The Best Episodes of Thriller

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

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

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

A book dealer turns to murder over his adulterous wife - taking his methods for killing from classic literature.

Director: John Brahm

Writer: Robert Bloch

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A scheming wife who murders her father-in-law is tormented by a strange being, a scarecrow.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

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

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

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

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