The Best Episodes of Thriller Season 1

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 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

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

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

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

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

A man in nineteenth century England disposes of his family members one by one - his weapon of choice? - an undetectable poison concealed within his ring.

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews

A child murderer is on the loose. A mentally disturbed man is arrested for the crimes, but a determined police lieutenant isn't sure they have the right man.

Director: Jules Munshin

Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews

Three separate tales: a man murders his uncle for the inheritance, but the uncle is no oridinary man; a man wins a fortune gambling, but may not live to enjoy it; a serial killer meets an odd fate.

Director: Ida Lupino

Writer: N/A

A series of brutal murders in the modern-day U.S. mirror those of Jack the Ripper. Sir Guy informs the police of his theory that it is in fact the Ripper himself, alive and well - and not a year older.

Director: Ray Milland

Writer: N/A

A phony clairvoyant suddenly starts having genuine premonitions. Will he be able to save those closest to him when he sees death in their future?

Director: John Brahm

Writer: Donald S. Sanford

A wealthy girl takes up with a mercenary beachbum. Together they plot to kill her uncle for his money

Director: Richard Carlson

Writer: George Bellak

A canidate for Mayor is told he won't live through the next day. The police are sent to protect him and we follow their actions as well as those of the potential killer.

Director: Gerald Mayer

Writer: Philip MacDonald

A man desparate for money decides to enlist the help of a serial killer in getting the cash he needs from his wife.

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

The patriarch of a family of magicians dies and leaves his nephew his book of secrets - and it is indeed a dark legacy involving satanic spirits and black magic.

Director: John Brahm

Writer: N/A

When the paths of a disturbed young man (consumed with the idea of taking over the life of his boss) and a disturbed young woman (obsessed with the same man) cross, the results are disatrous.

Director: Arthur Hiller

Writer: James P. Cavanagh

A young detective is sent to the English countryside to investigate a strange murder. His wife, who has accompanied him, soon finds herself a target of the locals who believe she is a witch.

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: Alan Caillou

When a man murders his adulterous wife his brother attempts to conceal the crime by disposing of the body - but it won't be easy.

Director: Herschel Daugherty

Writer: N/A