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The Best Episodes of Thriller Season 2

Every episode of Thriller Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Thriller Season 2!

The Best Episodes of Thriller Season 2

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...

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  1. Background image for What Beckoning Ghost?
    7.0/10(185 votes)

    #1 - What Beckoning Ghost?

    S2:E1

    An ailing pianist fears she is losing her mind when she begins seeing what she thinks is her own funeral.

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  2. Background image for Guillotine
    7.6/10(208 votes)

    #2 - Guillotine

    S2:E2

    To save the life of her husband who is to be executed, a young woman attempts to murder the executioner.

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  3. Background image for The Premature Burial
    8.0/10(203 votes)

    #3 - The Premature Burial

    S2:E3

    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.

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    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Weird Tailor
    7.9/10(223 votes)

    #4 - The Weird Tailor

    S2:E4

    A man attempts to bring his dead son back to life with the use of black magic and an unusual suit of clothes.

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  5. Background image for God Grante That She Lye Stille
    6.8/10(175 votes)

    #5 - God Grante That She Lye Stille

    S2:E5

    A 300-year-old witch seeks to possess the last of her family line, beautiful young Lady Margaret.

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  6. Background image for Masquerade
    7.7/10(267 votes)

    #6 - Masquerade

    S2:E6

    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?

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  8. Background image for The Last of the Sommervilles
    7.3/10(180 votes)

    #7 - The Last of the Sommervilles

    S2:E7

    Two cousins scheme to kill their aunt for her money - but trust is hard to come by when you're the last of the Sommervilles.

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    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Letter to a Lover
    6.6/10(136 votes)

    #8 - Letter to a Lover

    S2:E8

    When a doctor is murdered two of the chief suspects, a husband and wife, seem to be accusing each other of insanity - which one of them is correct?

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  10. Background image for A Third For Pinochle
    7.1/10(158 votes)

    #9 - A Third For Pinochle

    S2:E9

    A man plans to murder his wife using his nosy neighbors for an alibi - but the eccentric ladies across the street may have a trick or two up their sleeve.

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  11. Background image for The Closed Cabinet
    6.6/10(162 votes)

    #10 - The Closed Cabinet

    S2:E10

    A young woman visiting an ancient English castle learns a thing or two about the family curse. Will she be able to remove it by finding a way to open the closed cabinet?

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    Director:Ida Lupino
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Dialogues With Death
    7.6/10(164 votes)

    #11 - Dialogues With Death

    S2:E11

    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.

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  13. Background image for The Return of Andrew Bentley
    7.4/10(253 votes)

    #12 - The Return of Andrew Bentley

    S2:E12

    A man inherits his uncle's estate on the condition that he spend twenty-four hours a day in the house and guard his uncle's grave against a supernatural intruder.

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  14. Background image for The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
    7.9/10(193 votes)

    #13 - The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk

    S2:E13

    Mrs. Hawk has a talent for raising prize hogs - but the secret of her success is more sinister than anyone could imagine.

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  15. Background image for Portrait Without a Face
    7.4/10(162 votes)

    #14 - Portrait Without a Face

    S2:E14

    After a dispicable artist is murdered his last painting seems to be completing itself and revealing the artist's killer - or is it?

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    Director:John Newland
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for An Attractive Family
    7.4/10(174 votes)

    #15 - An Attractive Family

    S2:E15

    An attractive family of serial murderers plan the death of another victim - their young sister-in-law.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Waxworks
    7.6/10(183 votes)

    #16 - Waxworks

    S2:E16

    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?

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  18. Background image for La Strega
    7.5/10(204 votes)

    #17 - La Strega

    S2:E17

    A young woman accused of being a witch goes to her young lover for protection against both her accusers and her grandmother, who really is a witch.

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    Director:Ida Lupino
  19. Background image for The Storm
    7.7/10(198 votes)

    #18 - The Storm

    S2:E18

    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.

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  20. Background image for A Wig For Miss Devore
    8.1/10(247 votes)

    #19 - A Wig For Miss Devore

    S2:E19

    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.

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  21. Background image for The Hollow Watcher
    7.5/10(176 votes)

    #20 - The Hollow Watcher

    S2:E20

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Cousin Tundifer
    7.2/10(161 votes)

    #21 - Cousin Tundifer

    S2:E21

    A man tries to dispose of his uncle's body in a strange house that goes back in time everytime he sets foot in the living room.

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Incredible Doktor Markesan
    8.3/10(265 votes)

    #22 - The Incredible Doktor Markesan

    S2:E22

    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.

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  24. Background image for Flowers of Evil
    6.3/10(144 votes)

    #23 - Flowers of Evil

    S2:E23

    The skeleton of a man seems much more alive than those responsible for his death had hoped - it laughs, screams and even moves!

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    Director:John Brahm
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for 'Til Death Do Us Part
    7.2/10(141 votes)

    #24 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

    S2:E24

    A henpecked undertaker disposes of his wife along with one of his customers then moves on to a new town and a new wife. But this one won't be so easy to get rid of.

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  26. Background image for The Bride Who Died Twice
    6.4/10(137 votes)

    #25 - The Bride Who Died Twice

    S2:E25

    A general is forced to give his daughter's hand in marriage to his corrupt commanding officer but the marriage only results in her death.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"What Beckoning Ghost?" is the best rated episode of "Thriller" season 2. It scored 7/10 based on 185 votes. Directed by Ida Lupino and written by Donald S. Sanford, it aired on 9/18/1961. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Guillotine".