terrorized by a murderer in a deserted office building.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 7.4/10 170 votes
#4 - In the Steps of a Dead Man
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/1974
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: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 7.4/10 200 votes
#5 - Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 6/29/1974
A young woman's friend disappears from a country hotel, but no one, including the police, believes her.
Director: John Sichel
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 7.4/10 138 votes
#6 - The Crazy Kill
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/1975
A doctor and his wife are held hostage in their country home by an escaped convict and his sidekick, but a journalist's arrival complicates matters.
Director: Dennis Vance
Writer: Dennis Spooner
7.3/10 251 votes#7 - File It Under Fear
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/2/1973
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
7.2/10 389 votes#8 - Someone at the Top of the Stairs
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/1973
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
7.2/10 271 votes#9 - The Colour of Blood
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/12/1973
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. Norman Eshley, Katherine Schofield, Derek Smith, Garrick Hagon, Geoffrey Chater, Malcolm Terris, Tim Wylton, A. J. Brown, Roy Sone, Eric Mason, Michael Corcoran, Godfrey Jackman
Director: Robert Tronson
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 7.2/10 180 votes
#10 - Ring Once for Death
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/23/1974
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
7.1/10 232 votes#11 - The Eyes Have It
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/9/1973
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: N/A
Writer: Terence Feely
- 7.1/10 195 votes
#12 - Sign It Death
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/9/1974
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: N/A
Writer: Terence Feely
7.0/10 400 votes#13 - Lady Killer
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/14/1973
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
- 7.0/10 221 votes
#14 - Once the Killing Starts
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/2/1974
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: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 7.0/10 155 votes
#15 - The Next Scream You Hear
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/6/1974
A businessman claims that he's being framed for his wife's murder and hires a private detective to investigate the case.
Director: Robert D. Cardona
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 7.0/10 171 votes
#16 - If It's a Man--Hang Up
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/1975
A young model is terrorized by a peeping tom and obscene phone calls.
Director: Shaun O'Riordan
Writer: Brian Clemens
6.9/10 242 votes#17 - A Place to Die
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/26/1973
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: N/A
Writer: Terence Feely
- 6.8/10 192 votes
#18 - Nurse Will Make It Better
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1975
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: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 6.8/10 159 votes
#19 - Where the Action Is
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/1975
A gambler is kidnapped by a deranged tycoon who believes himself to be the greatest gambler in the world and eliminates all of his opponents.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 6.8/10 143 votes
#20 - Sleepwalker
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 4/10/1976
A woman thinks that she has witnessed a murder during a sleepwalking episode.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
6.7/10 311 votes#21 - Possession
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/1973
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: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 6.7/10 236 votes
#22 - One Deadly Owner
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/16/1974
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: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 6.7/10 163 votes
#23 - A Killer in Every Corner
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/1975
A scientist invites three students to help him with his new study, which involves mind control of criminals.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 6.7/10 127 votes
#24 - Dial a Deadly Number
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/1976
When he is a wealthy young woman mistakenly dials his number, an out of work actor pretends to be a psychiatrist and tries to help her understand her recurring dreams of murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Clemens
- 6.7/10 118 votes
#25 - Death in Deep Water
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 5/22/1976
A witness against a crime syndicate hides on a deserted island, where he meets a beautiful young woman who persuades him to murder her rich older husband.
Director: James Ormerod
Writer: Brian Clemens