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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!

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
Episodes
30
Avg. Rating
7.3
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.0
7.6
7.9

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"What Beckoning Ghost?" is the best rated episode of "Thriller" season 2. It scored 7/10 based on 180 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".

  • What Beckoning Ghost?
    7.0/10(180)

    #1 - What Beckoning Ghost?

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/18/1961

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

    Director: Ida Lupino

    Writer: Donald S. Sanford

  • Guillotine
    7.6/10(199)

    #2 - 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

  • The Premature Burial
    7.9/10(193)

    #3 - 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

  • The Weird Tailor
    7.9/10(216)

    #4 - 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

  • God Grante That She Lye Stille
    6.8/10(170)

    #5 - God Grante That She Lye Stille

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 10/23/1961

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

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews

  • Masquerade
    7.7/10(258)

    #6 - 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

  • The Last of the Sommervilles
    7.3/10(174)

    #7 - The Last of the Sommervilles

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/6/1961

    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.

    Director: Ida Lupino

    Writer: N/A

  • Letter to a Lover
    6.6/10(132)

    #8 - Letter to a Lover

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 11/13/1961

    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?

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: Donald S. Sanford

  • A Third For Pinochle
    7.1/10(153)

    #9 - A Third For Pinochle

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 11/20/1961

    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.

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: N/A

  • The Closed Cabinet
    6.6/10(155)

    #10 - The Closed Cabinet

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 11/27/1961

    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?

    Director: Ida Lupino

    Writer: N/A

  • Dialogues With Death
    7.5/10(152)

    #11 - 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 Return of Andrew Bentley
    7.4/10(247)

    #12 - The Return of Andrew Bentley

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 12/11/1961

    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.

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: Richard Matheson

  • The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
    7.9/10(182)

    #13 - 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

  • Portrait Without a Face
    7.5/10(154)

    #14 - Portrait Without a Face

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 12/25/1961

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

    Director: John Newland

    Writer: N/A

  • An Attractive Family
    7.4/10(167)

    #15 - An Attractive Family

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 1/1/1962

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

    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: N/A

  • Waxworks
    7.7/10(176)

    #16 - 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

  • La Strega
    7.5/10(196)

    #17 - La Strega

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 1/15/1962

    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.

    Director: Ida Lupino

    Writer: Alan Caillou

  • The Storm
    7.7/10(189)

    #18 - 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

  • A Wig For Miss Devore
    8.1/10(235)

    #19 - 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

  • The Hollow Watcher
    7.6/10(169)

    #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

  • Cousin Tundifer
    7.3/10(154)

    #21 - Cousin Tundifer

    Season 2 Episode 21

    Aired 2/19/1962

    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.

    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: N/A

  • The Incredible Doktor Markesan
    8.3/10(250)

    #22 - 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

  • Flowers of Evil
    6.3/10(137)

    #23 - Flowers of Evil

    Season 2 Episode 23

    Aired 3/5/1962

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

    Director: John Brahm

    Writer: N/A

  • 'Til Death Do Us Part
    7.2/10(134)

    #24 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

    Season 2 Episode 24

    Aired 3/12/1962

    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.

    Director: Herschel Daugherty

    Writer: Robert Bloch

  • The Bride Who Died Twice
    6.4/10(128)

    #25 - The Bride Who Died Twice

    Season 2 Episode 25

    Aired 3/19/1962

    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.

    Director: Ida Lupino

    Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews