History Series / Thriller

''Thriller'' was an American GenreAnthology TV series that aired for two seasons (1960–62) on Creator/{{NBC}}. The show, which was primarily focused around horror and suspense stories, was presented by Creator/BorisKarloff, who acted as its HorrorHost in addition to starring in several episodes. Many of the show's episodes were written by Creator/RobertBloch, who also adapted several of his own stories. One of the best remembered things about the series was its musical score, which could be genuinely scary, and won the show an Emmy Award.

The show is not to be confused with the Main/{{Thriller}} genre, the Music/MichaelJackson album/song/video ''Music/{{Thriller}}'', or the 1970s British series of the same name.

''Thriller'' was an American GenreAnthology TV Series that aired in the 1960s and lasted for two seasons on Creator/{{NBC}}. The show was primarily focused around horror and suspense stories which were presented by Creator/BorisKarloff, who would act as the show's HorrorHost, as well as starring in several episodes. Many of the show's episodes were written by Creator/RobertBloch, who also adapted several of his own stories. One of the best remembered things about the series was its musical score, which could be genuinely scary, and won the show an Emmy Award.

* NoEnding: [[spoiler: "The Prisoner in the Mirror" has a man obsessed with a woman he sees in a mirror. The evil magician behind the spell traps him with her and takes over the man's life. After killing a few women, including the man's fiancee, the magician is himself killed by the murdered woman's brother by accidentally breaking the mirror. There is no resolution given to the man and woman trapped there. Perhaps this is a BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor situation.]]

** "Worse Than Murder," which has no supernatural elements, plays out more like a soap opera than a ghost story.

* MostWritersAreWriters: Beatrice Graves in "The Grim Reaper" is an extremely prolific mystery novelist.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: In "The Incredible Doctor Markesan" the dead can be resurrected by some kind of formula.

* WickedWitch: A common threat. Both the titular "La Strega" and "The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk," for example.

* DeathBySex: Subverted in "The Watcher"; the murderer tries to kill the protagonists for having sex, [[spoiler:but both of them survive]].

The show is not to be confused with the Main/{{Thriller}} genre, the Music/MichaelJackson album/song/video ''Music/{{Thriller}}'', or a British TV show from the 70s with the exact same name.

''Thriller'' was an American GenreAnthology TV Series that aired in the 1960s and lasted for two seasons on Creator/{{NBC}}. The show was primarily focused around horror and suspense stories which were presented by Creator/BorisKarloff, who would act as the show's HorrorHost, as well as starring in several episodes. Many of the show's episodes were written by Creator/RobertBloch, who also adapted several of his own stories. One of the best remembered things about the series was its musical score, which could be genuinely scary, and won the show an Emmy Award. The show is not to be confused with Main/{{Thriller}}, Music/{{Thriller}}, or a British TV show from the 70s with the exact same name.

* MirrorMonster: "Hungry Glass" combines this with OurGhostsAreDifferent.

* TheFilmOfTheBook: Several episodes are adapted from short stories.
* TheGrimReaper: A portrait of him appears in "The Grim Reaper".
* {{Grimmification}}: Often the episodes were based on short stories, and were usually darker than the original. The original "The Incredible Doctor Markesan," a short story called,"Colonel Markesan," has a happy ending, where the hero manages to escape and burn down the house, destroying the undead creatures. In the TV show adaptation, however, Markesan is destroyed, which ''should'' technically free his captives and allow the hero to escape with his life [[spoiler: but the final scene shows his wife was not so lucky.]]

* BreatherEpisode: "Mr. George," which almost reads like a fairy tale, features an orphan girl being rescued by her abusive guardians, who are planning on killing her for the inheritance, by the ghost of a family friend. It does not stop the ending from being a TearJerker, however.

* OrpheanRescue: Mr. Smith in "The Weird Tailor" is already dabbling in black magic when he loses his son. His attempt to bring him back take him to a {{blind| seer}} psychic, a used car dealer with a sinister book, and the titular {{Domestic Abuse}}r tailor.