8.4/10342 votesLoading...#1 - The Cheaters
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/27/1960
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: N/A
8.4/10269 votesLoading...#2 - The Devil's Ticket
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/18/1961
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
8.4/10368 votesLoading...#3 - The Grim Reaper
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/13/1961
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: N/A
8.3/10241 votesLoading...#4 - A Good Imagination
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/2/1961
A book dealer turns to murder over his adulterous wife - taking his methods for killing from classic literature.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: Robert Bloch
8.3/10247 votesLoading...#5 - The Incredible Doktor Markesan
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/26/1962
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
8.1/10345 votesLoading...#6 - The Hungry Glass
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1961
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: N/A
8.1/10240 votesLoading...#7 - Mr. George
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/9/1961
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: N/A
8.1/10231 votesLoading...#8 - A Wig For Miss Devore
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/1962
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
7.9/10339 votesLoading...#9 - Pigeons From Hell
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/6/1961
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: N/A
7.9/10190 votesLoading...#10 - The Premature Burial
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1961
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: N/A
7.9/10212 votesLoading...#11 - The Weird Tailor
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/1961
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
7.9/10180 votesLoading...#12 - The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/18/1961
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
7.7/10226 votesLoading...#13 - Well of Doom
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/28/1961
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: N/A
7.7/10242 votesLoading...#14 - Parasite Mansion
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/25/1961
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: N/A
7.7/10193 votesLoading...#15 - The Prisoner in the Mirror
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/23/1961
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: N/A
7.7/10253 votesLoading...#16 - Masquerade
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1961
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
7.7/10175 votesLoading...#17 - Waxworks
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1962
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
7.6/10183 votesLoading...#18 - The Merriweather File
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/14/1961
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: N/A
7.6/10187 votesLoading...#19 - The Storm
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1962
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: N/A
7.6/10166 votesLoading...#20 - The Hollow Watcher
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1962
A scheming wife who murders her father-in-law is tormented by a strange being, a scarecrow.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10163 votesLoading...#21 - The Lethal Ladies
Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 4/16/1962
Two separate tales: a woman deals with her unfaithful husband; a mousy librarian takes revenge on her tyrannical boss.
Director: Ida Lupino
Writer: N/A
7.5/10290 votesLoading...#22 - The Purple Room
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1960
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
7.5/10208 votesLoading...#23 - Terror in Teakwood
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/16/1961
A young man's former girlfriend comes to him for help; her husband, a famous pianist, is being terrorized by an unknown being - is it a dead rival, secretly alive, or is it something much more grotesque.
Director: Paul Henreid
Writer: Alan Caillou
7.5/10197 votesLoading...#24 - Guillotine
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1961
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
7.5/10150 votesLoading...#25 - Dialogues With Death
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/4/1961
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: N/A
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 an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a...
Genre:Crime
Network:NBC
Best Episodes Summary
"The Cheaters" is the best rated episode of "Thriller". It scored 8.4/10 based on 342 votes. Directed by John Brahm and written by N/A, it aired on 12/27/1960. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Devil's Ticket".