5.6/10277 votesLoading...#1 - Child's Play
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1960
A young boy with an unhappy homelife gets dangerously absorbed in his imagination.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Writer: Robert Dozier
5.9/10157 votesLoading...#3 - Man in a Cage
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/17/1961
A man arrives in Tangier looking for his missing brother who seems to have been involved in some shady dealings.
Director: Gerald Mayer
Writer: N/A
6.1/10193 votesLoading...#4 - The Guilty Men
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1960
The inner workings of a crime syndicate are examined as their mouthpiece lawyer wrestles with his conscience over the future of the organization.
Director: Jules Munshin
Writer: N/A
6.1/10176 votesLoading...#5 - Man in the Middle
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/20/1960
A man overhears the kidnapping and murder plot of two unsavory characters and tries to prevent it from being carried out despite the fact that his own life is in danger.
Director: Fletcher Markle
Writer: N/A
6.2/10220 votesLoading...#7 - The Mark of the Hand
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1960
An eight-year-old girl is accused of murdering a man and then trying to kill again.
Director: Paul Henreid, Maxwell Shane
Writer: N/A
6.2/10189 votesLoading...#8 - The Big Blackout
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1960
A former alcoholic is haunted by a past he can't remember. Will he be able to stay alive long enough to unravel the mystery?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/10137 votesLoading...#9 - 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
6.4/10128 votesLoading...#10 - 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
6.5/10177 votesLoading...#11 - The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/7/1961
A research scientist accidentally discovers a strange gas that penetrates his gas mask and the effects are most bizarre - now every time he hears a bell it sends him into a murderous rage.
Director: László Benedek
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
6.5/10121 votesLoading...#12 - The Innocent Bystanders
Season 2 Episode 28 - Aired 4/9/1962
A pair of nineteenth centure body snatchers take their business too far by murdering innocent bystanders to further their profits.
Director: John English
Writer: Robert Hardy Andrews
6.6/10130 votesLoading...#13 - 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
6.6/10153 votesLoading...#14 - 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
6.8/10253 votesLoading...#15 - Worse Than Murder
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1960
A man dies and leaves a diary describing how he and his sister murdered a woman. The sister's unscrupulous daughter-in-law uses the diary for blackmail.
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Writer: N/A
6.8/10224 votesLoading...#16 - The Watcher
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1960
A twisted zealot seeks to kill all those he feels are sinners.
Director: John Brahm
Writer: N/A
6.8/10211 votesLoading...#17 - Girl With a Secret
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1960
When the wife of a government agent inadvertently discovers the details of one of his missions she becomes a girl with a secret that must be kept at all costs.
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Writer: N/A
6.8/10167 votesLoading...#18 - 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
6.9/10239 votesLoading...#19 - Rose's Last Summer
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1960
When an aging film actress dies under mysterious circumstances a friend and her former husband try to find out what happened to her.
Director: Arthur Hiller
Writer: N/A
6.9/10189 votesLoading...#20 - Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/1961
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
7.0/10376 votesLoading...#21 - The Twisted Image
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1960
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
7.0/10179 votesLoading...#22 - Late Date
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/4/1961
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
7.0/10177 votesLoading...#23 - 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
7.1/10214 votesLoading...#24 - The Fatal Impulse
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1960
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
7.1/10200 votesLoading...#25 - Knock Three-One-Two
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1960
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 Worst Episodes of Thriller
Every episode of Thriller ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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
Worst Episodes Summary
"Child's Play" is the worst rated episode of "Thriller". It scored 5.6/10 based on 277 votes. Directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Robert Dozier, it aired on 9/20/1960. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Specialists".
